Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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Delayed implantation is exhibited by which of the following?
a. | Eastern Cottontail Rabbit | d. | White-tailed
Deer | b. | Striped Skunk | e. | Meadow Vole | c. | Eastern
Chipmunk |
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In an average Eastern Cottontail population,______% will survive through the
second year of their lives.
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All of the following mammals are nocturnal except for the___.
a. | Southern Flying Squirrel | d. | Striped Skunk | b. | Eastern
Pipistrel | e. | Thirteen-lined
Ground Squirrel | c. | Gray Fox |
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4.
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The musk of this mammal is used as a perfume base because of its clinging
quality.
a. | Gray Fox | c. | Whitetail Deer | e. | Longtail Weasel | b. | Raccoon | d. | Striped Skunk |
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5.
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The only animal in Ohio that is a marsupial is:
a. | Raccoon | c. | Beaver | e. | Striped Skunk | b. | Hoary
Bat | d. | Opossum |
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6.
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The Starnose Mole has how many fleshy finger-like projections on the tip of its
nose?
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7.
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The young of the Starnose Mole leave their nest and hunt for themselves at what
age?
a. | 3 weeks | c. | 4 months | e. | one year | b. | 2
months | d. | 6
months |
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This mammal has existed longer than any other North American mammal, remaining
unchanged for nearly 70 million years.
a. | Eastern Mole | c. | Striped Skunk | e. | Whitetail Deer | b. | Virginia
Opossum | d. | Starnose
Mole |
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9.
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What is the upper limit of what biologists consider a sustainable deer
population per square per square mile?
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10.
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This mammal, having 50 teeth, has more than any other species in Ohio.
a. | Opossum | c. | Beaver | e. | Muskrat | b. | White-tailed
Deer | d. | Raccoon |
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This mammal has such a high rate of metabolism, that they will starve to death
in a matter of hours. It eats almost twice its own weight every day.
a. | Chipmunk | c. | Shrew | e. | Woodchuck | b. | Cottontail | d. | Vole |
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The largest member of the squirrel family in North America is the ______.
a. | Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel | d. | Raccoon | b. | Fox
Squirrel | e. | Woodchuck | c. | Gray Squirrel |
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Which of the following mammals is diurnal in its behavior?
a. | Striped Skunk | d. | Southern Flying Squirrel | b. | Red
Squirrel | e. | Meadow
Vole | c. | Gray Fox |
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The whitetail deer belongs to what order?
a. | Artiodactula | c. | Lagomorpha | e. | Rodenta | b. | Insectivora | d. | Marsupialia |
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Ohio’s number one fur-bearing mammal is the:
a. | Mink | c. | Striped Skunk | e. | Cottontail
rabbit | b. | Muskrat | d. | Raccoon |
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A rounded knob on top of the head an between the eyes of certain toads is called
the__.
a. | Carapace | c. | Bridge | e. | Plastron | b. | Tragus | d. | Boss |
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Most animals will not eat this animal because of its irritating and poisonous
skin secretions:
a. | Striped Skunk | d. | Common Garden Snake | b. | Bull Frog | e. | Snapping Turtle | c. | American
Toad |
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The high domed upper shell has dark brown or black markings, accented with
yellow streaks and blotches.
a. | Eastern Box Turtle | d. | Eastern Spiny Softshell | b. | Common Snapping
Turtle | e. | Smooth
Softshell | c. | Midland Painted Turtle |
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The largest salamander in Ohio is:
a. | Eastern Newt | c. | Mudpuppy | e. | Spotted
Salamander | b. | Hellbender | d. | Red Salamander |
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This is the only member of its species in Ohio. it breeds in the spring after an
elaborate mating dance, then lays 200-400 eggs, which hatch in the fall.
a. | Eastern Fence Lizard | d. | Eastern Newt | b. | Five-lined Skink | e. | Smooth Softshell | c. | Hellbender |
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This is Ohio’s most terrestrial turtle, found in woodlands throughout the
state.
a. | Common Snapping Turtle | d. | Midland Painted Turtle | b. | Eastern Box
Turtle | e. | Smooth
Softshell | c. | Eastern Spiny Softshell |
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This perennial has basal leaves which form a rosette.
a. | Common Mullein | d. | All of these are correct | b. | Chicory | e. | None of these are correct | c. | Common Burdock |
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This plant grows in rich, moist woods. It has a spike like spadix surrounded by
a floral leaf.
a. | Great Lobelia | c. | Canadian Violet | e. | Mayapple | b. | Soloman’s
Seal | d. | Jack-in-the
Pulpit |
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The flowers of this plant have long, red, nectar-rich spurs, arranged
alternately with colorful sepals. It blooms from April to July.
a. | Butterfly weed | d. | Hawkweed | b. | Daylily | e. | Yellow Goat’s Beard | c. | Columbine |
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The stems of this moist wood land plant support two whorls of leaves and has 2-9
nodding, yellowish green flowers.
a. | Broad-leaved Arrowhead | d. | Purple Cress | b. | Great Lobelia | e. | Columbine | c. | Indian Cucumber
Root |
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26.
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This undesirable exotic plant spreads rapidly and out-competes native wetland
vegetation:
a. | Cattail | c. | Marsh Marigold | e. | Purple
Loosestrife | b. | Bulrush | d. | Duckweed |
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The name of this plant means “three leaves.”
a. | Columbine | d. | Round Lobed Hepatica | b. | Great Lobelia | e. | Large-flowered Trillium | c. | Bergamot |
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This wild flower, which grows in rich woodlands, is also called “Indian
Turnip,” in reference to the taste of its corm or bulb-like root.
a. | Bloodroot | d. | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | b. | Broad-leaved Arrowhead | e. | Indian Cucumber Root | c. | Heal-All |
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Which of the following birds would be likely to build its nest on the
ground?
a. | American Goldfinch | d. | Eastern Meadowlark | b. | Brown-headed Cowbird | e. | American Robin | c. | Common
Grackle |
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Accipiters are woodland hawks with which of the following?
a. | long wings and short, pointed tails | d. | short, rounded wings and longish
tails | b. | banded underparts and wide tails | e. | short wings and short tails | c. | broad wings and
wide, rounded tails |
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Matching
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a. | Biotic potential | d. | Carrying capacity | b. | Edge effect | e. | Balance of nature | c. | Diversity
index |
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_____is the number of species an area can support overtime without damage to
the habitat or species
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32.
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The tendency of ecosystems to reach a general state of equilibrium is referred
to as:
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33.
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____ is the maximum number of offspring an organism can produce under ideal
conditions
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34.
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The natural occurrence of many wildlife species and individuals where two or
more vegetation types and/or size classes intersperse is called:
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a. | Chorus frog | d. | Wood frog | b. | American toad | e. | Gray treefrog | c. | Fowler’s
toad |
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35.
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This call is a metallic sound; like pulling your finger across a comb;
“pip-pip-pip-pip” 2-3 notes per second.
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36.
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This call is a high pitched trill; birdlike; lasts about 1/2 second, repeated
every few seconds
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37.
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This call is a buzzy nasal trill; lasts 1-5 seconds; “waaaaaa!”
like a baby crying
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38.
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This call is a scratchy, cackle-like call; “cack-a-hack” and
“rrracket, rrrracket.”
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a. | Opossum | d. | Norway Rat | b. | White-footed mouse | e. | Black bear | c. | Skunk |
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39.
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Which mammal has delayed implantation of the embryo?
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40.
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Which mammal has a breeding season that occurs all year long?
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41.
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Which mammal can become pregnant 48 hours after giving birth?
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42.
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Which gives birth to young which are still in embryonic form, with development
of their eyes, legs and feet occurring after birth?
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a. | Myiarchus crinitus | d. | Sturnella magna | b. | Geothlypis trichas | e. | Wilsonia citrina | c. | Carduelis
tristis |
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43.
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The scientific name of the Eastern Meadowlark is:
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44.
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The scientific name of the Hooded Warbler is:
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45.
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The scientific name of the American Goldfinch is:
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46.
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The scientific name of the Common Yellowthroat is:
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Match the drawing to the correct numbered flower part.  a. | Anther | d. | Stigma | b. | Filament | e. | Style | c. | Ovary |
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47.
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#17
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48.
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#20
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49.
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#18
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50.
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#19
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