DUCKS UNLIMITED ECOLOGY CONSERVATION &
MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION REVIEW
The area must have standing water year-round - Answers - Carol works for the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service and is surveying an area to determine if it meets the
requirements to be classified as a wetland. Which of the following is NOT a requirement
for her to take into consideration?
selective cutting - Answers - Logging the most mature trees
clear-cutting - Answers - Logging all trees of the same age in one area
shelterwood cutting - Answers - Leaving desirable trees standing
How organisms match and respond to environmental conditions - Answers - Which of
the following best describes a niche?
Trees grown in areas of agriculture which are used to stabilize environmental conditions
of crops - Answers - Which of the following best describes agroforestry?
marshes - Answers - Dominated by emergent vegetation
Bogs - Answers - Accumulates dead plant material
Fens - Answers - Have grasses and mineral-rich water
Swamps - Answers - Dominated by trees
False - Answers - One acre of wetland filters 7.3 gallons of water a month into fresh
drinking water.
Secondary succession - Answers - A large plot of land in a grassland ecosystem was
converted for agriculture. After four decades of agricultural use the land was abandoned
and began to revert to its original grassland state. This is an example of which of the
following?
breeding season - Answers - Access to ample amounts of easily accessible resources;
multiple ponds or small wetlands are ideal
Migration - Answers - Resources used for feeding and protected shelter while resting for
short periods
MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION REVIEW
The area must have standing water year-round - Answers - Carol works for the U.S.
Fish & Wildlife Service and is surveying an area to determine if it meets the
requirements to be classified as a wetland. Which of the following is NOT a requirement
for her to take into consideration?
selective cutting - Answers - Logging the most mature trees
clear-cutting - Answers - Logging all trees of the same age in one area
shelterwood cutting - Answers - Leaving desirable trees standing
How organisms match and respond to environmental conditions - Answers - Which of
the following best describes a niche?
Trees grown in areas of agriculture which are used to stabilize environmental conditions
of crops - Answers - Which of the following best describes agroforestry?
marshes - Answers - Dominated by emergent vegetation
Bogs - Answers - Accumulates dead plant material
Fens - Answers - Have grasses and mineral-rich water
Swamps - Answers - Dominated by trees
False - Answers - One acre of wetland filters 7.3 gallons of water a month into fresh
drinking water.
Secondary succession - Answers - A large plot of land in a grassland ecosystem was
converted for agriculture. After four decades of agricultural use the land was abandoned
and began to revert to its original grassland state. This is an example of which of the
following?
breeding season - Answers - Access to ample amounts of easily accessible resources;
multiple ponds or small wetlands are ideal
Migration - Answers - Resources used for feeding and protected shelter while resting for
short periods
