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Terms Quiz #4



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

 1. 

One animal having two or more mates or indiscriminately mating without forming pairs...
a.
polygamy
b.
monogamy
c.
spawn
d.
sessile
 

 2. 

The period of time from conception to birth...
a.
gestation
b.
gravid
c.
lactation
d.
precocial
 

 3. 

A family of young birds.
a.
covey
b.
crop
c.
botany
d.
brood
 

 4. 

A scientist who studies fishes.
a.
ichthyologist
b.
herpetologist
c.
margayist
d.
aquaculturist
 

 5. 

Without a stalk...
a.
sessile
b.
herbaceous
c.
spathe
d.
stamen
 

 6. 

A nest of eggs or a brood of chicks.
a.
caiman
b.
clutch
c.
ecdysis
d.
fauna
 

 7. 

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.
haploid
b.
gregarious
c.
homologous
d.
leptocephali
 

 8. 

Fish that swim or “run” upstream from the sea to spawn.
a.
egret
b.
anadromous
c.
cloaca
d.
forbs
 

 9. 

A whisker or feeler that is located on the lips of certain fishes such as catfishes.
a.
beard
b.
biome
c.
barbel
d.
auklet
 

 10. 

Living in trees or adapted to living in trees...
a.
aesthetic
b.
deciduous
c.
coulee
d.
arboreal
 

 11. 

A small flock of quail or partridges that are often members of the same family group.
a.
cud
b.
cygnet
c.
covey
d.
demersal
 

 12. 

A scientist who studies birds.
a.
ichthyologist
b.
herpetologist
c.
avianologist
d.
ornithologist
 

 13. 

Having to do with birds...
a.
avian
b.
catkins
c.
coulee
d.
roosts
 

 14. 

A poisonous snake with fangs that are permanently fixed in place.
a.
elapid
b.
gravid
c.
estuary
d.
estivation
 

 15. 

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.
niche
b.
rut
c.
molt
d.
scrape
 

 16. 

The animals of a region or area...
a.
population
b.
niche
c.
fauna
d.
catkins
 

 17. 

A young fish that is less than one year old.
a.
fledgling
b.
keel
c.
fingerling
d.
fry
 

 18. 

A cold-blooded animal that depends on the surrounding environment for its body heat.
a.
endotherm
b.
ectotherm
c.
radiotherm
d.
envirotherm
 

 19. 

The lower layer of a deep lake or pond, often depleted of oxygen during the fall or winter months....
a.
lacustrine
b.
hypolimnon
c.
sessile
d.
thermocline
 

 20. 

Reproducing from eggs that remain inside the female until they have hatched.
a.
gregarious
c.
ovoviviparous
b.
oviparous
d.
salmoidous
 

 21. 

A protective outer coat of bony or chitinous armor, such as the external covering of a turtle.
a.
ectotherm
b.
carapace
c.
dipper
d.
cygnet
 

 22. 

To live on land.
a.
terrestrial
b.
stratum
c.
viviparous
d.
territorial
 

 23. 

A scientist who specializes in the study of reptiles and amphibians.
a.
ichthyologist
b.
herpetologist
c.
ornithologist
d.
amphibianist
 

 24. 

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

 25. 

The plants that are found in a particular region or environment.
a.
botany
b.
flora
c.
family
d.
fauna
 



 
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