Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is a tympanum used
for?
a. | eat
with | c. | hear
with | e. | taste
with | b. | see with | d. | walk with |
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Male and female mallards are
differently colored and so are said to be exhibiting:
a. | molting
colors | d. | sexually
dimorphism | b. | different phases | e. | mating display | c. | eclipse |
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3.
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You watch a toad catch a
grasshopper with its very long tongue. The tongue is attached to the:
a. | front of the
mouth | c. | middle of the
mouth | e. | throat | b. | back of the mouth | d. | tympanum |
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4.
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Which of these are warm-blooded
vertebrates?
a. | reptiles | c. | amphibians | e. | snakes | b. | birds | d. | fish |
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World-wide, there are over 900
species of this mammal, accounting for almost 1/4 of the 4625 described mammal species on
earth.
a. | Bears | b. | Bats | c. | Mice | d. | Moles | e. | Rats |
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This member of the buttercup
family is also called liverleaf, since it was once thought to curve liver
ailments.
a. | Columbine | d. | Wood lily | b. | Round-lobed Hepatica | e. | Hawkweed | c. | Heal-all |
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This succulent wildflower has
erect hollow stems, each with several bright 1” yellow flowers in April to June. Lower leaves
are heart or kidney shaped.
a. | Butter-and-eggs | d. | Marsh Marigold | b. | Golden Ragwort | e. | Round-lobed Hepatica | c. | Large-flowered
Bellwort |
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8.
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A mud puppy is mature when it
is about______ old and eight inches long.
a. | two
months | c. | one
year | e. | ten
years | b. | six months | d. | five years |
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9.
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This squirrel is truly
nocturnal in its behavior. It is very sociable and may live in groups of twenty or more in a single
den during the winter.
a. | Eastern Fox
Squirrel | d. | Southern Flying
Squirrel | b. | Eastern Gray Squirrel | e. | Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel | c. | Red Squirrel |
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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. | Raccoon | d. | Eastern Chipmunk | b. | Virginia Opossum | e. | Eastern Cottontail | c. | Least Shrew |
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Matching
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Match the
following. a. | Turkey
Vulture | d. | Red-tailed
Hawk | b. | Osprey | e. | American
Kestrel | c. | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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Commonly seen soaring over
land, rarely beating wings:
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12.
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Commonly seen perched near or
attacking birds at bird feeders:
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13.
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Larger hawk, commonly seen
perched along a road:
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14.
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Commonly seen perched or
soaring near water:
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Match the
following. a. | Red
salamander | b. | Hellbender | c. | Spotted salamander | d. | Red-backed salamander | e. | Small mouth
salamander |
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Lays compact, clear or milky,
egg masses, each containing about 100 eggs, in March or April.
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Lays up to 700 eggs, singly or
in clusters, attached to sticks, grass, or underside of stones, Jan. - April.
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17.
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Hangs strands of 6-12 eggs
from the roof of a cavity, under a stone, or inside a rotten log, June - July.
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18.
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Lays 50 to 100 eggs in early
fall
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Match the
following. a. | Green
frog | d. | Gray
treefrog | b. | Chorus frog | e. | American toad | c. | Leopard frog |
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Call is a long, high trill
lasting ten to fifteen seconds:
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20.
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Call sounds like the string of
a banjo being plucked;
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21.
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Call is a metallic sound, like
slowly pulling your finger across the teeth of a comb, 2-3 notes per second.
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Call is a high pitched trill,
birdlike, lasting about half a second, repeated every few seconds:
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Match the
following. a. | Umbel | d. | Raceme | b. | Spadix | e. | Rosette | c. | Spike |
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A long flower cluster;
individual flowers bloom on a small stalk along a common central stalk:
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A crowded cluster of leaves,
usually basal, circular and appearing to grow directly out of the ground:
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A dense spike of tiny flowers,
as in members of the Arum Family:
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26.
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An elongated flower cluster,
each flower of which is without a stalk:
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a. | Canine | d. | Premolar | b. | Molar | e. | Incisor | c. | Mandible |
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27.
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#17
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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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#20
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Match the
following. a. | Preservation | d. | Biodiversity | b. | Carrying Capacity | e. | Wildlife Management | c. | Conservation |
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The wise use of our natural
resources:
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32.
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The manipulation of wildlife
populations and habitats to achieve desired human goals:
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33.
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The number of individuals
of certain species that can be supported on a given amount of land:
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34.
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The aim to eliminate human
influence in natural systems:
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Match the
following. a. | Niche | d. | Edge Effect | b. | Succession | e. | Home Range | c. | Climax Community |
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35.
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The role or “job”
an animal performs in its ecosystem:
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36.
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Orderly process of community
development involving changes in species structure in the community over time:
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37.
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the area where an individual
animal finds all of its life requirements is:
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38.
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Natural occurrence of many
wildlife species & individuals where two or more vegetation types/classes
intersperse:
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Match the
following. a. | Ragweed | d. | Golden Ragwort | b. | Wild Ginger | e. | Chicory | c. | Common Burdock |
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39.
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Which has a cup-shaped flower
with three pointed lobes?
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40.
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Which plant grows both male
and female flowers?
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41.
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Which plant grows just two
large( each 3-6 inches), hairy, heart-shaped leaves?
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42.
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Which is NOT a member of the
sunflower family, Asteraceae?
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Match the
following. a. | Common
Mullien | d. | Virginia
Waterleaf | b. | Wild Onion | e. | Ironweed | c. | Spotted Touch-me-not |
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43.
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The scientific name of this
plant is Verbascum thapsus.
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44.
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The scientific name of this
plant is Allium cernuum.
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45.
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The scientific name of this
plant is Impatiens capensis.
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46.
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The scientific name of this
plant is Hydrophyllum virginianum.
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Match the
following. a. | Tridactyl | d. | Raptorial | b. | Palmate | e. | Zygodactyl | c. | Anisodactyl |
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47.
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The two outside toes of the
bird’s foot face back, while the two center toes face forward:
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48.
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This is the most common form
of a bird’s foot, with three toes directed forward and one behind:
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49.
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Webbing connects the three
front toes:
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50.
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Feet with talons, well adapted
at ripping flesh from prey.
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