Field Biology 5-week Test Review Make sure you can answer the following questions! 1. Know the accomplishments of the following famous environmentalists: John James Audubon, Frederic Edwin Church, Thomas Cole, Henry David Thoreau, Charles Darwin, Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir, Rachel Carson, James Lovelock, Jane Goodall, E.O. Wilson, Julia Butterfly Hill, Al Gore, Chris Jordan, Andy Goldsworthy, and William Beebe. 2. Know how the shape of a bird’s bill impacts what it eats. Know the bill shape of a bird that eats insects, nector, carrion, fish, seeds, and filter feeds. 3. What are some differences between birds and reptiles? 4. How does a bird nest reflect the type of habitat it lives in? Be able to identify the nest of an hummingbird, oriole, robin, eagle, bobwhite, woodpecker, emu and burrowing owl. 3. Know the different types of symbiosis: Commensalism, Mutualism, Parasitism, and Neutralism. Be able to give examples of each. 4. Be able to diagram food chains and food webs. 5. What is a keystone species? 6. What are the components of the ecological pyramid?
7. Be able to identify the tracks of Coyote, Dog, Black Bear, Gray Squirrel, Cottontail Rabbit, White Tailed Deer, Bobcat, Northern Racoon, Opossum, Bullfrog, Canada Goose, Barn Owl, Great Blue Heron, Striped Skunk, Duck, Wild Pig, Robin, Snake, Beetle, and Mouse. 8. How do you tell a squirrel from a rabbit tract? 9. Using buds, bark, and nuts and bark be able to identify the following plants: Cattail 10. How does a spider differ from insects? 11. What insect eats milkweed for protection? 12. What are some uses of cedar? 13. How do you tell a coyote from a dog track? 14. What role does a scavenger and decomposer play in the ecological pyramid? Extra Credit: Be able to match the following insects with their families: Insects: Families:
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