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Nature Interpretation Practice Test #6



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

 1. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Whitetail Deer
c.
Badger
b.
Coyote
d.
Woodchuck
 

 2. 

Rivers that contain both fresh and salt water, includes estuaries, tidal basins, and some bays...
a.
brackish
b.
piscivorous
c.
omnivorous
d.
anadromous
 

 3. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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

 4. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Minnow Trap
c.
Dessicator
b.
Water Sampler
d.
Egg Incubator
 

 5. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Joe Pyeweed
c.
New England Aster
b.
Ironweed
d.
Tall Meadow Rue
 

 6. 

The period of time in which the female is sexually receptive to a male...
a.
lactation
b.
estrus
c.
gravid
d.
conception
 

 7. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Least Weasel
c.
Mink
b.
Longtail Weasel
d.
River Otter
 

 8. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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a.
Northern Water Snake
c.
Lake Erie Water Snake
b.
Fox Snake
d.
Black Rat Snake
 

 9. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Heal-all
c.
Wingstem
b.
Blue Phlox
d.
Skunk Cabbage
 

 10. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Striped Skunk
c.
13-lined Ground Squirrel
b.
Woodchuck
d.
Little Brown Myotis
 

 11. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
American Crow
c.
European Starling
b.
Red-winged Blackbird
d.
Common Grackle
 

 12. 

Animals that are found in a particular region or environment.
a.
botany
b.
flora
c.
family
d.
fauna
 

 13. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Soil Test Kit
b.
Water Test Kit
c.
pH Meter
d.
Dessicator
 

 14. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
c.
Woodchuck
b.
Whitetail Deer
d.
Badger
 

 15. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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

 16. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Eastern Fox Squirrel
c.
Meadow Vole
b.
House Mouse
d.
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
 

 17. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Coyote
c.
Red Fox
b.
Gray Fox
d.
Little Brown Myotis
 

 18. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
Fowler’s Toad
c.
Pickerel Frog
b.
Western Chorus Frog
d.
Eastern Wood Frog
 

 19. 

A large, bony plate that is found on the head, back or sides of an animal, such as the outer covering of a sturgeon.
a.
plastron
b.
shad
c.
carapace
d.
scute
 

 20. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
Western Chorus Frog
c.
Gray Tree Frog
b.
Green Frog
d.
Spring Peeper
 

 21. 

Having to do with birds...
a.
avian
b.
catkins
c.
coulee
d.
roosts
 

 22. 

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
 

 23. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Hoary Bat
c.
Meadow Vole
b.
Norway Rat
d.
Eastern Mole
 

 24. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Survey Pins
c.
Drafting Instruments
b.
Carbon Monoxide Tester
d.
Plant Press
 

 25. 

A muscular organ in the digestive tracts of birds, reptiles and other organisms that use small rocks and pebbles to grind food into small particles.
a.
crop
b.
caviar
c.
gizzard
d.
fauna
 



 
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