True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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The cottontail will seldom raise more than one litter per year.
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2.
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Typically bats decrease their metabolic rate when they are at rest and allow
their internal temperature to drop almost as low as the temperature of their surroundings.
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3.
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All Minnesota mammals, with the exception of Opossums, bear their young
alive.
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4.
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Opossums are strictly vegetarian animals.
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5.
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The thirteen-lined ground squirrel is a true hibernator while the gray squirrel
doesn’t hibernate.
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6.
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Striped skunks are omnivores; their diet includes insects, berries, small
mammals, garbage, nuts and earthworms.
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7.
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One pocket gopher mound will typically hold several adult gophers.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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8.
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Forest tent caterpillars feed on:
a. | aspen | b. | corn | c. | grass | d. | pine |
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9.
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Carpenter ants are beneficial to the environment because they:
a. | aerate the soil | c. | decompose and recycle wood | b. | parasitic pest
insects | d. | pollinate woodland
flowers |
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10.
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Which of the following insects has two (2) wings?
a. | dragonfly | c. | horse fly | b. | firefly | d. | all of these are
correct |
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11.
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Which insect is not associated with trees?
a. | carpenter ant | b. | cicada | c. | June beetle | d. | springtail |
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12.
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What is the favorite food of green lacewings?
a. | aphids | c. | fungus | b. | decaying organic material | d. | oak leaves |
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13.
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Male mosquitoes feed on:
a. | blood | c. | nectar from flowers | b. | other mosquitoes | d. | they never feed |
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14.
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Which of the following insects has a complete life cycle?
a. | blow fly | b. | cicada | c. | dragonfly | d. | field
cricket |
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15.
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You are overturning small rocks submerged in a small, fast moving stream. Which
of the following insects are most likely to be found?
a. | caddisfly larva | c. | water strider | b. | mosquito larva | d. | whirligig
beetle |
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Which of the following is not true about fireflies?
a. | fireflies eat snails and small insects | b. | not all fireflies can produce
light | c. | fireflies produce a cold light | d. | fireflies produce light by mixing a chemical
call lumerin with the carbon dioxide they breath out |
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Which of the following is true about yellow jackets and honey bees?
a. | yellow jackets feed on leaves and honey bees feed on pollen and
nectar | b. | yellow jacket nests survive for one year and honey bee nests survive for several
years or more | c. | both yellow jackets and honey bees make nests made of wax | d. | both yellow jackets
and honey bees commonly nest in the ground |
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Which insect has long antennae ( as long or longer than its body)?
a. | braconid wasp | c. | longhorn borer beetle larva | b. | cornfield
ant | d. | katydid |
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19.
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Which of the following insects does not have a pupa stage?
a. | carrion beetle | c. | syrphid fly | b. | giant water bug | d. | yellow jacket |
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20.
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Which of the following does not belong to the order Homoptera?
a. | aphid | b. | caddisfly | c. | cicada | d. | leafhopper |
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21.
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Which order has four membranous (thin) wings, and chewing mouthparts?
a. | Homoptera | b. | Diptera | c. | hymenoptera | d. | Orthoptera |
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22.
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Braconid wasps are important as natural control in the environment because
they:
a. | are predators on other insects | c. | feed on weeds | b. | are parasites on
other insects | d. | feed on pest
fungi |
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23.
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The fall grouse behavioral phenomenon, which disperses, birds into new
territories is termed:
a. | the big migration | c. | shuffle or crazy flight | b. | the annual
push | d. | trickle
stocking |
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24.
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Which of the following are not coveying birds?
a. | Hungarian partridge | c. | ruffed grouse | b. | pheasant | d. | all are coveying
birds |
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25.
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The primary habitat of the wild turkey is:
a. | hardwood forests | b. | a mixture of hardwood forests and
grasslands | c. | softwood forests | d. | a mixture of softwood and hardwood
forests |
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26.
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Which of the following birds was introduced into the United States?
a. | crow | c. | red-winged blackbird | b. | grackle | d. | cowbird |
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27.
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The
will often ride on their mother’s back while swimming.
a. | red-tailed hawk young | c. | loon young | b. | snow goose young | d. | wood duck young |
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28.
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The migratory bird act protects:
a. | all migratory game birds | b. | all migratory birds except
blackbirds | c. | all migratory birds except hawks and owls | d. | all migratory birds
species |
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29.
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The woodcock’s primary food is:
a. | willow roots | b. | pond algae | c. | earthworms | d. | insects |
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30.
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Which hawk is difficult to tell from the Cooper’s Hawk because of similar
appearance?
a. | Broad-winged hawk | c. | Sharp-shinned hawk | b. | Red-tailed hawk | d. | Sparrow hawk |
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This species is the only North American songbird that are brood parasites,
laying their eggs in the nests of other birds and leaving them to the care of foster parents. The
bird is:
a. | cowbird | c. | starling | b. | crow | d. | house sparrow |
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32.
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The Great Blue Heron flies with:
a. | the neck extended | b. | the neck moving forward and back with the wing
movement | c. | the neck folded | d. | the neck is pulled back into the
body |
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33.
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With regard to the Snow Goose:
a. | It was recently added to the endangered species list | b. | It was taken off the
endangered species list, but may be put back on. | c. | Has had the limits severely reduced for
hunting. | d. | Has become so numerous that its habitat is
threatened. |
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34.
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The Shoveler feeds on:
a. | minute aquatic animals strained through its teeth | b. | small minnows caught
underwater | c. | only on shore plants | d. | only on pond
plants |
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35.
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The owl whose call is “mournful whinny” is the:
a. | Barred owl | c. | Screech owl | b. | Great-horned owl | d. | Short-eared owl |
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The call of the Ruddy duck is:
a. | mostly silent with courting males making clucking noises | b. | low croak, cluck, or
quack | c. | a soft quack; various chattering and clucking notes | d. | clear double
whistle |
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37.
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Which of the following mammals are saltatorial?
a. | woodchuck | c. | jumping mouse | b. | mink | d. | raccoon |
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38.
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The red squirrels staple food is:
a. | acorns | c. | birch buds | b. | conifer seeds | d. | maple seeds |
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39.
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Which of the following species belong to same genus (Canis) as the domestic
dog?
a. | only wolves | c. | only fox | b. | wolves,fox, and coyotes | d. | both wolves and
coyotes |
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40.
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With regard to Red and Gray fox:
a. | both prefer semi-open areas | b. | both prefer wooded or heavy brush
areas | c. | the red fox prefers semi-open areas and the gray fox prefers wooded
areas | d. | the red fox prefers wooded areas and the gray fox prefers semi-open
areas |
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41.
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Animal(s) included in the genus Mustela are:
a. | mink and otter | c. | weasels and otter | b. | mink and weasels | d. | mink, weasels, and
other |
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42.
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The female may lay as many as 20 million eggs in the ocean and when the young
hatch they follow currents back to freshwater?
a. | American eel | b. | sturgeon | c. | gar | d. | sea
lamprey |
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43.
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Which fish is a benthic feeder?
a. | carp | c. | sturgeon | b. | catfish | d. | all of these are
correct |
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44.
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The study of fish is called:
a. | entomology | c. | ornithology | b. | ichthyology | d. | piscology |
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45.
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A black crappie is in the family
a. | Catostomidae | c. | Cyprinidae | b. | Centrarchidae | d. | Percidae |
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46.
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Which trout was originally located only west of the Rockies?
a. | brook trout | c. | rainbow trout | b. | brown trout | d. | none of these are
correct |
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47.
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A dogfish is a:
a. | eel | b. | lamprey | c. | burbot | d. | bowfin |
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48.
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Where do female Fathead minnows deposit their eggs?
a. | in rooted vegetation | c. | buried in sediment | b. | on the underside of rocks or
logs | d. | on the surface of
gravel |
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49.
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Which is not at least partially piscivorous?
a. | black crappie | b. | carp | c. | muskellunge | d. | walleye |
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50.
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The darters are most closely related to:
a. | minnow | b. | trout | c. | walleye | d. | white
sucker |
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51.
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The
spawn in the autumn.
a. | lake trout | b. | sea lamprey | c. | smelt | d. | walleye |
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52.
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Which of the following is not in the sunfish family?
a. | black crappie | c. | small mouth bass | b. | bluegill | d. | yellow perch |
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53.
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‘Which of the following fish is primarily a bottom feeder?
a. | largemouth bass | c. | northern pike | b. | black crappie | d. | sturgeon |
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54.
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What is the larval stage of the sea lamprey known as?
a. | ammocoetes | c. | midges | b. | laptocephalus | d. | smolt |
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