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Nature Interpretation - Practice Test #2



Multiple Choice
Identify thechoice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

What is the name of this mammal?


Gray Squirrel
a.
Eastern Fox Squirrel
c.
b.Red Squirreld.13-Lined GroundSquirrel
 

 2. 

What is the name of this bird?


Screech Owl
a.
Barn Owl
c.
b.Short-eared Owld.Great HornedOwl
 

 3. 

What is the name of this mammal?


Meadow Vole
a.
Eastern Woodrat
c.
b.Norway Ratd.House Mouse
 

 4. 

The middle layer or density barrier in deeper lakes or ponds; prevents nutrientsand oxygen from mixing...
thermocline
d.
a.
hypolimnon
b.
c.edge effectspeculum
 

 5. 

A system made up of a community of plants and animals that coexist and aredependent on one another...
ecosystem
d.
a.
biosphere
b.
c.habitatbiotic potential
 

 6. 

Ducks which ride higher in the water and can often be found feeding infields...
puddle ducks
d.
a.
diving ducks
b.
c.precocial riparian
 

 7. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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Sling Psychrometer
a.
pH Meter
c.
b.Sound Level Meterd.Carbon MonoxideTester
 

 8. 

This is the skull of what mammal?


Whitetail Deer
a.
Red Fox
c.
b.Gray Foxd.Coyote
 

 9. 

What is the name of this reptile?


Blanding’s Turtle
a.
Spotted Turtle
c.
b.
Midland PaintedTurtle
d.
Eastern BoxTurtle
 

 10. 

What is the name of this mammal?


Little Brown Myotis
a.
Big Brown Bat
c.
b.Hoary Batd.Least Shrew
 

 11. 

What is the name of this bird?


Short-eared Owl
a.
Barn Owl
c.
b.Barred Owld.Great HornedOwl
 

 12. 

What is the name of this mammal?


Coyote
a.
Gray Fox
c.
b.Red Foxd.Badger
 

 13. 

What is the name of this reptile?


Black Rat Snake
a.
Brown Snake
c.
b.Eastern Milk Snaked.Blue Racer
 

 14. 

What is the name of this reptile?


Northern Copperhead
a.
Eastern Milk Snake
c.
b.Eastern Hognose Snaked.TimberRattlesnake
 

 15. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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Sound Level Meter
a.
Carbon Monoxide Tester
c.
b.Dissolved Oxygen Meterd.Anemometer
 

 16. 

This is the skull of what mammal?


Eastern Mole
a.
House Mouse
c.
b.Red Squirreld.Muskrat
 

 17. 

What is the name of this mammal?

Eastern Chipmunk
a.
Woodchuck
c.
b.Gray Squirreld.13-lined GroundSquirrel
 

 18. 

What is the name of this reptile?


Midland Painted Turtle
a.
Common Snapping Turtle
c.
b.
SmoothSoftshell
d.
Eastern BoxTurtle
 

 19. 

What is the name of this reptile?


Northern Copperhead
a.
Eastern Massasauga
c.
b.Eastern Milk Snaked.TimberRattlesnake
 

 20. 

What is the name of this bird?


American Robin
a.
Brown Thrasher
c.
b.Cedar Waxwingd.Hooded Warbler
 

 21. 

A scientist who studies fish.
herpetologist
d.
a.
ichthyologist
b.
c.margayistaquaculturist
 

 22. 

Assigning human traits and feelings to animals...
commensalism
a.
anseriforms
c.
b.calyxd.anthropomorphism
 

 23. 

What is the name of this plant?


New England Aster
a.
Heal-all
c.
b.Purple Cressd.Yarrow
 

 24. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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Dessicator
a.
Soil Analysis Sieve
c.
b.Seined.Plant Press
 

 25. 

What is the name of this bird?


Cedar Waxwing
a.
Tufted Titmouse
c.
b.Cardinald.CrestedFlycatcher
 



 
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