Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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This term refers to animals that go dormant during hot or dry periods:
a. | saltorial | c. | torpor | e. | arboreal | b. | hibernation | d. | estivation |
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The term extirpate means that a species:
a. | migrates each fall and spring | d. | became extinct due to man’s
actions | b. | is no longer found in particular area | e. | has adapted to new area | c. | has a large home
range |
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This is the specific place that a wildlife species occupies in nature:
a. | territory | c. | niche | e. | home range | b. | biome | d. | habitat |
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A water test kit could contain all of the following except:
a. | Bottom sampling dredge | d. | Sling
Psychrometer | b. | pH meter | e. | Dissolved oxygen test | c. | Secchi disk |
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The house sparrow really isn’t a sparrow. It belongs to which Old World
family?
a. | Weaver finch | d. | Thrush | b. | Black bird | e. | Pigeon | c. | Tanager
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This permanent bird president of Ohio gives a nasal cry ad can usually be found
walking down a tree head first looking for insects:
a. | Downy Woodpecker | d. | White-breasted nuthatch | b. | Tufted titmouse
| e. | Flicker | c. | Black capped
chickadee |
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Carpenter ants are a favorite food of this secretive deep woodland bird. Rough
rectangular holes four or more inches deep in trees reveal its presence.
a. | Red headed woodpecker | d. | Flicker | b. | Pileated woodpecker | e. | Red-bellied woodpecker | c. | Downy
woodpecker |
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The male species of this bird is often heard loudly singing
“konk-la-ree” from his perch in and around marshes, swamps, and hay fields.
a. | Brown thrasher | d. | Eastern kingbird | b. | Blue Jay | e. | Red-winged blackbird | c. | Meadowlark |
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Which of the following does not belong in the Blackbird family?
a. | Common grackle | d. | European starling | b. | Red-winged black bird | e. | Eastern meadow lark | c. | Brown-headed Cowbird
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The American Kestrel is not a hawk, but a true falcon, due to presence
of:
a. | Band of dark feathers on legs | d. | long wings and short tail
| b. | A round nostril opening | e. | swept back pointed wings | c. | A white rump
patch |
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Old crow nests provide nesting sites for:
a. | Great horned owls | d. | Sharp shinned hawks | b. | Screech owls | e. | Barred owls | c. | Turkey vultures
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This mammals digestive system can be described as ruminant,It has stomachs that
aid in breaking down food.
a. | short tailed shrew | d. | White tailed deer | b. | eastern cottontail | e. | beaver | c. | Raccoon |
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This animal is a true hibernator. It’s breathing and pulse practically
stop in winter and body temperatures drops to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
a. | least shrew | d. | woodchuck | b. | eastern chipmunk | e. | black bar | c. | striped skunk
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Mammals with two pairs of the upper incisive teeth, such as rabbits, are known
as:
a. | monogastrics | c. | rodents | e. | inceptomorphs | b. | lagomorphs
| d. | longimorphs
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Opossum have a particular type of tail that enables them to grasp branches. This
type of tail is called:
a. | marsupial | d. | rat-like | b. | grasping | e. | opposable | c. | prehensile
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The raccoon is probably most related to:
a. | beaver | c. | woodchucks | e. | squirrels | b. | weasels
| d. | bears
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The largest family of mammals in North America includes mice, rats, voles, and
muskrats and known as:
a. | canidae | c. | castoridea | e. | talpiidae | b. | crictetidea
| d. | sciuridea
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The scientific name Didlephus virginianus, belongs to which mammal?
a. | eastern cotton tail | d. | eastern chipmunk | b. | white tail deer | e. | Virginia opossum | c. | woodchuck |
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Which of following mammals leaves a track with five front and five hind toes
showing?
a. | woodchuck | d. | red squirrel | b. | least weasel | e. | meadow vole | c. | white footed mouse
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This squirrel is extremely territorial and will continually chase other
squirrels away and even throw sticks and nuts at humans in its territory:
a. | fox squirrel | d. | red squirrel | b. | gray squirrel | e. | 13-lined ground squirrel | c. | southern flying
squirrel |
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The true toads are characterized by their thick skin, short hind legs, and lack
of:
a. | pupils and teeth | d. | vocal sacs | b. | teeth and ribs | e. | webbed feet | c. | toxic scanned
secretions |
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The big lumps just behind the eyes of toads contain a powerful toxin and are
called:
a. | tympanum | d. | lateral ridges | b. | paratoid glands | e. | toxicans | c. | costal grooves
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Spring peppers spend winter on the surface of the soil and often ice crystals
form inside of their bodies. What prevents their cells from becoming damaged?
a. | T-cells | d. | steroids | b. | Glucose | e. | antibodies | c. | saltwater
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Gray tree frog tadpoles are unique in coloring. They can be described as
a. | green bodied with red spots | d. | blue bodied with speckles
| b. | green bodied with orange tail | e. | yellowish with black tail | c. | fluorescent green
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As a defense mechanism , which salamander is able to detach most of its tail and
leave it wiggling on its own while escaping?
a. | small mouth salamander | d. | hellbender | b. | red backed
salamander | e. | spotted
salamander | c. | eastern newt |
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Bluebird young can be described as altricial, which means they:
a. | resemble their parents hatching | b. | are born covered with down and eyes open
| c. | lack of feathers and open eyes at hatching | d. | eat large amount of
insects for protein | e. | return to area where hatched
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The term referring to animal disease, starvation, predation, lack of nesting or
den sites, and other factors that control a wild animal population is:
a. | limiting factor | d. | exponential growth | b. | biotic potential | e. | zero population growth | c. | carrying capacity
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Animals that feed on dead organic matter are referred to as:
a. | organizes | c. | detrivores | e. | omnivores | b. | herbivores
| d. | carbonivores
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Which of the following does not have edible root stocks?
a. | spring beauty | d. | purple cress | b. | squirrel corn | e. | salmons seal | c. | Canada lily
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This term refers to animals that go dormant during hot or dry periods:
a. | torpor | c. | saltorial | e. | hibernation | b. | estivation
| d. | arboreal
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Matching
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Match the following: a. | White | d. | Green | b. | Orange | e. | Blue to Violet | c. | Yellow |
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31.
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What color are the flowers of Bloodroot?
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32.
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What color are the flowers of Evening Primrose?
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33.
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White color are the flowers of Wood Lily?
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34.
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What color are the flowers of Mayapple?
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Matching a. | Sharp-shinned Hawk | d. | White-tail Deer
| b. | Star-nosed Mole | e. | Wild Lupine | c. | Gray Tree Frog |
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Which is ruminant?
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36.
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Which is an accipitor?
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37.
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Which is fossorial?
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38.
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Which is legumous?
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Matching a. | Thimbleweed | d. | Prairie Dock | b. | Soloman’s
Seal | e. | Bloodroot | c. | Wild Bergamot |
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39.
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Which flower is in the Mint family?
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40.
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Which flower is in the Poppy family?
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41.
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Which flower is in the Lily family?
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42.
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Which flower is in Buttercup family?
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Matching a. | White-tail deer | d. | Virginia Opossum
| b. | Mink | e. | Hoary
Bat | c. | Cottontail Rabbit |
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43.
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Which is in the Order Carnivora?
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44.
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Which is in the Order Marsupialia?
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45.
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Which is in the Order Chiroptera?
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46.
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Which is in the Order Lagomorpha?
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Match the name of the insect to the drawing of its head: a. | butterfly | d. | fly
| b. | dragonfly | e. | cicada | c. | grasshopper |
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47.
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What is number 17?
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48.
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What is number 18?
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49.
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What is number 19?
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50.
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What is number 20?
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