Multiple
Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 2. | Which of the following will NOT
produce a berry? a. | Indian Cucumber root | d. | False Solomans
seal | b. | Large flowered trillium | e. | Trout lily | c. | Solomans seal | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 4. | Which of the following does NOT
have a rhizome.? a. | Solomans seal | d. | Broad-leaved
arrowhead | b. | False Solomans seal | e. | All reproduce with
rhizomes | c. | Wild Lupine | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 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 | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 11. | What is the preferred hardwood
tree of the gray squirrel? a. | Beech | b. | Cedar | c. | Hickory | d. | Maple | e. | Oak | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 12. | What is the upper limit of what
biologists consider a sustainable number of deer per square mile?
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 15. | Which of the following is
monogamous? a. | Gray Squirrel | c. | Red
Squirrel | e. | Whitetail Deer | b. | Gray Fox | d. | Virginia Opossum | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 20. | The Northern Red Salamander
breeds during which season? a. | Spring | d. | Winter | b. | Summer | e. | Both in the Spring and Summer | c. | Fall | | | | |
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| 21. | This is the largest amphibian
in Ohio. a. | Eastern Box Turtle | c. | Hellbender | e. | Snapping Turtle | b. | Eastern Fence Lizard | d. | Smooth Softshell | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 23. | A large scale: horny shields or
plates covering a turtles shell is the
. a. | Baldplate | b. | Boss | c. | Carapace | d. | Plastron | e. | Scute | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 27. | The greatest number of
different kinds of salamanders occurs in: a. | Asia | c. | Madagascar | e. | South America | b. | Europe | d. | North America | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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| 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 | | | | |
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Matching
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Match the letter of the term to
its correct definition. a. | gestation | d. | fertilization | b. | estrus | e. | lactation | c. | germination | | | | |
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| 31. | The period of time in which the
female animal is sexually receptive to a male:
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| 32. | The period of time from
conception to birth:
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| 33. | The period of time in which a
female mammal is producing milk for her offspring:
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| 34. | The time in mammals when a male
sperm cell joins with a female egg to form a zygote
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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 | | | | |
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| 35. | Female is buff colored with
brown streaks, a buff-white eyebrow, & large bill. Male all black with red wing
patch.
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| 36. | Pale pink bill, dark eye, white
outer tail feathers. Male is charcoal-gray; female is a more brownish-gray.
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| 37. | Whitish central stripe on
crown,eyebrow white with yellow mark at front. Female is more dull colored.
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| 38. | Black spots on back,wings &
breast, black necklace, red patch on nape, gray crown, yellow under tail & wings.
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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 | | | | |
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| 39. | Yellow ray flowers 2-3
wide, numerous flower heads, heart shaped, coarsely toothed basal leaves 1-2
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| 40. | Yellow 3/4-1 flowers,
dense spike but only a few flowers open at a time, tiny hairs cover leaves & stem,
biennial.
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| 41. | Yellow 1 long flowers,
upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed, with orange ridges & a nectar spur at the
base.
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| 42. | Yellow 1-2 flowers with
cross shaped stigma, flowers open by twilight, close by noon. Lance shaped, toothed
leaves.
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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 | | | | |
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| 43. | The scientific name of the Barn
Owl is:
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| 44. | The scientific name of the
Bared Owl is:
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| 45. | The scientific name of the
Screech Owl is:
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| 46. | The scientific name of the
Short-eared Owl is:
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Match the bird to the foot
type:
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| 47. | Robin
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| 48. | Red-tailed Hawk
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| 49. | Woodpecker
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| 50. | American
Goldfinch
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