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Nature Interpretation Practice Test #17



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

 1. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Red-tailed Hawk
c.
Turkey Vulture
b.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
d.
Common Grackle
 

 2. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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

 3. 

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
 

 4. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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

 5. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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

 6. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Hoary Bat
c.
Starnose Mole
b.
Eastern Mole
d.
Big Brown Bat
 

 7. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Barn Owl
c.
Screech Owl
b.
Barred Owl
d.
Great Horned Owl
 

 8. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Drafting Instruments
c.
Shell Reloading Equipment
b.
Soil Test Kit
d.
Water Test Kit
 

 9. 

What is the name of this plant?

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a.
Canada Goldenrod
c.
Yellow Goatsbeard
b.
Common Mullein
d.
Marsh Marigold
 

 10. 

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
 

 11. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Woodchuck
c.
Beaver
b.
River Otter
d.
Muskrat
 

 12. 

What is this plant?

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a.
Common Daylily
c.
Wild Geranium
b.
Wood Lily
d.
Trout Lily
 

 13. 

The lower shell of a turtle or tortoise.
a.
carapace
b.
polliwag
c.
plastron
d.
scute
 

 14. 

Green and leaf-like in appearance or texture; relating to or characteristic of an herb as distinguished from a woody plant; having green fleshy stems...
a.
sessile
b.
lacustrine
c.
hypolimnon
d.
herbaceous
 

 15. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Meadow Vole
c.
Starnose Mole
b.
Least Shrew
d.
Eastern Mole
 

 16. 

What is the name of this amphibian?

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a.
Red Salamander
c.
Hellbender
b.
Mudpuppy
d.
Small-mouthed Salamander
 

 17. 

What is the name of this bird?

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a.
Red-tailed Hawk
c.
Osprey
b.
American Kestrel
d.
Cooper’s Hawk
 

 18. 

What is the name of this bird?

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

 19. 

A sensing organ located in the mouth of a snake that is used for smelling.
a.
Phillip’s Organ
c.
Jacobson’s Organ
b.
Kirk’s Organ
d.
Jacob’s Organ
 

 20. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Water Test Kit
c.
Shell Reloading Equipment
b.
Soil Test Kit
d.
Drafting Instruments
 

 21. 

What is the name of this piece of equipment?

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a.
Spade
c.
Soil Auger
b.
Shovel
d.
Post Hole Digger
 

 22. 

This is the skull of what mammal?

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a.
Mink
c.
Longtail Weasel
b.
Big Brown Bat
d.
Southern Flying Squirrel
 

 23. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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

 24. 

A young duck.
a.
duckling
b.
cygnet
c.
gosling
d.
chick
 

 25. 

What is the name of this mammal?

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a.
Least Weasel
c.
Woodchuck
b.
Longtail Weasel
d.
13-lined Ground Squirrel
 



 
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