Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that
best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Active at twilight of before
sunrise...
a. | nocturnal | b. | diurnal | c. | crepuscular | d. | estivation |
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Refers to animals that go
dormant during hot or dry tournaments...
a. | estivation | b. | estrus | c. | hibernation | d. | mutualism |
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The tendency of ecosystems to
reach a general state of equilibrium.
a. | balance of
nature | c. | carrying
capacity | b. | biotic potential | d. | anadromous |
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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. | estivation | b. | fertilization | c. | hibernate | d. | interphase |
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The branch of biology that
describes relationships between living organisms and the environments in which they
live.
a. | ecosphere | b. | biosphere | c. | ecology | d. | biology |
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A nest of eggs or a brood of
chicks.
a. | caiman | b. | clutch | c. | ecdysis | d. | fauna |
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The middle layer or density
barrier in deeper lakes or ponds; prevents nutrients and oxygen from mixing...
a. | hypolimnon | b. | thermocline | c. | edge effect | d. | speculum |
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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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range | b. | eiotic pyramid | d. | biotic potential |
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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 |
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A young
swan.
a. | duckling | b. | cygnet | c. | gosling | d. | chick |
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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. | ecosphere | b. | conservation | c. | family | d. | ecosystem |
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The order of birds including
ducks, geese, and swans...
a. | accipiters | b. | anadromous | c. | anseriforms | d. | buteos |
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A scientist who studies
fishes.
a. | ichthyologist | b. | herpetologist | c. | margayist | d. | aquaculturist |
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Describes young birds which are
relatively well developed at hatching...
a. | sessile | b. | spathe | c. | precocial | d. | alitricial |
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A group of hawks with short
wings and long tails.
a. | accipiter | b. | avian | c. | coverts | d. | mottes |
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A cold-blooded animal that
depends on the surrounding environment for its body heat.
a. | endotherm | b. | ectotherm | c. | radiotherm | d. | envirotherm |
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Infant; juvenile: very
young...
a. | precocial | b. | neonate | c. | niche | d. | sessile |
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Ducks which patter across water
at takeoff and have smaller wings in relation to their body...
a. | buteos | c. | accipiters | b. | puddle ducks | d. | diving ducks |
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A young
duck.
a. | duckling | b. | cygnet | c. | gosling | d. | chick |
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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. | eft | c. | neotenic | d. | catkin |
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Birds which hatch helpless,
usually naked, with eyes closed and are totally dependent on their parents...
a. | buteos | b. | alitricial | c. | precocial | d. | neonate |
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Having to do with
birds...
a. | avian | b. | catkins | c. | coulee | d. | roosts |
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Fish that live in fresh water
but migrate to salt water to spawn...
a. | anadromous | b. | catadromous | c. | omnivorous | d. | piscivorous |
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The specific place that a
wildlife species occupies in nature...
a. | estrus | b. | niche | c. | edge effect | d. | role |
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Without a
stalk...
a. | sessile
| b. | herbaceous
| c. | spathe | d. | stamen |
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