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A) Philippines B) Madagascar C) Brazil D) S.W. Australia 2
A) urban development B) clear-cutting forests C) grazing D) industrial development 3
A) 90% B) 25% C) 50% D) 10% 4
A) aquatic B) forest C) soil D) grassland 5
A) increases B) decreases C) remains the same D) is irrelevant 6
A) small ones are best B) large ones are needed C) the size is less important than the number D) all that matters is what is being preserved 7
A) humpback whale B) blue whale C) sperm whale D) Pacific gray whale 8
A) Nile perch B) North American sturgeon C) bass D) eels 9
A) floods B) eutrophication C) drought D) the introduction of new food 10
A) Arizona B) New Mexico C) Wyoming D) Montana 11
A) South Dakota B) Meeteese, Wyoming C) New Mexico D) None of the above. They have all died. 12
A) automobile B) steel plow C) shotgun D) manure spreader 13
A) lack of genetic variability B) lack of sanctuary C) pesticides D) drought 14
A) pesticides B) fragmentation or loss of habitat C) urbanization D) bad weather 15
A) 30% B) 70% C) 25% D) 50% 16
A) exposure to ultraviolet light B) the radioactivity of their winter habitat C) the quality of the food in their winter habitat D) the quality of the air they migrated through 17
A) the public will not support it B) politicians will not support it C) no one knows what species to restore it with D) no sites are available 18
A) loss of habitat B) pesticides C) loss of food supply D) predation 19
A) will they mate in captivity? B) can they survive when released? C) is there suitable habitat into which to release them? D) will the released birds reproduce in the wild? 20
A) increased numbers of elk B) control of coyotes that kill cattle C) control of the explosive population growth of domestic cats that menace campgrounds D) control of the grizzly bears 21
A) 20,000 B) 11,000 C) 5,000 D) 1,000 22
A) flowering plants B) mammals C) birds D) amphibians 23
A) aesthetic, ethical, and indirect economic B) direct economic, indirect economic, aesthetic, and ethical C) direct and indirect economic D) aesthetic and ethical 24
A) minimum viable population (MVP) determination B) maximum viable population (MVP) determination C) median viable population (MVP) determination D) population variability analysis 25
A) have high genetic variability B) are hunted or harvested by people C) have a declining population size D) are local endemic species 26
A) predation B) introduced species C) overexploitation D) habitat loss
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