Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Wild specimens of this turtle can weight up to 45 pounds.
a. | Common Snapping Turtle | d. | Midland Painted Turtle | b. | Eastern Box
Turtle | e. | Spotted
turtle | c. | Eastern Spiny Softshell |
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All of the following mammals are nocturnal except:
a. | Southern Flying Squirrel | d. | Raccoon | b. | Gray
Fox | e. | Thirteen-Lined Ground
Squirrel | c. | Striped Skunk |
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3.
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Which of the following statements is false concerning Ohio’s poisonous
snakes?
a. | All have elliptical shaped pupils | d. | All vibrate their tails when
upset | b. | All have nostrils and pits on their face | e. | All have triangular shaped
heads | c. | All have a rattle on the end of their tail |
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What species has no sound-sensory organs?
a. | Killdeer | d. | Spring Peeper | b. | Jefferson’s
Salamander | e. | Eastern
Massauga | c. | Eastern Mole |
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The American Kestrel is also called:
a. | Chicken Hawk | c. | Goshawk | e. | Merlin | b. | Marsh
Hawk | d. | Sparrow
Hawk |
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6.
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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. | American Kestrel | d. | Turkey Vulture | b. | Short-eared Owl | e. | Bald Eagle | c. | Eastern
Kingbird |
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Which of the following statements concerning Ohio toads and frogs, is
false?
a. | All lay eggs in masses | d. | All fertilize their eggs externally | b. | All have a
distinctive mating call | e. | All
lay their eggs in water | c. | All have pigmented
eggs |
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Delay implantation is exhibited by:
a. | Eastern Chipmunk | d. | Small-mouthed Salamander | b. | Striped
Skunk | e. | House
Wren | c. | Virginia Opossum |
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9.
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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. | 8 months | b. | 2
months | d. | 6
months |
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This mammal, which is mostly nocturnal in its habits, is the most common member
of the order Lagomorpha in the Great Lakes Region.
a. | Eastern Chipmunk | c. | Least Shrew | e. | Virginia
Opossum | b. | Eastern Cottontail | d. | Raccoon |
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Matching
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Match the following. a. | Monogamous | d. | no description is
accurate | b. | Polygamous | e. | scientists are unsure | c. | Both monogamous and
polygamous |
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11.
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The Mink is:
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12.
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The Big Brown Bat is:
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13.
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The Cottontail Rabbit is:
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14.
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The Red Fox is:
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Match the following. a. | Tufted Titmouse | d. | House
Wren | b. | Killdeer | e. | Meadowlark | c. | Gray Catbird |
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White edged tail, yellow throat and breast crossed by a black
‘V’:
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16.
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Brown above, white below, with two dark bands across its breast:
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Small, brown bird, often holds its tail upright over its back:
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18.
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Gray above and whitish below, rust colored sides and conspicuous gray
crest:
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Match the following. a. | Marshes, water’s
edge | d. | Dry open woods, fields | b. | Rich woods & thickets | e. | All of the above | c. | Roadside, waste
areas |
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19.
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The Wild Lupine is most likely to be found growing in:
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20.
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The Broad-leaved Arrowhead is most likely to be found growing in:
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21.
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Chicory is most likely to be found growing in:
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22.
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Large-flowered Trillium is most likely to be found growing in:
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Match the following. a. | Sturnella
magna | d. | Carduelis tristis | b. | Troglodytes aedon | e. | Charadrius vociferus | c. | Geothlypis
trichas |
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The scientific name of the American Goldfinch is:
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24.
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The scientific name of the House Wren is:
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25.
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The scientific name of the Common Yellowthroat:
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26.
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The scientific name of the Eastern Meadowlark is:
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Match the silhouette to the bird’s name.  a. | Wren | d. | Starling | b. | Cardinal | e. | Swallow | c. | Nuthatch |
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#20
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28.
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#18
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29.
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#19
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30.
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#17
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What frog call sounds like this. a. | Green Frog | d. | Fowlers
Toad | b. | Wood Frog | e. | Chorus Frog | c. | Gray Tree Frog |
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Like pulling your finger across a metal comb;
“pip-pip-pip-pip-pip-pip-pip” 2-3 seconds.
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This call is buzzy, nasal trill; lasts 1-4 seconds; ‘waaaaaaaaaaa!”
like a baby crying.
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33.
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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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34.
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This call is a scratchy, cackle-like call; “cack-a-hack” and
“rrrrracket, rrrrracket”.
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Match the following. a. | January - February | d. | June -
July | b. | February - April | e. | All year long | c. | April - May |
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35.
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When is the typical birthing period in Ohio for the Thirteen-lined Ground
Squirrel?
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36.
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When is the typical birthing period in Ohio for the Norway Rat?
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37.
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When is the typical birthing period in Ohio for the River Otter?
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38.
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When is the typical birthing period in Ohio for the Black Bear?
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Match the following. a. | Anemometer | d. | Secchi
disk | b. | Current meter | e. | Sling Psychrometer | c. | Dessicator |
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39.
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This tool measures the turbidity of water:
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40.
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This tool measures how fast the wind is blowing:
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41.
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This tool measures percent relative humidity:
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42.
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This tool measures how fast a stream is flowing:
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What bird is described? a. | Field Sparrow | d. | dark eyed
Junco | b. | House Sparrow | e. | Cedar Waxwing | c. | Song Sparrow |
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Slate-gray or gray-brown above, with white abdomen, pink bill:
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44.
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Rufous cap,white eye ring, unstreaked buff beast and oink bill:
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45.
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Male has black throat, white cheeks, and chestnut nape, gray crown and
rump:
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Heavily streaked underparts, with a large central spot on breast;
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What frog is this? a. | Western Chorus Frog | d. | Eastern Wood
Frog | b. | Spring Peeper | e. | Pickerel Frog | c. | Northern Leopard
Frog |
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47.
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A small frog with large toe pads, a characteristic dark ‘X’ on its
back
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48.
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Normally with 3 dark stripes down its back, they may be reduced to broken rows
of spots.
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49.
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A dark patch, or “robber’s mask”’ extends backwards
from the eye.
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50.
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Square spots arranged in two parallel rows down the back.
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