Rawge's Wildlife Biology Quiz

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Wildlife Biology Fun Quiz.
Test your knowledge about Wildlife Biology, Ecology, Natural History, and our native animals.

	*1. Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species..." in what year?* 1759 1889 1829 1859
	*2.The genus representing condors, Gymnogyps, is named after Greek words representing?* Foul smell The omen of death Bare naked vulture Perpetual soaring
	3. Vagility is a synonym for? Motility Fecundity Acidity Resiliency
	4. Which of the following animals have incisors that grow continuously during their entire life span? Beaver Coyote All of the mustelid family Opossum
	5. Which of the following are beaver tracks? This one how about this one or perhaps its this one could it even be this one?
	6. The word operculum denotes? A family of single celled organisms A character of fish anatomy A congregation of ants at a food source Soil drainage characteristics
	7. The formula Ñ = n/m M where, M is the number marked at first sampling, n is the number captured at second sampling, m is the number recaptured and Ñ is the estimated population size. This simple equation is known as the: Lincoln-Peterson estimate formula Jolly-Seber estimate formula BFD estimate formula CPUE model
	8. The first Endangered Species Act, implemented in 1966, contained a list of 78 species for protection. How many from that original list are now considered extinct? None, so far all are existing or recovering 3 7 11
	*9. The common opossum (Didelphis virginianus) can be credited as:* The only living marsupial native to the United States Contains more teeth than any other United States native mammal Newborn young weigh less than 1/2 gram All of the above
	10. A "cuckold' is: A forest dwelling relative of the domestic chicken native to Hawaii A male of any species whose chosen mate has been unfaithful A type of snare trap used to live capture small animals A knot used by tree climbers

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Score	Rank Your Score
10 Correct	Excellent! You got them all right. You qualify as a great field biologist (There is no higher honor!)
6-9 Correct	Great Job! You should be a great field biologist, and you have demonstrated some supervisor potential
3-6 Correct	Good Job! You are surely crew supervisor material
1-2 Correct	Pretty good! You may have the potential for academia, perhaps even the chair of the University Wildlife Department
0 Correct	Drat! You missed them all, but don't feel bad, you rate with the heads of the State and Federal Wildlife Agencies

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