Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The Eastern Massasauga is
a(n):
a. | carnivore | c. | herbivore | e. | granivore | b. | omnivore | d. | insectivore |
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The Snapping Turtle is
a(n):
a. | carnivore | c. | herbivore | e. | granivore | b. | omnivore | d. | insectivore |
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The Eastern Mole is
a(n):
a. | carnivore
| c. | herbivore | e. | granivore | b. | omnivore | d. | insectivore |
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The Muskrat is
a(n):
a. | carnivore | c. | herbivore | e. | granivore | b. | omnivore | d. | insectivore |
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A ____ is used to set a
backfire for use in the control of wildfires.
a. | sling
psychrometer | c. | anemometer | e. | secchi disk | b. | fire pump | d. | drip torch |
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A ______ is used to measure the
speed and direction of the wind.
a. | sling
psychrometer | c. | anemometer | e. | secchi disk | b. | fire pump | d. | drip torch |
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A _____ is used to measure the
turbidity of water.
a. | sling
psychrometer | c. | anemometer | e. | secchi disk | b. | fire pump | d. | drip torch |
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A _______ is used to measure
the amount of moisture in the air.
a. | sling
psychrometer | c. | anemometer | e. | secchi disk | b. | fire pump | d. | drip torch |
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This bird seems to scold,
“Cheeky, Cheeky!” as it calls out its song.
a. | barn
swallow | d. | black and white
warbler | b. | brown thrasher | e. | blue jay | c. | song sparrow |
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This bird seems to scream
“Thief! Thief! Thief!!”
a. | barn swallow
| d. | black and white
warbler | b. | brown thrasher | e. | blue jay | c. | song sparrow |
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This bird repeats each phrase
twice, sometimes 3 times, with a pause in between each phrase.
a. | barn
swallow | d. | black and white
warbler | b. | brown thrasher | e. | blue jay | c. | song sparrow |
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This bird proclaims how brief
and lovely life is as it repeats, “sweet, sweet, sweet interlude.”
a. | barn
sparrow | d. | black and white
warbler | b. | brown thrasher | e. | blue jay | c. | song sparrow |
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13.
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The scientific name of this
plant is Anemone
virginiana:
a. | common blue
violet | d. | spotted
touch-me-not | b. | purple loosestrife | e. | thimbleweed | c. | spring beauty |
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The scientific name of this
plant is Viola
papilionacea:
a. | common blue
violet | d. | spotted
touch-me-not | b. | purple loostrife | e. | thimbleweed | c. | spring beauty |
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The scientific name of this
plant is Lythrum
salicaria:
a. | common blue
violet | d. | spotted
touch-me-not | b. | purple loosestrife | e. | thimbleweed | c. | spring beauty |
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The scientific name of this
plant is Impatiens
pallida:
a. | common blue
violet | d. | spotted
touch-me-not | b. | purple loosestrife | e. | thimbleweed | c. | spring beauty |
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17.
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The Whitetail deer is
mostly:
a. | Diurnal | d. | All of these are correct | b. | Nocturnal | e. | non of the above | c. | Crepuscular |
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The Cottontail Rabbit is
mostly:
a. | diurnal | d. | All of these are correct | b. | nocturnal | e. | None of these are correct | c. | crepuscular |
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The Least Weasel is
mostly:
a. | diurnal | d. | All of these are correct | b. | nocturnal | e. | None of these are correct | c. | crepuscular |
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The Woodchuck is
mostly:
a. | diurnal | d. | All of these are correct | b. | nocturnal | e. | None of these are correct | c. | crepuscular |
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21.
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The animal with the nickname of
Reynard is the:
a. | Red Fox | d. | Mink | b. | Muskrat | e. | Beaver | c. | Cottontail Rabbit |
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22.
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The animal with the nickname of
Castor is the:
a. | Red Fox | d. | Mink | b. | Muskrat | e. | Beaver | c. | Cottontail Rabbit |
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23.
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The animal withe the nickname
of Marsh Rabbit is the:
a. | Red Fox | d. | Mink | b. | Muskrat | e. | Beaver | c. | Cottontail Rabbit |
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The animal withe the nickname
of Vison is the:
a. | Red Fox | d. | Mink | b. | Muskrat | e. | Beaver | c. | Cottontail Rabbit |
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A glandular longitudinal ridge
on the upper sides of some frogs is called the ______ ridge
a. | dorsolateral | c. | neoteny | e. | tympanum | b. | labial | d. | supercillary |
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A term referring to things that
pertain to the lips on frogs is:
a. | dorsolateral | c. | neoteny | e. | tympanum | b. | labial | d. | supercillary |
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27.
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The external eardrum on a frog
or toad is called the:
a. | dorsolateral | c. | neoteny | e. | tympanum | b. | labial | d. | supercillary |
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Markings positioned on the
upper eyelid of frogs or toads are:
a. | dorsolateral | c. | neoteny | e. | tympanum | b. | labial | d. | supercillary |
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29.
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Yellow 1” - 2”
flowers with cross shaped stigma, open at twilight, close by noon. Lance shaped, toothed
leaves.
a. | St.
Johnswort | d. | Prairie
dock | b. | Marsh Marigold | e. | Evening primrose | c. | Butter-and-eggs |
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Numerous yellow ray flowers
2” - 3” wide, heart shaped, coursely toothed basal leaves 1’ - 2’
long.
a. | St.
Johnswort | d. | Prairie
dock | b. | Marsh Marigold | e. | Evening primrose | c. | Butter-and-eggs |
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Yellow 3/4” - 1”
flowers in branched clusters; opposite, elliptic leaves with translucent dots.
a. | St.
Johnswort | d. | Prairie
dock | b. | Marsh Marigold | e. | Evening primrose | c. | Butter-and-eggs |
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Yellow 1” - 1-1/2”
shiny flowers, with 5 to 9 petal-like sepals, not petals; glossy heart-shaped
leaves.
a. | St.Johnswort | d. | Prairie dock | b. | Marsh Marigold | e. | Evening primrose | c. | Butter-and-eggs |
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33.
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Which is Ohio’s longest
snake?
a. | Garter
snake | d. | Black Rat
snake | b. | Milk snake | e. | Eastern Hognose | c. | Copperhead |
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Which of these snakes has an
hourglass pattern of dark chestnut bands on its body?
a. | Garter
snake | d. | Black Rat
snake | b. | Milk snake | e. | Eastern Hognose | c. | Copperhead |
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Which snake closely resembles
coral snakes, but is not poisonous?
a. | Garter
snake | d. | Black Rat
snake | b. | Milk snake | e. | Eastern Hognose | c. | Copperhead |
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36.
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Which snake has common names
that include the puff, or spreading adder, or the blow viper?
a. | Garter
snake | d. | Black Rat
snake | b. | Milk snake | e. | Eastern Hognose | c. | Copperhead |
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37.
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This is the largest amphibian
in Ohio:
a. | Snapping Turtle
| d. | Smooth
Softshell | b. | Eastern Fence Lizard | e. | Spotted Salamander | c. | Hellbender |
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38.
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Ducks Unlimited began
in:
a. | 1892 | b. | 1905 | c. | 1937 | d. | 1951 | e. | 1968 |
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39.
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The Sierra Club began
in:
a. | 1892 | b. | 1905 | c. | 1937 | d. | 1951 | e. | 1968 |
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40.
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Which fern grows well in many
places, thriving in poor or barren soil, even in full sun of old fields?
a. | Bracken
fern | d. | All of these are
correct | b. | Christmas fern | e. | None of these are correct | c. | Maidenhair
fern |
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41.
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The reproduction body of a
fern, from which male and female organs will later develop, is called the:
a. | stipe | c. | scale | e. | frond | b. | sporangia | d. | rhizome |
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42.
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What is Ohio’s state
fossil?
a. | Cephalopod | c. | Gastropod | e. | Horn coral | b. | Trilobite | d. | Fern |
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43.
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A pH of 8.0
is:
a. | acid | d. | neutral | b. | alkaline | e. | both alkaline AND deadly | c. | deadly |
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44.
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Purple loosestrife and garlic
mustard are two of Ohio’s:
a. | Charismatic
species | d. | Endemic
species | b. | Exotic species | e. | Crepuscular species | c. | Endangered
species |
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45.
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Which of the following is a
non-renewable resource?
a. | trees | d. | All of these are correct | b. | wildlife | e. | None of these are correct | c. | petroleum |
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46.
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The average life span of most
small birds in Ohio is:
a. | less than one
year | d. | five
years | b. | one year | e. | ten years | c. | two years |
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Matching
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Match the flower part with its
name:
a. | Ovary | d. | Anther | b. | Style | e. | Petal | c. | Stigma |
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47.
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#20
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48.
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#19
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49.
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#17
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50.
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#18
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