Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The maximum number of offspring
an organism can produce under ideal conditions...
a. | biotic
potential | c. | balance of
nature | b. | gestation | d. | hypolimnon |
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When seasonal layers in a lake
form, this is the name given to the top layer of the lake...
a. | thermolimnon | b. | hypolimnon | c. | epilimnon | d. | oligotrophic |
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Assigning human traits and
feelings to animals...
a. | anthropomorphism | c. | anseriforms | b. | commensalism | d. | calyx |
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A whisker or feeler that is
located on the lips of certain fishes such as catfishes.
a. | biome | b. | auklet | c. | barbel | d. | beard |
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Animals that are found in a
particular region or environment.
a. | family | b. | flora | c. | botany | d. | fauna |
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A tiny fish that has recently
hatched from an egg.
a. | fry | b. | fingerling | c. | fledgling | d. | keel |
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Collective term for the petals
of a flower....
a. | leaf | b. | calyx | c. | corolla | d. | stamen |
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The natural occurrence of many
wildlife species and individuals where two or more vegetation types and/or size classes
intersperse...
a. | balance of
nature | c. | estivation | b. | carrying capacity | d. | edge effect |
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A cold-blooded animal that
depends on the surrounding environment for its body heat.
a. | radiotherm | b. | endotherm | c. | ectotherm | d. | envirotherm |
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A family of young
birds.
a. | covey | b. | botany | c. | brood | d. | crop |
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Food for animals, especially
that taken by browsing or grazing...
a. | fauna | b. | forage | c. | egret | d. | forbs |
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The period of time in which the
female is sexually receptive to a male...
a. | estrus | b. | lactation | c. | gravid | d. | conception |
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Two species of wildlife that
live together for the benefit of both...
a. | commensalism | c. | mutualism | b. | parasitism | d. | polygamy |
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A community of living organisms
in addition to all of the nonliving features of the environment such as water, air, sunlight and
soil.
a. | conservation | b. | family | c. | ecosystem | d. | ecosphere |
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A lake that is deep, cool, and
rich in oxygen is called...
a. | hypolimnon | b. | oligotrophic | c. | thermocline | d. | epilimnon |
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The order of birds including
ducks, geese, and swans...
a. | buteos | b. | anadromous | c. | accipiters | d. | anseriforms |
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One animal having two or more
mates or indiscriminately mating without forming pairs...
a. | monogamy | b. | sessile | c. | spawn | d. | polygamy |
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Living in trees or adapted to
living in trees...
a. | arboreal | b. | coulee | c. | deciduous | d. | aesthetic |
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Fish that swim or
“run” upstream from the sea to spawn.
a. | cloaca | b. | forbs | c. | anadromous | d. | egret |
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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. | lacustrine | b. | sessile | c. | hypolimnon | d. | herbaceous |
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A tendency of newts and other
organisms to metamorphose directly to the sexually mature adult stage from the larval stage, without
entering a land-based stage of development.
a. | elapid | b. | eft | c. | niche | d. | neotenic |
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An organ located in the
digestive tracts of birds and some other organisms where food is stored before it is
digested.
a. | caviar | b. | gizzard | c. | crop | d. | fauna |
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To destroy; exterminate; to
pull up by the roots; when a species is no longer found in a particular area...
a. | extinct | b. | estivated | c. | extirpated | d. | endangered |
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A bract or pair of bracts,
often large, enclosing the flower...
a. | spathe | b. | calyx | c. | stamen | d. | spawn |
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Ducks which patter across water
at takeoff and have smaller wings in relation to their body...
a. | puddle
ducks | c. | accipiters | b. | diving ducks | d. | buteos |
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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. | carapace | b. | shad | c. | scute | d. | plastron |
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The tendency of some animals to
prefer the company of their own kind, and to spend their time together in flocks, colonies or
herds.
a. | gregarious | b. | homologous | c. | leptocephali | d. | haploid |
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A young
goose.
a. | duckling | b. | gosling | c. | chick | d. | cygnet |
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Two animals mating only with
each other, usually until their young are raised, but sometimes for life...
a. | polygamy | b. | commensalism | c. | monogamy | d. | mutualism |
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A scientist who specializes in
the study of reptiles and amphibians.
a. | ornithologist | b. | ichthyologist | c. | amphibianist | d. | herpetologist |
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That area that an animal uses
to find food, water and cover is referred to as its....
a. | carrying capacity
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potential | b. | eiotic pyramid | d. | home range |
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Without a
stalk...
a. | spathe | b. | sessile | c. | herbaceous | d. | stamen |
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The period of time from
conception to birth...
a. | gestation | b. | lactation | c. | gravid | d. | precocial |
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A process in which an animal
loses its old outer covering such as feathers, skins, shells and so forth, and replaces them with new
ones.
a. | scrape | b. | rut | c. | molt | d. | niche |
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The plants that are found in a
particular region or environment.
a. | botany | b. | fauna | c. | flora | d. | family |
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A land-based stage in the
metamorphosis of a newt that occurs between the aquatic larval and adult stages, during which the
newt changes in color to red or orange.
a. | elpaid | b. | neotenic | c. | catkin | d. | eft |
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The middle layer or density
barrier in deeper lakes or ponds; prevents nutrients and oxygen from mixing...
a. | thermocline
| b. | speculum
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effect | d. | hypolimnon |
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A system made up of a community
of plants and animals that coexist and are dependent on one another...
a. | ecosystem
| b. | habitat | c. | biosphere | d. | biotic potential |
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Having to do with
birds...
a. | roosts | b. | avian | c. | coulee | d. | catkins |
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A warm-blooded animal that
obtains its body heat from the metabolism of its food.
a. | envirotherm | b. | endotherm | c. | ectotherm | d. | radiotherm |
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A scientist who studies
birds.
a. | ichthyologist | b. | herpetologist | c. | ornithologist | d. | avianologist |
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Environmental conditions that
prevent of restrict a population from increasing in the numbers...
a. | carrying
capacity | c. | biotic
potential | b. | home range | d. | limiting factors |
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A form or organization in
animals in which different members of a group have different levels of status, which affects feeding
and mating.
a. | hierarchy
| b. | arboreal | c. | anadromous | d. | fauna |
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A young
duck.
a. | chick | b. | cygnet | c. | gosling | d. | duckling |
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To spend the cold winter season
in a resting state, in which the body temperature is reduced, body processes slow down and nutrition
is derived from stored body fat.
a. | fertilization | b. | hibernate | c. | estivation | d. | interphase |
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Molting or shedding an outer
layer of skin.
a. | diploid | b. | ecdysis | c. | caiman | d. | clutch |
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The specific place that a
wildlife species occupies in nature...
a. | edge
effect | b. | role | c. | estrus | d. | niche |
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Infant; juvenile: very
young...
a. | sessile | b. | precocial | c. | neonate | d. | niche |
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Active during the daytime
rather than at night...
a. | nocturnal | b. | crepuscular | c. | diurnal | d. | commensalism |
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The lower layer of a deep lake
or pond, often depleted of oxygen during the fall or winter months....
a. | sessile | b. | lacustrine | c. | hypolimnon | d. | thermocline |
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A protective outer coat of bony
or chitinous armor, such as the external covering of a turtle.
a. | carapace | b. | ectotherm | c. | dipper | d. | cygnet |
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Reproducing from eggs that
remain inside the female until they have hatched.
a. | oviparous | c. | salmoidous | b. | ovoviviparous | d. | gregarious |
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Birds which hatch helpless,
usually naked, with eyes closed and are totally dependent on their parents...
a. | buteos | b. | neonate | c. | alitricial | d. | precocial |
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Producing many young; abundant
reproduction...
a. | anadromous | c. | carrying capacity | b. | prolific | d. | optimum |
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The tendency of ecosystems to
reach a general state of equilibrium.
a. | biotic
potential | c. | balance of
nature | b. | anadromous | d. | carrying capacity |
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To live on
land.
a. | viviparous | b. | territorial | c. | stratum | d. | terrestrial |
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The brightly colored patch on the wing of some
ducks...
a. | speculum | b. | estrus | c. | gravid | d. | spathe |
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The branch of biology that
describes relationships between living organisms and the environments in which they
live.
a. | biosphere | b. | biology | c. | ecology | d. | ecosphere |
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A nest of eggs or a brood of
chicks.
a. | fauna | b. | ecdysis | c. | clutch | d. | caiman |
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The period of time in which a
female mammal is producing milk for her offspring...
a. | gestation | b. | gravid | c. | lacustrine | d. | lactation |
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One type of wildlife living in,
on, or with another type but without helping or harming it...
a. | commensalism | b. | mutualism | c. | estivation | d. | riparian |
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Tender shoots of shrubs and
trees eaten by certain herbivores...
a. | catkins | b. | browse | c. | brackish | d. | deciduous |
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Ducks which ride higher in the
water and can often be found feeding in fields...
a. | puddle
ducks | b. | riparian
| c. | precocial
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ducks |
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The collective term for the
sepals of a flower, usually green...
a. | sessile | b. | corolla | c. | stamen | d. | calyx |
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Refers to animals that go
dormant during hot or dry periods...
a. | estrus | b. | hibernation | c. | mutualism | d. | estivation |
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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. | gizzard | c. | fauna | d. | caviar |
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The lower shell of a turtle or
tortoise.
a. | plastron | b. | polliwag | c. | carapace | d. | scute |
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A young fish that is less than
one year old.
a. | fry | b. | fingerling | c. | keel | d. | fledgling |
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A poisonous snake with fangs
that are permanently fixed in place.
a. | gravid | b. | elapid | c. | estivation | d. | estuary |
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Describes young birds which are
relatively well developed at hatching...
a. | precocial | b. | alitricial | c. | spathe | d. | sessile |
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A small flock of quail or
partridges that are often members of the same family group.
a. | cud | b. | covey | c. | cygnet | d. | demersal |
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A sensing organ located in the
mouth of a snake that is used for smelling.
a. | Phillip’s
Organ | c. | Jacob’s
Organ | b. | Jacobson’s Organ | d. | Kirk’s Organ |
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A group of hawks with short
wings and long tails.
a. | coverts | b. | mottes | c. | avian | d. | accipiter |
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A heronlike bird, usually
having long white plumes...
a. | mottes | b. | egret | c. | herons | d. | legumes |
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A young
swan.
a. | cygnet | b. | duckling | c. | chick | d. | gosling |
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Rivers that contain both fresh
and salt water, includes estuaries, tidal basins, and some bays...
a. | piscivorous | b. | omnivorous | c. | anadromous | d. | brackish |
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Long-winged birds of prey that
hunt other birds, such as waterfowl, in open country....
a. | accipiters | b. | diving ducks | c. | cache | d. | falcons |
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Of or having to do with
lakes...
a. | niche | b. | lactation | c. | hypolimnon | d. | lacustrine |
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A scientist who studies
fishes.
a. | ichthyologist | b. | margayist | c. | herpetologist | d. | aquaculturist |
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Reproducing by laying eggs that
develop and hatch outside the female’s body.
a. | oviparous | c. | salmoidous | b. | gregarious | d. | ovoviviparous |
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The plants that occupy an
environment when the succession of species is complete and the plant populations become
stable.
a. | ecdysis | c. | endangered species | b. | climax community | d. | deciduous forest biome |
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The male organ of a flower,
composed of a filament topped by an anther...
a. | stamen | b. | spathe | c. | speculum | d. | corolla |
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The area along the banks of a
stream, river, or lake, usually supporting a wide diversity of life...
a. | spathe | b. | hypolimnon | c. | riparian | d. | edge effect |
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A fertile, prolific or
productive trait in an animal.
a. | margay | b. | gregarious | c. | gamete | d. | fecundity |
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A group of ecosystems within a
region that have similar types of vegetation and climatic conditions.
a. | biosphere | b. | aerie | c. | biome | d. | biota |
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A relationship between two
organisms in which each organism receives benefits from its association with the other
organism.
a. | centriole | b. | symbiosis | c. | allantois | d. | anadromous |
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The animals of a region or
area...
a. | fauna | b. | catkins | c. | niche | d. | population |
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Fish that live in fresh water
but migrate to salt water to spawn...
a. | catadromous | b. | omnivorous | c. | anadromous | d. | piscivorous |
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Active at twilight of before
sunrise...
a. | nocturnal | b. | crepuscular | c. | diurnal | d. | estivation |
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To give birth to live
offspring.
a. | torpor | b. | viviparous | c. | strata | d. | stoop |
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The process of reproduction in
fish in which females deposit eggs on the bed of a stream, pond or lake, and males discharge sperm on
the surface of the eggs.
a. | salinity | b. | promiscuity | c. | transpiration | d. | spawning |
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