Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Brush piles created for wildlife should be 3-5 feet high and at least____feet in
diameter.
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2.
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The average weight of an adult Canada Goose is
a. | 9-12 pounds | b. | 14-17 pounds | c. | 18-22 pounds | d. | 24-27
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Sportsmen are approximately _____% of the population in the US.
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4.
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This mammal is an excellent digger, able to move dirt faster than a man with a
shovel.
a. | Badger | c. | Black Bear | b. | Beaver | d. | Hairytail mole |
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Up to one-third of their usual diet of this bird is made up of animal
matter.
a. | Gadwall | c. | Black Duck | b. | Wood Duck | d. | Northern
Shoveler |
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6.
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Which of the following fish has an adipose fin?
a. | Channel Catfish | c. | Brown Trout | b. | Coho Salmon | d. | All of these are
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7.
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Which type of plant does the white-tailed deer prefer the most?
a. | Grass | b. | Forb | c. | Browse | d. | Aquatic |
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8.
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A species that will probably become extinct if not protected is a(n)
___________.
a. | Threatened Species | c. | Candidate Species | b. | Endangered Species | d. | Expected Extinct
Species |
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A species likely to become endangered in the near future is a(n)________.
a. | Threatened Species | c. | Candidate Species | b. | Endangered Species | d. | Extinct Species |
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10.
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Which of the following migrating birds normally travels only at night?
a. | American Woodcock | c. | Canvasback | b. | Blue Goose | d. | Scaup |
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This is the largest of the catfish in Ohio. An adult may grow to as large as
eighty pounds.
a. | Black Bullhead | c. | Channel Catfish | b. | Blue Catfish | d. | Shovelhead
Catfish |
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12.
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The lateral line is very important to the survival of a fish because it is used
to sense.
a. | Pressure changes in the water | c. | chemical changes in the
water | b. | Temperature changes in the water | d. | All of these are
correct. |
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13.
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The US Forest Service is part of the United States Department of
________.
a. | Agriculture | b. | Commerce | c. | Defense | d. | the
Interior |
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14.
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These tiny, floating plants often form a carpet like cover on the water’s
surface.
a. | Bulrush | b. | Cattail | c. | Duckweed | d. | Pondweed |
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This evergreen can live over 400 years; it was used by French Explorers for
vitamin C.
a. | Aspen | c. | Eastern White Pine | b. | Eastern Hemlock | d. | North White
Cedar |
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This is the only Ohio puddle duck with a white Speculum.
a. | American Wigeon | c. | Goldeneye | b. | Gadwall | d. | Mallard |
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This sunfish is often misnamed “mud bass”
a. | Pumpkinseed | c. | Green Sunfish | b. | Central Longear | d. | Warmouth |
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The Ring-necked Duck has a ring around its________.
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This is the most common bat in Ohio:
a. | Big Brown Bat | c. | Hoary Bat | b. | Eastern Pipistrel | d. | Little Brown
Myotis |
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20.
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These are the most urban of all N. American bats, often fond in human
dwellings.
a. | Big Brown Bat | c. | Hoary Bat | b. | Eastern Pipistrel | d. | Little Brown
Myotis |
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Which of the following is true of the feathers of an adult, female Ruffed
Grouse?
a. | Its 10th primary feathers has a sharp tip. | b. | Its feather has two
dots at the tip. | c. | Has a black band crossing all tail feathers. | d. | All of these are
correct. are true. |
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Which of the following is recommended to discourage muskrats from invading a
pond?
a. | Allow submerged weeds to grow thick. | c. | Line the shoreline with course
stone | b. | Plant large areas of cattails or aquatics | d. | Trap them heavily, year
round |
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This mammal hibernates for up to seven months
a. | Badger | c. | Meadow Jumping Mouse | b. | Least Shrew | d. | Pine Vole |
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Up to one third of this mammal’s diet is made up of the subterranean
fungus Endogone
a. | eastern Mole | c. | Meadow Jumping Mouse | b. | Woodland Jumping Mouse | d. | Starnose Mole |
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This mammal must eat one to one and one-half times its own weight every
day.
a. | Eastern Chipmunk | c. | Meadow Vole | b. | Hoary Bat | d. | Shorttail Shrew |
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This perennial, with a root system 20-30 feet deep, reproduces by seeds and root
stocks.
a. | Bindweed | c. | Multiflora Rose | b. | Blackberry | d. | Phragmites |
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Animals that eat dead tissue are called:
a. | Decomposers | b. | Carnivores | c. | Parasites | d. | Scavengers |
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28.
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This introduced perennial, crowds out native aquatics that are valuable to
wildlife.
a. | Bindweed | c. | Partridgeberry | b. | Japanese Honeysuckle | d. | Purple
Loosestrife |
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Which of these is the least common sunfish in Ohio?
a. | green Sunfish | c. | Pumpkinseed Sunfish | b. | Longear Sunfish | d. | Warmouth
Sunfish |
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Which of these sunfish is the most widely distributed of all the sunfish in
Ohio?
a. | Green Sunfish | c. | Pumpkinseed Sunfish | b. | Longear Sunfish | d. | Warmouth
Sunfish |
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Matching
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Match the following: a. | Anadromous | d. | Spawn | b. | Migratory | e. | Tubercle | c. | Gravid |
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A raised, wart-like knob, often with spines
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32.
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A fish which swims upstream to reproduce
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33.
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To release eggs and sperm into the water
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34.
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A pregnant fish, toad or frog, one carrying eggs
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Match the following: a. | Epilimnon | d. | Thermocline | b. | Hypolimnon | e. | Lacustrine | c. | Riparian |
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35.
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The lower layer of a pond, often depleted of oxygen during the fall or winter
months
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36.
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Of or having to do with lakes
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37.
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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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38.
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The middle layer or density barrier in deeper lakes or ponds, prevents
nutrients and oxygen from mixing
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Match the following: a. | Morning Dove | d. | Ruffed
grouse | b. | Ring-necked Pheasant | e. | Snipe | c. | Woodcock |
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39.
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Both parents of this bird raise the young, they both produce a fatty substance
called ‘crop milk”
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40.
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This bird flies extremely slow, often zig-zagging through trees and
brush
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41.
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This bird was introduced from Asia
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42.
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In winter, this bird grows comb-like rows of bristles on its toes, which serve
as snowshoes
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Match the following: a. | Diving Ducks | d. | Speculum | b. | Galliforms | e. | Puddle Ducks | c. | Anseriforms |
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43.
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The brightly colored patch on the wing of some ducks
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44.
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Ducks which patter across water at takeoff and have smaller wings in relation
to their body
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45.
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Ducks which ride higher in the water and can often be found feeding in
fields
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46.
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The older of birds including ducks, geese, and swans
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Match the following: a. | Hemlock | d. | American
Beech | b. | White Pine | e. | Flowering Dogwood | c. | White Oak |
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47.
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The scientific name of this plant is Cornus florida
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48.
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The scientific name of this plant is Tsugo Canadensis
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49.
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The scientific name of this plant is Quercus alba
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50.
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The scientific name of this plant is Fagus grandifolia
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