Fieldguide
Fieldguide
Fieldguide
Set of flashcards Details
| Flashcards | 235 |
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| Language | English |
| Category | Biology |
| Level | Other |
| Created / Updated | 12.02.2025 / 21.02.2025 |
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Which is the smallest Biome?
Forest Biome
Why donwr classify creatures?
To relate them between each other
The name of the Families alwasy end in "dae" is this true or false?
True
When you see the scientific name, what language isnit written in?
Latin
Fill in the missinf classification, Phylum,Class,....,Family .....,Species
Order and Genus
King Phillip came over for great spaghetti
Why is it for you as a guide important to know about the different plant species?
Explain the people why you have some some and some not
List 2 characteristics which can help you to identify a tree
Leaves
Thorns
Bark
What is the most important plant family on earth?
Grass
Is it true to say that insects go trough a process of metamorphosis?
Yes
Explain ecological rolle for insects in nature.
Pollination
Food for other animals
Decomposers
What are the two sub-orders into which spiders are divided, and give an example of each?
Mygalamorph..Ground Spider baboon spider...
Araneomorphes
web-spider community spider
Why are ticks ecologically important?
The spread diseases to gelp controlling the population of animals.
What do the following feed on?
Millipedes and Centipedes
Millipedes=Hebrivorous
Centipedes=Carnivorous
Name two factors that determine the size a fish can get to?
The Food availibility
The temperatur of the water
Many fish are dark in colour from the top and light in colour from the bottom, what is the reason for this , and explain how it works?
Countershading
A predator from above sees dark and confuses the fish on the ground. and a predator from the bottom confuses the fish with the sun . because he is good camouflaged.
What colouration do fish larvae, or young fish have, as protection against predatores?
They are translucide (transparent)
What is the distinguishing feature of the lifecycle of amphibians?
They go through a metamorphosis Part of their life on land and other part of their life in water
What is aposematic colouration in frogs and what are the colours
The colours are bright like black,white,red or yellow
and warn others to show them im poisonous eat me better not
List 3 different types of calls which frogs can make.
Time sharing call
release call
advertising call
What is amplexus
This is the position when frogs are mating
Which family of frogs has no tongue and is completely aquatic (lives in water)
Platanna
How does a frog catch prey?
He is waiting for prey and then they catch with their sticky tongue the prey.
They swallow.their prey on the whole
How many orsers of reptiles are there in SA
3
Tortoises have what is known as "scutes" explain?
Scites growing in summer and stop groeing in winter. You can count the valleys to know the age ofva tortoise
List 2 differences between chamaeleons and other lizards
They can change colours
They live in trees
On a guided walk you find a snake skin and your guest asks you how many times snakes shed their skin. Provide an explanation for skin-shedding in snakes
Juveniles 15 and adults 3 times in a year
Name one southern african snake that produces live young?
Berg Adder
For roughly how long can a crocodile remain under water?
1 hour
Why can snakes not hear?
They have no ears
How many broadly defined groups are birds divided into terms of classification
3
Name one southern African bird species that has zygodactylus feet
Southern yellow billed hornbill
what does this bird eat
and how do you know that it eats this
insects
beacause the shape of the beak
he is pearching for prey
When chicks hatch they are either preocial or altricial. What is the difference between them?
Preocial : born with feathers and ready to walk or flight on their own.
Altricial: they are born helpless, they need parental care
Are the coucals in southern africa brood parasites?
No
List three different characteristics you would look at when identyfing a bird
Colour of the feathers
Size
Beak
Examples: Odd toed ungulates
even toed ungulate
near ungulate
hindgut fermentor
ruminent
zebra,impala,elephant,warthog,blue wildebeest
why do some herbivore mammals chew bones (osteophagia)
To get some minerals
what is the difference between selective grazers, and bulk grauers?
Selective: they select which grasse they want to eat
Bulk: they are non selective grazers so they eat all grasses they can find
Why do fruit bats not generally make use of echolocation?
They have eyes
What does omnivore eat?
They eat, what they can find vegetation&meat
