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Nature Interpretation Practice Test #7



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

 1. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Muskrat
c.
Norway Rat
b.
Beaver
d.
Eastern Woodrat
 

 2. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Raccoon
c.
Striped Skunk
b.
Least Weasel
d.
Bobcat
 

 3. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Eastern Fox Squirrel
c.
Gray Squirrel
b.
Red Squirrel
d.
Southern Flying Squirrel
 

 4. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Minnow Trap
c.
Conibear Trap
b.
Bottom-sampling Dredge
d.
Live Animal Trap
 

 5. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
American Kestrel
c.
Great Blue Heron
b.
Eastern Kingbird
d.
Turkey Vulture
 

 6. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
Western Chorus Frog
c.
Gray Tree Frog
b.
Eastern Wood Frog
d.
American Toad
 

 7. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Fire Pump
c.
Drip Torch
b.
Water Sampler
d.
Seine
 

 8. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Muskrat
c.
Woodchuck
b.
Eastern Woodrat
d.
Beaver
 

 9. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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a.
Eastern Massasauga
c.
Five-lined Skink
b.
Blue Racer
d.
Northern Fence Lizard
 

 10. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Golden Ragwort
c.
Blazing Star
b.
Wingstem
d.
Marsh Marigold
 

 11. 

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

 12. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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

 13. 

What is this plant?

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a.
Broad-leaved Arrowhead
c.
Blue Phlox
b.
Purple Loosestrife
d.
Common Ragweed
 

 14. 

To give birth to live offspring.
a.
strata
b.
stoop
c.
torpor
d.
viviparous
 

 15. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Spotting Scope
c.
Transit
b.
Binoculars
d.
Hand Level
 

 16. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Norway Rat
c.
House Mouse
b.
Eastern Woodrat
d.
Meadow Jumping Mouse
 

 17. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Prairie Dock
c.
Common Burdock
b.
Yarrow
d.
Wild Geranium
 

 18. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
American Goldfinch
c.
Eastern Meadowlark
b.
Common Yellowthroat
d.
Hooded Warbler
 

 19. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Woodchuck
c.
Meadow Vole
b.
Muskrat
d.
Beaver
 

 20. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Tufted Titmouse
c.
Cedar Waxwing
b.
Cardinal
d.
Crested Flycatcher
 

 21. 

What is the name of this mammal?

mc021-1.jpg
a.
Red Squirrel
c.
Gray Squirrel
b.
Eastern Fox Squirrel
d.
Eastern Chipmunk
 

 22. 

What is this plant?

mc022-1.jpg
a.
Soloman’s Seal
c.
Starry False Solomon’s Seal
b.
Yarrow
d.
Common Ragweed
 

 23. 

What is this plant?

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a.
Mayapple
c.
Dutchman’s Breeches
b.
Common St. Johnswort
d.
Squirrel Corn
 

 24. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
Hellbender
c.
Jefferson’s Salamander
b.
Small-mouthed Salamander
d.
Eastern Newt
 

 25. 

What is the name of this mammal?

mc025-1.jpg
a.
Woodchuck
c.
Coyote
b.
13-lined Ground Squirrel
d.
Badger
 



 
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