Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best
completes the statement or answers the question.
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This member of the genus impatiens, has seed pods which, when mature, will burst
open and impatiently shoot their seeds forth if they are disturbed.
a. | Blood root | d. | Stunk Cabbage | b. | Common Mullein | e. | Spotted Touch-me-not | c. | Great Lobelia
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This wild flower, which grows in rich woodlands, is also called “Indian
Turnip,”in reference to the sharp taste of its uncooked root.
a. | Bloodroot | d. | Indian Cucumber Root | b. | Broad-leaved Arrowhead | e. | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | c. | Heal-All |
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When describing a flower, pubescent means
a. | a longish cluster of flowers | d. | a hollow, tubular flower
extension | b. | with soft, downy hairs | e. | three or more leaves at a single point | c. | without a stalk |
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Which of the following is not a member of the Poppy family?
a. | Bloodroot | d. | Wild Ginger | b. | Dutchman’s Breeches | e. | All are members of the Poppy
family | c. | Squirrel Corn |
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This perennial reproduces by seed and underground rhizomes.
a. | Yarrow | d. | Common Evening Primrose | b. | Common
Mullein | e. | Wild
Carrot | c. | Common Ragweed |
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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. | Yellow Goat’s Beard | d. | Daylily | b. | Butterfly
weed | e. | Hawkweed | c. | Columbine |
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This two to five feet tall biennial has purple of white flowers that form a
dense ovoid head, turning into stiff-hooked, prickly seeds at maturity.
a. | Wood Lily | d. | Purple Loosestrife | b. | Blazing Star | e. | Teasel | c. | Common Evening
Primrose |
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The plant is a member of the Pea family, Fabaceae.
a. | Wild Lupine | d. | Large Flowered Trillium | b. | Blazing
Star | e. | Round Lobed
Hepatica | c. | Great Lobelia |
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Which flower type does a Jack-in-the Pulpit have?
a. | Panicle | b. | Umbel | c. | Raceme | d. | Spike | e. | Spadix |
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What has snap dragon-like flowers with orange palates and thin drooping spurs,
narrow leaves and grows 1-3 feet tall along roadsides and waste places.
a. | Wood Betony | c. | Butter-and-Eggs | e. | Wild Lupine | b. | Evening
Primrose | d. | Cardinal
Flower |
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A bare, fleshly area at the base of the upper mandible that surrounds the
nostrils; swollen and distinctively colored in some birds:
a. | Nape | b. | Raptor | c. | Tarsus | d. | Preen | e. | Cere |
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Accipiters are woodland hawks with
a. | long wings and short, pointed tails | d. | broad wings and wide, rounded
tails | b. | short, rounded wings and longish tails | e. | none of these are correct | c. | banded underparts
and wide tails |
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The American Kestrel is also called:
a. | Merlin | d. | Sparrow Hawk | b. | Chicken Hawk | e. | none of these are correct | c. | Marsh
Hawk |
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Cherokee and some other Indian tribes refer to this bird as a “peace
eagle,” because it does not kill, it only eats animals that are already dead.
a. | Red-shouldered Hawk | d. | Turkey Vulture | b. | American Kestrel | e. | Short-eared Owl | c. | Eastern
Kingbird |
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This bird belongs to the crow family:
a. | Blue Jay | d. | Red-winged Blackbird | b. | European Starling | e. | Tree Swallow | c. | Gray
Catbird |
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Which of these raptor species is a buteo?
a. | Red-Shouldered Hawk | b. | Sharp-Shinned Hawk | c. | Bald
Eagle | d. | Both the Red-Shouldered Hawk and Sharp-Shinned Hawk | e. | None of these are
buteos |
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This member of the swallow family does not prefer to live in colonies, except
when migrating and while on its winter feeding grounds:
a. | Barn Swallow | d. | Eastern Bluebird | b. | Tree Swallow | e. | none of the above | c. | Brown
Thrasher |
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Which of the following is a group of songbird you would expect to find foraging
together during the winter months in Ohio?
a. | Cowbird, Grackle, Goldfinch | d. | Grackle, Starling,
Robin | b. | Song Sparrow, Chickadee, Kestrel | e. | Chickadee, Nuthatch,
Titmouse | c. | Cardinal, Bluebird, Catbird |
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Which songbird does not exhibit different colors between the adult sexes?
a. | American Goldfinch | d. | Northern Flicker | b. | European Starling | e. | Red-bellied Woodpecker | c. | Northern
Cardinal |
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This is the smallest of all American woodpeckers:
a. | Red-bellied | d. | Pileated | b. | Downy | e. | all are very similar in
size | c. | Red-headed |
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The maximum number of offspring an organism can produce under ideal
conditions.
a. | Renewability | d. | Indigenous | b. | Population | e. | Balance of nature | c. | Biotic
potential |
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The area where an individual animal finds all of its life requirements
is:
a. | Territory | d. | Ecological Niche | b. | Home Range | e. | Cache | c. | Habitat |
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Crepuscular refers to an animal which is:
a. | active during daylight hours | d. | active at all
times | b. | active during early morning hours | e. | none of these are correct | c. | active during night
hours |
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Which is the correct order of taxonomic classification
a. | Species, Genus, Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Phylum | b. | Kingdom, Phylum,
Class, Family, Order, Genus, Species | c. | Kingdom, Phylum, Class Family, Order, Species,
Genus | d. | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species | e. | Phylum, Family,
Class, Order, Kingdom, Genus , Species |
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The orderly process of progression in nature, involving changes in species and
processes with time; the final stage is known as a climax community.
a. | Niche | c. | Biota | e. | Succession | b. | Ecosystem | d. | Carrying capacity |
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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:
a. | Limiting Factor | d. | Edge Effect | b. | Carrying Capacity | e. | None of these are correct | c. | Saturation
Point |
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This is the only real threat to the continued existence of all Ohio
wildlife:
a. | Predator Population Increase | d. | Habitat
Destruction | b. | Chemical Pollution | e. | Hunting | c. | Disease |
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A species that has appeared in a given area a very few times only and whose
normal range is in another range is in another range.
a. | Accidental | c. | Resident | e. | Introduced | b. | Cosmopolitan | d. | Exotic |
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A pH of 5.8 is
a. | acid | d. | neutral | b. | alkaline | e. | none of these are correct | c. | basic |
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An animal that eats only plants is a(n);
a. | Monogastric | c. | Herbivore | e. | Ruminant | b. | Carnivore | d. | Omnivore |
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a. | Altricial | d. | Polygamy | b. | Precocial | e. | Monogamy | c. | Polyandry |
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Describes young birds which are relatively well developed at hatching
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Two animals mating only with each, other usually until their young are raised,
but sometimes for life.
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Birds which hatch helpless, usually naked, with eyes closed and totally
dependent on their parents.
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34.
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One animal having two or more mates or indiscriminately mating without forming
pairs.
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a. | Downy Woodpecker | d. | Pileated Woodpecker | b. | Red-belled Woodpecker | e. | Common Flicker | c. | Red-headed
Woodpecker |
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This is the smallest woodpecker in Ohio
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36.
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This is the largest woodpecker in Ohio
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37.
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There is both a yellow-shafted and red-shafted morph of this bird.
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38.
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The male and female of this species are nearly identical in their color
patterns and size.
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a. | European Starling | d. | American Goldfinch | b. | Turkey Vulture | e. | Blue Jay | c. | Common
Grackle |
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This bird is easily recognized by its characteristic yellow eye.
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40.
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By early spring, this species loses it s speckled appearance, and its dark bill
begins to turn bright yellow in advance of breeding in March.
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41.
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This bird is a member of the stork family
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42.
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This bird has a crest
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a. | Eastern Box Turtle | d. | Spiny Softshell | b. | Smooth Softshell | e. | Painted Turtle | c. | Snapping
Turtle |
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43.
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The scientific name of the is animal is Chrysemys picta
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44.
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The scientific name of this animal is Terrapene carolina
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45.
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The scientific name of this animal is Trionyx spiniterus
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46.
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The scientific name of this animal is Trionyx muticus
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a. | cordate | d. | ovate | b. | lancelate | e. | oblique | c. | linear |
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47.
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#18
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48.
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#20
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49.
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#17
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50.
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#19
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