Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The wise use of natural
resources (hunting, timber harvesting, farming) is called:
a. | preservation | c. | ecology | e. | succession | b. | conservation | d. | management |
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Which is the correct order of
taxonomic classification?
a. | Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Order,Family,Genus,Species | b. | Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Family,Order,Genus,Species | c. | Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Family,Order,Species,Genus | d. | Phylum,Family,Class,Order,Kingdom,Genus,Species | e. | Species,Genus,Kingdom,Class,Order,Family,Phylum |
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The leaves and roots of this
plant are poisonous if eaten, but it produces a small, edible, yellowish lemon-like fruit, often
called a “Mandrake”.
a. | Bloodroot | d. | Indian Cucumber Root | b. | Mayapple | e. | Jack-in-the-Pulpit | c. | Broad-leaved
Arrowhead |
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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. | Butter and
eggs | d. | Columbine | b. | Butterfly weed | e. | Yellow Goat’s Beard | c. | Daylily |
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An animal that eats primarily
meat is called:
a. | Omnivore | c. | Herbivore | e. | Herbaceous | b. | Carnivore | d. | Raptorial |
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The fragrant, yellow blossoms
of this flower open in the late afternoon or near sunset. Each blossom will last just one
day.
a. | Butterfly
weed | d. | Large-flowered
Bellwort | b. | Daylily | e. | Common Evening Primrose | c. | Goldenrod |
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Delayed implantation is
exhibited by all of the following except:
a. | Big Brown
Bat | c. | Striped
Skunk | e. | Mink | b. | Least Weasel | d. | Beaver |
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This biennial grows up to six
feet tall, does not usually have branches, and is covered with woolly hairs.
a. | Blazing
Star | d. | Marsh
Marigold | b. | Common Mullein | e. | Thimbleweed | c. | Common Burdock |
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9.
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Which is a non-renewable
resource?
a. | Forests | c. | Soils | e. | none are correct | b. | Wildlife | d. | All are correct |
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The root of this plant is
sometimes used as a coffee substitute:
a. | Nightshade | c. | Squirrel corn | e. | Mayapple | b. | Yarrow | d. | Chicory |
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Matching
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Match the
following: a. | Red-winged
Blackbird | d. | Eastern
Meadowlark | b. | Black & White Warbler | e. | White-throated Sparrow | c. | Black-throat Green
Warbler |
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This bird nests in reeds,
grasses or shrubs 3-8 feet above ground or water.
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This bird nests on the ground
in grasslands.
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This bird usually builds its
nest high in a conifer tree.
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14.
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This bird builds its nest on
the ground under a small tree or shrub.
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Match the following
a. | Raccoon
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Bat | b. | Muskrat | e. | Eastern Cottontail | c. | Opossum |
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On average, this mammal will
have three litters per year, with two to ten young per litter:
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This mammal has just on litter
per year, with two to seven young per litter:
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Usually one litter per year;
average litter size is nine; each young weighing one-fifteenth of an ounce:
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Usually has two litters per
year, sometimes three, with an average of six young in each litter:
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Match the
following: a. | National Audubon
Soc | d. | Greenpeace,
Inc. | b. | Ducks Unlimited | e. | National Wildlife Fed. | c. | Nature
Conservancy |
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19.
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Buys & manages habitats
that contain rare, unique, and threatened species; lobbies governments.
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20.
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Buys and protects North
American habitats for hunting & conservation, spends little on lobbying.
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21.
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Uses lobbying, magazines, and
merchandise sales to focus on wildlife issues; has the most members.
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International group that uses
non-violent confrontation to publicize environmental issues.
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Match the
following: a. | Eastern
Meadowlark | d. | Whip-poor-will | b. | Brown-headed Cowbird | e. | Kill deer | c. | Common Grackle |
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Which has the scientific name:
Charadrius vociferus
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24.
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Which has the scientific name:
Molothrus ater
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25.
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Which has the scientific name:
Sturnella magna
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26.
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Which has the scientific name:
Caprimulgus vociferus
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Match the drawing to the insect
part at right
 a. | Simple
eye | d. | Tympanum | b. | Tarsus | e. | Spiracles | c. | Compound eye |
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27.
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#20
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28.
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#19
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29.
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#18
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30.
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#17
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a. | Sessile | d. | Stamen | b. | Spathe | e. | Corolla | c. | Calyx |
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A bract or pair of bracts,
often large, enclosing the flower:
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The male organ of a flower,
composed of a filament topped by an anther, usually several in each flower:
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33.
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Without a
stalk:
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34.
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Collective term for the sepals
of a flower, usually green:
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a. | Accidental | d. | Rare | b. | Casual | e. | Introduced | c. | Extirpated |
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35.
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Single, or a very small
number, of scattered records of a species, no established pattern of
occurrence:
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36.
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Not native to the area,
deliberately released:
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37.
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Not observed annually in an
area, but has established an apparent pattern of occurrence:
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38.
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Formerly had established
populations in an area, but is no longer in that area, still present elsewhere:
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a. | Box
Turtle | d. | Midland Painted
Turtle | b. | Spotted Turtle | e. | Snapping Turtle | c. | Blanding’s Turtle |
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Many spots on the carapace,
with a hinged plastron:
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40.
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At risk because of competition
from the non-native Red-eared Slider:
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Male has red eyes, female has
brown; plastron is hinged:
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42.
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Male has brown eyes and tan
chin; female has orange eyes and yellow chin:
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a. | Altricial | d. | Polygamy | b. | Precocial | e. | Monogamy | c. | Polyandry |
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43.
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Describes young birds which
are relatively well developed at hatching.
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44.
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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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45.
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Birds which hatch helpless,
usually naked, with eyes closed and totally dependent on their parents.
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46.
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One animal having two of more
mates or indiscriminately mating without forming pairs.
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a. | Mental
Gland | d. | Boss | b. | Cusp | e. | Plastron | c. | Carapace |
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47.
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The upper shell of a
turtle:
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48.
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The lower shell of a
turtle:
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49.
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The rounded knob on top of the
head between the eyes of certain toads:
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50.
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A pointed tooth-like
projection on the upper jaw of some turtles:
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