WIS 2040 : EXAM 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1) _______ is the state with the most wild horses.
A) Utah
B) Nevada
C) Colorado
D) California -- Answer ✔✔ Nevada
2) ___________ states have wild burro populations.
A) 10
B) 11
C) 14
D) 5 -- Answer ✔✔ 10
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Wyoming)
3) The Soviets pumped water from the Aral Sea to _______.
A) raise cattle
B) kill introduced fish
, C) find dissolved minerals
D) grow cotton -- Answer ✔✔ grow cotton
4) Introduced _________ Swans have been known to consume large amounts of sub-
aquatic vegetation during times when native swans are nesting in northern climes.
A) Trumpeter
B) Mute
C) Black
D) Coscoroba -- Answer ✔✔ Mute
5) Modern birds diversified in the ________ Era.
A) Carboniferous
B) Silurian
C) Paleozoic
D) Cenozoic -- Answer ✔✔ Cenozoic
6) According to the petition submitted to the USFWS, mountain-top mining has had a
negative effect on the ______ of the Cerulean Warbler.
A) range
B) population growth rate
C) sex ratio
D) population size -- Answer ✔✔ population growth rate
7) (The) _______ were in the Pelycosaur subgroup.
SOLUTIONS
1) _______ is the state with the most wild horses.
A) Utah
B) Nevada
C) Colorado
D) California -- Answer ✔✔ Nevada
2) ___________ states have wild burro populations.
A) 10
B) 11
C) 14
D) 5 -- Answer ✔✔ 10
(Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Wyoming)
3) The Soviets pumped water from the Aral Sea to _______.
A) raise cattle
B) kill introduced fish
, C) find dissolved minerals
D) grow cotton -- Answer ✔✔ grow cotton
4) Introduced _________ Swans have been known to consume large amounts of sub-
aquatic vegetation during times when native swans are nesting in northern climes.
A) Trumpeter
B) Mute
C) Black
D) Coscoroba -- Answer ✔✔ Mute
5) Modern birds diversified in the ________ Era.
A) Carboniferous
B) Silurian
C) Paleozoic
D) Cenozoic -- Answer ✔✔ Cenozoic
6) According to the petition submitted to the USFWS, mountain-top mining has had a
negative effect on the ______ of the Cerulean Warbler.
A) range
B) population growth rate
C) sex ratio
D) population size -- Answer ✔✔ population growth rate
7) (The) _______ were in the Pelycosaur subgroup.
