Keystone Species Wolf Populations Hunting Wolf-Human Conflict Reintroduction
100
Keystone Species
Gray wolves are:

-Keystone Species
-Invasive Species
-Foreign Species
-Contributing Species
100
Tracking collars
In the 1960s scientists began to study and monitor wolves using these.

-Observation overlooks
-Tracking collars
-Helicopters
-Locals reporting pack sizes
100
They kill ungulates and livestock
This is one of the major reasons that people hunt gray wolves.

-They attack people
-It is enjoyable
-They kill ungulates and livestock
-They are profitable
100
Overpopulation
A rise in the prevalence of wolf-human
conflict was brought about by this trend:

-Population stabilization
-Population extinction
-Overpopulation
-Underpopulation
100
1995
This is the year that reintroduction officially occurred in the northwest region of the U.S.

-1975
-1985
-1995
-2005
200
Trophic Cascade
Term that describes widespread
secondary disruptions that influence
the entire system from which a
keystone species has been removed

-Food Chain
-Trophic Cascade
-Biodiversity
-Trophic Level
200
Poisoning streams
This is NOT one of the ways that wolves were killed in Yellowstone.

-Poisoning streams
-Poisoning carcasses
-Hunting parties
-Raiding Dens
200
Attacks a person or live stock
This is one reason that you can
legally shoot a wolf.

-Kills a deer
-Runs away from you
-It is asleep
-Attacks a person or live stock
200
125
This number is the annual amount of
wolf-related citizen complaints for
states in the Midwest region:

-15
-125
-375
-60
200
Western Minnesota
Of the 4 areas, this area was not
an area of reintroduction for gray wolves:

-Northwestern Montana
-Central Idaho
-Western Minnesota
-Yellowstone National Park
300
White-tailed deer
When the gray wolf population is
declining which species increases
in population?

-Beavers
-White wolves
-White-tailed deer
-All species populations stay the same
300
0 wolf sightings
In 1927 there were this many wolf sightings.

-125
-4
-50
-0
300
66 wolves
The number of wolves that were reintroduced into Yellowstone park.

-18 wolves
-66 wolves
-5 wolves
-1,000 wolves
300
All of the above
This is a wolf-human conflict(s) that is
not often addressed in research due to
its difficulty to quantify:

-Animal stress and harassment
-Damage to animal housing structures
-Increased disease transmission
-All of the above
300
Capturing the wolves
This was not a main challenge
to reintroduction in the 1990s:

-Capturing the wolves
-Finding places to reintroduce the wolves
-Concerns from farmers and ranchers about livestock attacks
-Changing perspectives of the U.S. populations on wolves
400
Beavers
When the gray wolf population is declining which species decreases in population?

-White-tailed deer
-Beavers
-Elk
-They all increase
400
Michigan
Recently there has been evidence
suggesting that wolf populations in
this state will be restored in the
coming years.

-Vermont
-Arizona
-New Mexico
-Michigan
400
The federal government
The group that wiped out almost all
of the wolves in the Unites States
in the middle of the 20th Century.

-The federal government
-Farmers/ranchers
-Hunters
-Unknown source
400
Dogs
This particular household animal is
harmed more frequently due to wolf
overpopulation:

-Dogs
-Cats
-Fish
-Snakes
400
West Central Alberta, Canada
This is where the wolves that
were reintroduced in Yellowstone were
from:

-Michigan
-Alberta
-Arizona
-Minnesota
500
Midwest
What is a popular area in which gray wolf populations are hunted?

-Southern Florida
-Midwest
-California
-New York
500
They were thought to be a destructive species.
This is one of the reasons wolves were exterminated in Yellowstone.

- They were thought to be a destructive species
-They were killing too many of the elk
-The population was diseased
-Wolf attacks were scaring the locals
500
Non-essential wolf populations
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
gave the states rights to hunt this
group of animals.

-Non-essential wolf populations
-All grey wolves
-Grey wolves that killed deer or elk
-Anything but wolves
500
Increased hunting
This has been the historical solution
to wolf-human conflict in the Midwest
region:

-Breeding regulations
-Increased hunting
-Habitat destruction
-Food-web restructuring
500
All of the above
This is an event that opened the
door to the reintroduction movement:

-Nixon’s ban on predator poisons on public lands in 1972
-The creation of the Endangered Species Act of 1973
-The placement of the gray wolf on the list
-All of the above






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