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Nature Interpretation Practice Test #10



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.
Big Brown Bat
c.
Little Brown Myotis
b.
Hoary Bat
d.
Short-tailed Shrew
 

 2. 

Of or having to do with lakes...
a.
lacustrine
b.
hypolimnon
c.
niche
d.
lactation
 

 3. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Wild Bergamot
c.
Soloman’s Seal
b.
Purple Cress
d.
Trout Lily
 

 4. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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

 5. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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

 6. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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a.
Eastern Box Turtle
c.
Common Snapping Turtle
b.
Midland Painted Turtle
d.
Smooth Softshell
 

 7. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Barn Swallow
c.
Eastern Kingbird
b.
Tree Swallow
d.
Eastern Bluebird
 

 8. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Wild Geranium
c.
Trout Lily
b.
Spring Beauty
d.
Blazing Star
 

 9. 

Environmental conditions that prevent of restrict a population from increasing in the numbers...
a.
limiting factors
c.
biotic potential
b.
home range
d.
carrying capacity
 

 10. 

Fish that live in fresh water but migrate to salt water to spawn...
a.
anadromous
b.
catadromous
c.
omnivorous
d.
piscivorous
 

 11. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Magnolia Warbler
c.
Black-and-white Warbler
b.
Song Sparrow
d.
White-breasted Nuthatch
 

 12. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Beaver
c.
Muskrat
b.
13-lined Ground Squirrel
d.
Woodchuck
 

 13. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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a.
Eastern Box Turtle
c.
Eastern Spiny Softshell
b.
Blanding’s Turtle
d.
Common Snapping Turtle
 

 14. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Survey Pins
c.
Range Poles
b.
Flow Meter
d.
Seine
 

 15. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Sling Psychrometer
c.
Acreage Grid
b.
Drafting Instruments
d.
Survey Chain
 

 16. 

Producing many young; abundant reproduction...
a.
optimum
c.
anadromous
b.
prolific
d.
carrying capacity
 

 17. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Red-tailed Hawk
c.
Cooper’s Hawk
b.
Osprey
d.
Bald Eagle
 

 18. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Gray Squirrel
c.
Starnose Mole
b.
Eastern Mole
d.
Muskrat
 

 19. 

What is this plant?

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a.
Goldenrod
c.
Blazing Star
b.
Butter and Eggs
d.
Golden Ragwort
 

 20. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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a.
Eastern Hognose Snake
c.
Brown Snake
b.
Northern Water Snake
d.
Common Garter Snake
 

 21. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Least Shrew
c.
River Otter
b.
Mink
d.
Raccoon
 

 22. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Post Hole Digger
c.
Snake Hook
b.
Shovel
d.
Axe
 

 23. 

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
 

 24. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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

 25. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Cedar Waxwing
c.
Dark-eyed Junco
b.
Northern Cardinal
d.
Tufted Titmouse
 



 
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