Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which is NOT a member of the
Sunfish (Centrachidae) Family?
a. | Warmouth
| c. | Smallmouth
Bass | e. | Crappie | b. | Bluegill | d. | White bass |
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Which is NOT a member of the
Perch ( Percidae) Family?
a. | Yellow Perch
| c. | Walleye | e. | Saugeye | b. | White Perch | d. | Sauger |
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This water bird can instantly
disappear under the water when danger approaches, but it finds it considerably difficult to take
flight.
a. | Whitefronted
Goose | c. | Common
Loon | e. | Pied-Billed
Grebe | b. | Mallard | d. | Wood Duck |
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4.
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This perennial has an extensive
root system which may go down twenty or thirty feet. It reproduces by both seeds and root
stocks.
a. | Phragmites | c. | Multiflora Rose | e. | Ragweed | b. | Blackberry | d. | Bindweed |
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This woody, climbing vine has
finely toothed ovate leaves; small green flowers from May - June; and scarlet berries with a
yellow-orange covering.
a. | Birdsfoot
Trefoil | d. | Japanese
Honeysuckle | b. | Bittersweet | e. | Viburnum | c. | Elderberry |
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6.
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Which of the following is an
example of an emergent weed?
a. | Bindweed | c. | Red Clover | e. | Duckweed | b. | Brome Grass | d. | Cattail |
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The lateral line is present on
all fish, even if it is not visible by color markings. It is very important to the survival of a fish
because it is used to sense:
a. | pressure changes in the
water | d. | all of these answers are correct
| b. | temperature changes in the
water | e. | none of these answers are
correct | c. | chemical changes in the water |
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This fish did not exist in Ohio
until it was brought in on purpose in 1879.
a. | Freshwater Eel
| c. | Sturgeon | e. | Yellow Perch | b. | Carp | d. | Bowfin |
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9.
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Which of the following
waterfowl has a green speculum?
a. | American Wigeon
| d. | all of these answers are correct
| b. | Blue Winged Teal
| e. | none of these answers are
correct | c. | Northern Shoveler |
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The most common mating system
in birds is:
a. | Polygamy | c. | Polyandry | e. | Monogamy | b. | Polygyny | d. | Promiscuity |
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Matching
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Match the following fish and
their descriptions: a. | Sauger | d. | Rock Bass | b. | Bowfin | e. | Freshwater
Drum | c. | Lake Trout |
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11.
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This fish is often called
‘red eye’.
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12.
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This fish is commonly called a
‘dogfish’.
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13.
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This is often called a
‘sheephead’.
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14.
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This fish is often called
‘jack salmon’.
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Match the
following a. | Vole
| d. | Mink
| b. | Opossum | e. | Shrew | c. | Eastern Pipistrel |
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15.
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The only poisonous mammal in
North America:
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16.
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Muskrat is the preferred food
of this mammal:
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17.
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The gestation period for this
mammal is just 12-13 days:
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This mammal has tri-colored
fur, gray at the base, then a band of yellow-brown, with a dark brown tip:
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Match the
following: a. | Carp | d. | White Bass | b. | Largemouth Bass | e. | Gizzard Shad | c. | Walleye |
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19.
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Which is in the Sunfish
family?
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20.
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Which is in the Temperate Bass
family?
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21.
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Which is in the Perch
family?
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22.
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Which is in the Minnow
family?
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Match the
following: a. | Virginia
Opossum | d. | Meadow Jumping
Mouse | b. | Woodchuck | e. | Eastern Fox Squirrel | c. | Eastern Gray
Squirrel |
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This is the largest North
American member of the squirrel family.
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24.
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This mammal is a
marsupial.
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25.
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This mammal has the longest
hibernation period, of all Ohio mammals:
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26.
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This animal is considered a
fur bearing animal.
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a. | Anal | d. | Pectoral | b. | Adipose | e. | Pelvic | c. | Dorsal |
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27.
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#18
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28.
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#17
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29.
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#19
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30.
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#20
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Match the
following: a. | Epilimnon | d. | Thermocline | b. | Hypolimnon | e. | Lacustrine | c. | Riparian |
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31.
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The lower layer of a deep lake
or pond, often depleted of oxygen during fall or winter months.
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32.
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Of or having to do with
lakes:
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The area along the banks of a
stream, river, or lake; usually supporting a wide diversity of life.
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34.
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The middle layer, or density
barrier, in deeper lakes or ponds; prevents nutrients & oxygen from mixing.
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Match the
following: a. | Migratory Bird
Treaty Act | d. | Pittman-Robertson | b. | Lacey Act | e. | Weeks-McLaren Act | c. | Wilderness Act |
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35.
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Makes it illegal to bring
wildlife from other countries into the US; regulates interstate shipment of
game.
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36.
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Established federal control
over migratory birds and eliminated spring waterfowl hunting.
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37.
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Makes it a federal offense to
kill a hawk or songbird (with stated exceptions).
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38.
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Placed an 11% excise tax on
arms and ammunition to fund wildlife management and hunter education.
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Match the
following: a. | Gaviliformes | d. | Columbiformes | b. | Podicipediformes | e. | Gruiformes | c. | Galliformes |
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39.
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The Ruffed Grouse, Pheasants,
and Wild Turkey are in the Order:
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40.
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The Sora and Virginia Rails
are in the Order:
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41.
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The Common Loon is in the
Order:
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42.
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The Horned and Pied-billed
Grebes are in the Order:
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Match the
following: a. | Birdsfoot
trefoil | d. | Duckweed | b. | Poison Ivy | e. | Bittersweet | c. | Red Clover |
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43.
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Floating plants, often cover
the water’s surface, relished by waterfowl, among the smallest plants:
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44.
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A native Ohio legume, which
improves soil quality by adding nitrogen from the air:
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45.
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Vine has finely toothed ovate
leaves, scarlet berries with a yellow-orange covering:
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46.
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Not an Ohio native
plant:
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Match the
following: a. | Corolla
| d. | Stipule | b. | Bract | e. | Node | c. | Crown |
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47.
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The point on a shoot where a
leaf, flower or bud is attached.
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48.
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The mass of branches, twigs
and leaves at the top of a tree, with particular reference to its shape.
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49.
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A modified and often
scale-like leaf, usually located at the base of a flower.
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50.
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A leaf-like scale, often
paired, at the base of a leafstalk in some trees.
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