WIS 2040 TEST 3: WILDLIFE ISSUES: QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) The ------ Protocol, signed by the Reagan Administration banned the production of
Methyl Bromide. -- Answer ✔✔ Montreal
2) Chronic Wasting Disease is a growing problem in the ------ herd of the western US. -
- Answer ✔✔ mule deer
3) Water with no dissolved oxygen at all is called ------ -- Answer ✔✔ anoxic.
4) ------ is the chemical once used by Florida tomato growers that has been found to be
harmful to the ozone layer. -- Answer ✔✔ Methyl Bromide
5) Publicly owned range lands are mostly managed by the BLM and the ------. -- Answer
✔✔ US Forest Service
6) The ------ is a native bird species that apparently can coexist with ranching in south
Florida. -- Answer ✔✔ crested caracara
,7) ------ is a disease of domestic sheep and possibly wild bighorn sheep. -- Answer ✔✔
Pasturella
8) ------ is commonly sold as a cancer preventative agent. -- Answer ✔✔ Shark cartilage
9) Fitzgerald reported in her book that ------ of snake products were imported to the
US in 1985. -- Answer ✔✔ $105 million
10) Wildlife trade is considered illegal in the US if ------. -- Answer ✔✔ it violates US law
11) ------ is an example of a finfish. -- Answer ✔✔ Seahorse
12) Kangaroos are harvested commercially by professional shooters because they ------. -
- Answer ✔✔ compete with sheep
13) ------: Fish and other ocean species are not as important source of food or money
for any of today's societies. -- Answer ✔✔ False
14) Introduced ------ are harvested in Argentina for human food. -- Answer ✔✔
European Hares
15) ------ skins from Asia are fashioned into cowboy boots in the US. -- Answer ✔✔
Snake
, 16) Over-collecting is a danger for populations of certain ------ in the southwestern US. -
- Answer ✔✔ snakes
17) Rhino urine and dried seahorses are thought by some to be cures for ------. --
Answer ✔✔ asthma
18) Pouches make from Kangaroo ------ are a common knickknack available in markets in
Australia. -- Answer ✔✔ scrotums
19) According to Safina the world fish harvest peaked in 1989 at about ------ metric tons.
-- Answer ✔✔ 80 million
20) ------: Aquaculture is good because it has no effect on wild fisheries. -- Answer ✔✔
False
21) The ------ taken from bears are used in several medications in TCM. -- Answer ✔✔
gall bladders
22) ------ are commercially harvested in South America for their skins. -- Answer ✔✔
Tegus
23) In ------, voters in Florida passed the net ban. -- Answer ✔✔ 1994
24) As of the mid-1980s ------ was the nation that imported the highest number of sea
turtles. -- Answer ✔✔ Japan
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1) The ------ Protocol, signed by the Reagan Administration banned the production of
Methyl Bromide. -- Answer ✔✔ Montreal
2) Chronic Wasting Disease is a growing problem in the ------ herd of the western US. -
- Answer ✔✔ mule deer
3) Water with no dissolved oxygen at all is called ------ -- Answer ✔✔ anoxic.
4) ------ is the chemical once used by Florida tomato growers that has been found to be
harmful to the ozone layer. -- Answer ✔✔ Methyl Bromide
5) Publicly owned range lands are mostly managed by the BLM and the ------. -- Answer
✔✔ US Forest Service
6) The ------ is a native bird species that apparently can coexist with ranching in south
Florida. -- Answer ✔✔ crested caracara
,7) ------ is a disease of domestic sheep and possibly wild bighorn sheep. -- Answer ✔✔
Pasturella
8) ------ is commonly sold as a cancer preventative agent. -- Answer ✔✔ Shark cartilage
9) Fitzgerald reported in her book that ------ of snake products were imported to the
US in 1985. -- Answer ✔✔ $105 million
10) Wildlife trade is considered illegal in the US if ------. -- Answer ✔✔ it violates US law
11) ------ is an example of a finfish. -- Answer ✔✔ Seahorse
12) Kangaroos are harvested commercially by professional shooters because they ------. -
- Answer ✔✔ compete with sheep
13) ------: Fish and other ocean species are not as important source of food or money
for any of today's societies. -- Answer ✔✔ False
14) Introduced ------ are harvested in Argentina for human food. -- Answer ✔✔
European Hares
15) ------ skins from Asia are fashioned into cowboy boots in the US. -- Answer ✔✔
Snake
, 16) Over-collecting is a danger for populations of certain ------ in the southwestern US. -
- Answer ✔✔ snakes
17) Rhino urine and dried seahorses are thought by some to be cures for ------. --
Answer ✔✔ asthma
18) Pouches make from Kangaroo ------ are a common knickknack available in markets in
Australia. -- Answer ✔✔ scrotums
19) According to Safina the world fish harvest peaked in 1989 at about ------ metric tons.
-- Answer ✔✔ 80 million
20) ------: Aquaculture is good because it has no effect on wild fisheries. -- Answer ✔✔
False
21) The ------ taken from bears are used in several medications in TCM. -- Answer ✔✔
gall bladders
22) ------ are commercially harvested in South America for their skins. -- Answer ✔✔
Tegus
23) In ------, voters in Florida passed the net ban. -- Answer ✔✔ 1994
24) As of the mid-1980s ------ was the nation that imported the highest number of sea
turtles. -- Answer ✔✔ Japan
