Multiple Choice Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the name of this piece of equipment?
a. | Soil Sampler | c. | Sound Level Meter | b. | Backpack Fire Pump | d. | Water Test Kit |
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A system made up of a community of plants and animals that coexist and are
dependent on one another...
a. | biosphere | b. | ecosystem | c. | habitat | d. | biotic potential
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What is the name of this bird?
a. | Common Yellowthroat | c. | Eastern Meadowlark | b. | Hooded Warbler | d. | Magnolia
Warbler |
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a. | Goldenrod | c. | Chicory | b. | Common Evening Primrose | d. | Marsh Marigold |
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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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Producing many young; abundant reproduction...
a. | optimum | c. | anadromous | b. | prolific | d. | carrying
capacity |
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Molting or shedding an outer layer of skin.
a. | caiman | b. | ecdysis | c. | clutch | d. | diploid |
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What is the name of this plant?
a. | Bloodroot | b. | Wild Ginger | c. | Heal-all | d. | Columbine |
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What is the name of this amphibian?
a. | Fowler’s Toad | c. | American Toad | b. | Gray Tree Frog | d. | Northern Leopard
Frog |
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What is the name of this piece of equipment?
a. | Binoculars | c. | Transit | b. | Hand Level | d. | Spotting Scope |
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Two animals mating only with each other, usually until their young are raised,
but sometimes for life...
a. | polygamy | b. | monogamy | c. | mutualism | d. | commensalism
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What is the name of this bird?
a. | Hummingbird | c. | Field Sparrow | b. | Song Sparrow | d. | Dark-eyed Junco |
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What is the name of this amphibian?
a. | Western Chorus Frog | c. | Gray Tree Frog | b. | Eastern Wood Frog | d. | American Toad |
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This is the skull of what mammal?
a. | Mink | c. | Longtail Weasel | b. | Big Brown Bat | d. | Southern Flying
Squirrel |
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This is the skull of what mammal?
a. | Least Shrew | c. | River Otter | b. | Mink | d. | Raccoon |
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A group of hawks with short wings and long tails.
a. | accipiter | b. | avian | c. | coverts | d. | mottes |
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This is the skull of what mammal?
a. | House Mouse | c. | Beaver | b. | Eastern Woodrat | d. | Muskrat |
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What is the name of this bird?
a. | Hooded Warbler | c. | Magnolia Warbler | b. | Common Yellowthroat | d. | American
Goldfinch |
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What is the name of this piece of equipment?
a. | Hand Lens | c. | Spotting Scope | b. | Hand Level | d. | Transit |
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a. | Solomon’s Seal | c. | Spotted Touch-me-not | b. | Dutchman’s Breeches | d. | Wild Carrot |
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The tendency of ecosystems to reach a general state of equilibrium.
a. | balance of nature | c. | carrying capacity | b. | biotic potential | d. | anadromous |
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This is the skull of what mammal?
a. | Woodchuck | c. | Eastern Fox Squirrel | b. | Muskrat | d. | Gray Squirrel |
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This is the skull of what mammal?
a. | Hoary Bat | c. | Meadow Vole | b. | Norway Rat | d. | Eastern Mole |
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What is the name of this mammal?
a. | Woodchuck | c. | Eastern Chipmunk | b. | Gray Squirrel | d. | 13-lined Ground
Squirrel |
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The collective term for the sepals of a flower, usually green...
a. | corolla | b. | calyx | c. | stamen | d. | sessile |
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