Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The area along the banks of a stream, river, or lake, usually supporting a wide
diversity of life...
a. | edge effect | b. | spathe | c. | hypolimnon | d. | riparian
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The order of birds including ducks, geese, and swans...
a. | accipiters | b. | anadromous | c. | anseriforms | d. | buteos |
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What is the name of this bird? a. | Song Sparrow | c. | House Sparrow | b. | Field Sparrow | d. | Tufted Titmouse |
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What is the name of this bird? a. | Downy Woodpecker | c. | Red-bellied Woodpecker | b. | White-breasted
Nuthatch | d. | Black and White
Warbler |
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This is the skull of what mammal? a. | Black Bear | c. | Badger | b. | Raccoon | d. | Coyote |
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What is the name of this bird? a. | Cedar Waxwing | c. | Hooded Warbler | b. | Northern Cardinal | d. | Tufted Titmouse |
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What is the name of this mammal? a. | Badger | b. | Woodchuck | c. | Muskrat | d. | Beaver |
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What is the name of this piece of equipment? a. | Post-hole Digger | c. | Shovel | b. | Spade | d. | Soil Sampler |
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What is the name of this amphibian? a. | Spotted Salamander | c. | Spring Peeper | b. | Red Salamander | d. | Eastern Newt |
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What is the name of this bird? a. | Osprey | c. | Red-tailed Hawk | b. | Bald Eagle | d. | Red-shouldered
Hawk |
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What is the name of this bird? a. | Tree Swallow | c. | Dark-eyed Junco | b. | Barn Swallow | d. | Eastern
Kingbird |
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What is the name of this piece of equipment? a. | Aerial Net | c. | Sling Psychrometer | b. | Dot Grid | d. | Secchi Disk |
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This is the skull of what mammal? a. | Black Bear | c. | Least Weasel | b. | Badger | d. | Raccoon |
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What is the name of this amphibian? a. | Hellbender | c. | Mudpuppy | b. | Small-mouthed Salamander | d. | Spotted
Salamander |
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What is the name of this reptile? a. | Eastern Massasauga | c. | Eastern Massasauga | b. | Northern Copperhead | d. | Northern Water
Snake |
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What is the name of this mammal? a. | Coyote | c. | Red Fox | b. | Gray Fox | d. | Little Brown
Myotis |
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The plants that occupy an environment when the succession of species is complete
and the plant populations become stable.
a. | climax community | c. | endangered species | b. | ecdysis | d. | deciduous forest
biome |
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What is the name of this mammal? a. | Least Weasel | c. | Longtail Weasel | b. | Woodchuck | d. | Little Brown
Myotis |
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What is the name of this amphibian? a. | Red-backed Salamander | c. | Red Salamander | b. | Eastern Newt | d. | Small-mouthed
Salamander |
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What is the name of this piece of equipment? a. | Drafting Instruments | c. | Soil Test Kit | b. | Water Test Kit | d. | Carbon Monoxide
Tester |
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What is the name of this mammal? a. | Mink | c. | Long-tailed Weasel | b. | River Otter | d. | Least Weasel |
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What is the name of this mammal? a. | House Mouse | c. | White-footed Mouse | b. | Meadow Jumping Mouse | d. | Least Shrew |
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What is the name of this bird? a. | Snow Bunting | c. | White-throated Sparrow | b. | Song
Sparrow | d. | House
Sparrow |
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A scientist who specializes in the study of reptiles and amphibians.
a. | ichthyologist | b. | herpetologist | c. | ornithologist | d. | amphibianist |
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This is the skull of what mammal? a. | Beaver | c. | Eastern Woodrat | b. | Muskrat | d. | Norway Rat |
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