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Nature Interpretation Practice Test #15



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

 1. 

Two species of wildlife that live together for the benefit of both...
a.
parasitism
c.
commensalism
b.
mutualism
d.
polygamy
 

 2. 

What is the name of this reptile?

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a.
Black Rat Snake
c.
Brown Snake
b.
Blue Racer
d.
Lake Erie Water Snake
 

 3. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Red-winged Blackbird
c.
European Starling
b.
Dark-eyed Junco
d.
American Crow
 

 4. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Hoary Bat
c.
Meadow Vole
b.
Least Shrew
d.
Little Brown Myotis
 

 5. 

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
 

 6. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Heal-all
c.
New England Aster
b.
Purple Cress
d.
Yarrow
 

 7. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
American Toad
c.
Gray Tree Frog
b.
Fowler’s Toad
d.
Western Chorus Frog
 

 8. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
Spring Peeper
c.
Eastern Wood Frog
b.
Western Chorus Frog
d.
Pickerel Frog
 

 9. 

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
 

 10. 

Long-winged birds of prey that hung other birds, such as waterfowl, in open country....
a.
falcons
b.
accipiters
c.
cache
d.
diving ducks
 

 11. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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

 12. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Bald Eagle
c.
American Crow
b.
Cooper’s Hawk
d.
Turkey Vulture
 

 13. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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

 14. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Barn Owl
c.
Screech Owl
b.
Short-eared Owl
d.
Great Horned Owl
 

 15. 

A relationship between two organisms in which each organism receives benefits from its association with the other organism.
a.
symbiosis
b.
allantois
c.
anadromous
d.
centriole
 

 16. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Hand Compass
c.
Sound Level Meter
b.
Hand Lens
d.
Tally Meter
 

 17. 

Collective term for the petals of a flower....
a.
calyx
b.
corolla
c.
stamen
d.
leaf
 

 18. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Hoary Bat
c.
Big Brown Bat
b.
Little Brown Myotis
d.
Eastern Woodrat
 

 19. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Eastern Fox Squirrel
c.
Eastern Gray Squirrel
b.
Eastern Chipmunk
d.
13-lined Ground Squirrel
 

 20. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Red-winged Blackbird
c.
Gray Catbird
b.
European Starling
d.
Common Grackle
 

 21. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

mc021-1.jpg
a.
Water Sampler
c.
pH Meter
b.
Dissolved Oxygen Meter
d.
Carbon Monoxide Tester
 

 22. 

What is the name of this reptile?

mc022-1.jpg
a.
Brown Snake
c.
Common Garter Snake
b.
Fox Snake
d.
Northern Water Snake
 

 23. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

mc023-1.jpg
a.
Whitetail Deer
c.
Coyote
b.
Least Shrew
d.
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
 

 24. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
c.
Downy Woodpecker
b.
White-breasted Nuthatch
d.
Common Flicker
 

 25. 

Food for animals, especially that taken by browsing or grazing...
a.
forbs
b.
fauna
c.
egret
d.
forage
 



 
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