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2000 Marysville Invitational Nature Interpretation Test



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which of the following will NOT produce a seed capsule?
a.
Spring beauty
c.
Blue phlox
e.
Large flowered trillium
b.
Canada violet
d.
Bloodroot
 

 2. 

Which of the following will NOT produce a berry?
a.
Indian Cucumber  root
d.
False Soloman’s seal
b.
Large flowered trillium
e.
Trout lily
c.
Soloman’s seal
 

 3. 

Which of the following does NOT have a bulb type root?
a.
Trout lily
d.
Wood lily
b.
Wild bergamot
e.
All of the above have bulbous roots
c.
Wild onion
 

 4. 

Which of the following does NOT have a rhizome.?
a.
Soloman’s seal
d.
Broad-leaved arrowhead
b.
False Soloman’s seal
e.
All reproduce with rhizomes
c.
Wild Lupine
 

 5. 

Which of the following has a taproot?
a.
Jack-in-the-pulpit
d.
Ground ivy
b.
Wild bergamot
e.
none of theses are correct
c.
Red clover
 

 6. 

Which of the following lists includes only birds that are cavity nesters?
a.
kestrel, screech owl, titmouse, nuthatch, starling
b.
barred owl, flicker, catbird, titmouse, woodpecker
c.
kingbird, junco, catbird, grackle, nuthatch
d.
bluebird, tree swallow, junco, nuthatch, starling
e.
woodpecker, flicker, starling, flycatcher, kingbird
 

 7. 

A bird laying its eggs in the nests of other birds, allowing them to raise its young is an example of             .
a.
Altricial Broods
d.
Evolutionary Convergence
b.
Brood Parasitism
e.
Interbrooding
c.
Cooperative Broods
 

 8. 

This bird is a scavenger; it does not kill, it only eats animals that are already dead.
a.
European Starling
c.
Eastern Kingbird
e.
Short-eared Owl
b.
American Kestrel
d.
Turkey Vulture
 

 9. 

This bird is even more skilled at diving and catching fish than the Bald Eagle.
a.
Red-shouldered Hawk
c.
Red-tailed Hawk
e.
Osprey
b.
American Kestrel
d.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
 

 10. 

The is the most abundant large hawk throughout much of North America.
a.
Bald Eagle
c.
Red-tailed Hawk
e.
Osprey
b.
Red-shouldered
d.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
 

 11. 

What is the preferred hardwood tree of the gray squirrel?
a.
Beech
b.
Cedar
c.
Hickory
d.
Maple
e.
Oak
 

 12. 

What is the upper limit of what biologists consider a sustainable number of deer per square mile?
a.
8
b.
16
c.
40
d.
52
e.
86
 

 13. 

This mammal, having fifty teeth, has more than any other species in Ohio.
a.
Beaver
c.
Meadow Vole
e.
Raccoon
b.
Musk Rat
d.
Opossum
 

 14. 

Which of the following can, and do, climb trees?
a.
Gray Fox
d.
All of the above are correct
b.
Southern Flying Squirrel
e.
None of these are correct
c.
Woodchuck
 

 15. 

Which of the following is monogamous?
a.
Gray Squirrel
c.
Red Squirrel
e.
Whitetail Deer
b.
Gray Fox
d.
Virginia Opossum
 

 16. 

White-tailed Deer females are capable of breeding at what age?
a.
6 months
b.
1 year
c.
1.5 years
d.
2 years
e.
3 years
 

 17. 

The female of this mammal has eleven to thirteen nipples for feeding her young.
a.
Chipmunk
d.
Virginia Opossum
b.
Striped Skunk
e.
Woodchuck
c.
Thirteen-lined Ground  Squirrel
 

 18. 

This snake is in the Colubird family, the largest of all snake families.
a.
Brown Snake
d.
All of these are correct
b.
Eastern Hognose
e.
None of these are correct
c.
Northern Water Snake
 

 19. 

If this animal is grabbed by its tail, the tail will break off and continue to wiggle vigorously, in order to distract the pursuer. This animal will then grow a new tail.
a.
Red Backed Salamander
d.
Five-lined Skink
b.
Eastern Fence Lizard
e.
Hellbender
c.
Eastern Massasauga
 

 20. 

The Northern Red Salamander breeds during which season?
a.
Spring
d.
Winter
b.
Summer
e.
Both in the Spring and Summer
c.
Fall
 

 21. 

This is the largest amphibian in Ohio.
a.
Eastern Box Turtle
c.
Hellbender
e.
Snapping Turtle
b.
Eastern Fence Lizard
d.
Smooth Softshell
 

 22. 

A frog with square-ish spots arranged in two parallel rows down its back is the            .
a.
Bullfrog
d.
Pickerel Frog
b.
Green Frog
e.
Spring Peeper
c.
Northern Leopard Frog
 

 23. 

A large scale: horny shields or plates covering a turtle’s shell is the                  .
a.
Baldplate
b.
Boss
c.
Carapace
d.
Plastron
e.
Scute
 

 24. 

A mud puppy is mature when it is about                 old and eight inches long.
a.
two months
b.
six months
c.
one year
d.
five years
e.
nine years
 

 25. 

While in its land stage, this animal is a shiny yellow/green color,and may have red spots.
a.
Red Salamander
c.
Hellbender
e.
Spotted Salamander
b.
Eastern Newt
d.
Mudpuppy
 

 26. 

This animal has a flattened head, and a wrinkled fold of flesh along each side of the body.
a.
Eastern Newt
d.
all of the above are correct
b.
Hellbender
e.
none of the above are correct
c.
Red Salamander
 

 27. 

The greatest number of different kinds of salamanders occurs in:
a.
Asia
c.
Madagascar
e.
South America
b.
Europe
d.
North America
 

 28. 

The wise us of our natural resources, including correct hunting, timber harvesting,and farming practices is called:
a.
conservation
c.
ecosystem control
e.
preservation
b.
ecology
d.
management
 

 29. 

Which is a non-renewable resource?
a.
Forests
d.
All of the above are correct
b.
Soils
e.
None of the above are correct
c.
Wildlife
 

 30. 

What is the largest threat to the continued existence of all Ohio Wildlife?
a.
Hunting
d.
Habitat Destruction
b.
Chemical Pollution
e.
Predator Population Increase
c.
Disease
 

Matching
 
 
Match the letter of the term to its correct definition.
a.
gestation
d.
fertilization
b.
estrus
e.
lactation
c.
germination
 

 31. 

The period of time in which the female animal is sexually receptive to a male:
 

 32. 

The period of time from conception to birth:
 

 33. 

The period of time in which a female mammal is producing milk for her offspring:
 

 34. 

The time in mammals when a male sperm cell joins with a female egg to form a zygote
 
 
Match the letter of the term to its correct definition. 
a.
Common Flicker
d.
Red-winged Blackbird
b.
Cedar Waxwing
e.
White-throated Sparrow
c.
Dark-eyed Junco
 

 35. 

Female is buff colored with brown streaks, a buff-white eyebrow, & large bill. Male all black with red wing patch.
 

 36. 

Pale pink bill, dark eye, white outer tail feathers. Male is charcoal-gray; female is a more brownish-gray.
 

 37. 

Whitish central stripe on crown,eyebrow white with yellow mark at front. Female is more dull colored.
 

 38. 

Black spots on back,wings & breast, black necklace, red patch on nape, gray crown, yellow under tail & wings.
 
 
Match the letter of the term to its correct definition. 
a.
Butter-and-eggs
d.
Prairie dock
b.
Evening primrose
e.
St. Johnswort
c.
Common Mullein
 

 39. 

Yellow ray flowers 2-3” wide, numerous flower heads, heart shaped, coarsely toothed basal leaves 1-2’
 

 40. 

Yellow 3/4-1” flowers, dense spike but only a few flowers open at a time, tiny hairs cover leaves & stem, biennial.
 

 41. 

Yellow 1” long flowers, upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed, with orange ridges & a nectar spur at the base.
 

 42. 

Yellow 1-2” flowers with cross shaped stigma, flowers open by twilight, close by noon. Lance shaped, toothed leaves.
 
 
Match the letter of the term to its correct definition.
a.
Asio otus
d.
Strix varia
b.
Asio flammeus
e.
Tyto alba
c.
Otus asio
 

 43. 

The scientific name of the Barn Owl is:
 

 44. 

The scientific name of the Bared Owl is:
 

 45. 

The scientific name of the Screech Owl is:
 

 46. 

The scientific name of the Short-eared Owl is:
 
 
Match the bird to the foot type:

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 47. 

Robin
 

 48. 

Red-tailed Hawk
 

 49. 

Woodpecker
 

 50. 

American Goldfinch
 



 
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