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National Park Quiz 83: Reproduction
1. The collared lizards that inhabit many rocky desert parks like Arches National Park signal dominance and breeding condition by
a. flaring a brightly-colored dewlap about ten inches wide
b. inhaling air and swelling to twice normal size
c. making very loud hissing and "booming" sounds
d. bobbing up and down in "push-up" fashion
2. The _____ that inhabit Canyonlands National Park and some other arid western places deposit eggs that can dry out, remain viable for several years, and hatch within 30 hours when rehydrated.
a. common toads
b. fairy shrimp
c. gila monsters
d. pupfish
3. In Rocky Mountain National Park, where listening to elk bugling is a popular visitor activity each fall, the onset of the elk rut is determined principally by
a. the length of the daylight period
b. the first snowfall of the season
c. decreasing daytime temperatures
d. a shift in the prevailing wind direction
4. The gray whale calves traveling north with their mothers during late spring, and which can be seen from the shore at Cabrillo National Monument and several other Pacific Coast national parks, are nearly all born in
a. Baja California lagoons
b. the Galapagos Islands vicinity
c. coastal Hawaiian waters
d. Patagonia or Antarctica
5. Which of the following animals that can be found in America's national parks release the greatest number of eggs during a single spawning?
a. horse shoe crab
b. Chinook salmon
c. oyster
d. lobster
6. True or false? To offset heavy predation losses, female harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore commonly give birth to twins.
7. True or false? Ospreys build the largest bird nests found in national parks of the eastern United States.
8. True or false? The coho salmon that spawn in an Alaskan national park die after spawning.
9. True or false? Female cottontail rabbits born in Shenandoah National Park can be expected to reach breeding age in about 90 days.
10. True or false? The typical female opossum in Buffalo National River gives birth less than two weeks after mating.
Extra Credit Question:
11. A mature male grizzly that encounters a sow grizzly with cubs is likely to kill the cubs if he gets the chance. What is the scientific explanation for this behavior?
Super Bonus Question:
12. Standing on his hind feet, and remaining about six feet from his target, the male of one mammal species living in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sprays copious amounts of urine on a female he hopes to mate with. Do you know which animal this is?
Good luck the answers are here: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...3-reproduction
a. flaring a brightly-colored dewlap about ten inches wide
b. inhaling air and swelling to twice normal size
c. making very loud hissing and "booming" sounds
d. bobbing up and down in "push-up" fashion
2. The _____ that inhabit Canyonlands National Park and some other arid western places deposit eggs that can dry out, remain viable for several years, and hatch within 30 hours when rehydrated.
a. common toads
b. fairy shrimp
c. gila monsters
d. pupfish
3. In Rocky Mountain National Park, where listening to elk bugling is a popular visitor activity each fall, the onset of the elk rut is determined principally by
a. the length of the daylight period
b. the first snowfall of the season
c. decreasing daytime temperatures
d. a shift in the prevailing wind direction
4. The gray whale calves traveling north with their mothers during late spring, and which can be seen from the shore at Cabrillo National Monument and several other Pacific Coast national parks, are nearly all born in
a. Baja California lagoons
b. the Galapagos Islands vicinity
c. coastal Hawaiian waters
d. Patagonia or Antarctica
5. Which of the following animals that can be found in America's national parks release the greatest number of eggs during a single spawning?
a. horse shoe crab
b. Chinook salmon
c. oyster
d. lobster
6. True or false? To offset heavy predation losses, female harbor seals at Point Reyes National Seashore commonly give birth to twins.
7. True or false? Ospreys build the largest bird nests found in national parks of the eastern United States.
8. True or false? The coho salmon that spawn in an Alaskan national park die after spawning.
9. True or false? Female cottontail rabbits born in Shenandoah National Park can be expected to reach breeding age in about 90 days.
10. True or false? The typical female opossum in Buffalo National River gives birth less than two weeks after mating.
Extra Credit Question:
11. A mature male grizzly that encounters a sow grizzly with cubs is likely to kill the cubs if he gets the chance. What is the scientific explanation for this behavior?
Super Bonus Question:
12. Standing on his hind feet, and remaining about six feet from his target, the male of one mammal species living in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sprays copious amounts of urine on a female he hopes to mate with. Do you know which animal this is?
Good luck the answers are here: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...3-reproduction