Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The ____________ owl, unlike
most owls, has dark brown eyes.
a. | screech | b. | great-horned | c. | barred | d. | short-eared |
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The
does not make its own nest. Instead, it lays its eggs in the nests of other birds.
a. | starling | c. | house sparrow | b. | cowbird | d. | grackle |
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Which of the following is not a
cavity nester?
a. | Wood
duck | c. | American
Kestrel | b. | screech owl | d. | redhead |
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Which of the following is the
only member of the “stiff-tailed ducks” in North America?
a. | wood
duck | c. | shoveler | b. | pintail | d. | ruddy duck |
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Which of the following is not
native to North America?
a. | starling | c. | sharp-tailed grouse | b. | grackle | d. | cowbird |
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Which of the following birds
nest in colonies?
a. | mallard | c. | red-winged blackbird | b. | great blue heron | d. | woodcock |
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Which of the following is a
shorebird that has adapted to live in upland forests?
a. | woodcock | c. | Wilson’s snipe | b. | ruffed grouse | d. | grackle |
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8.
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Which of the following does not
mate for life?
a. | whistling
swan | c. | Canada
goose | b. | canvasback | d. | snow goose |
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Which of the following is a
falcon?
a. | Cooper’s
hawk | c. | sharp-shinned
hawk | b. | American kestrel | d. | Northern harrier |
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The
has black wing tips.
a. | whistling
swan | c. | canvasback | b. | snow goose | d. | scaup |
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11.
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The major food of sharp-shinned
hawk is:
a. | insects | b. | small rodents | c. | rabbits | d. | birds |
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12.
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Which of the following is a
dabbling duck?
a. | redhead | c. | teal | b. | scaup | d. | ring-necked duck |
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13.
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Which owl is often active
during the day?
a. | barred | c. | short-eared | b. | screech | d. | none of these are correct |
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Which of the following is
monogamous?
a. | red-winged
blackbird | c. | ring-necked
pheasant | b. | grackle | d. | woodcock |
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The male and female
are colored differently from on another.
a. | red-tailed
hawk | c. | Northern
harrier | b. | broad-winged hawk | d. | sharp-shinned hawk |
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A parasitic flatworm infects
the brain of the
and eventually kills it.
a. | snowshoe
hare | c. | moose | b. | white-tailed deer | d. | non of these are correct |
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The
typically eats more than its own weight in food every day.
a. | shrew | c. | meadow vole | b. | mole | d. | deer mouse |
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Which of the following have
population cycles approximately every ten years?
a. | jackrabbit | c. | snowshoe hare | b. | meadow vole | d. | cottontail |
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The
likes a mix of woodlots and open areas such as farm fields.
a. | flying
squirrel | c. | fox
squirrel | b. | red squirrel | d. | gray squirrel |
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20.
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Which of the following does not
hibernate during the winter?
a. | jumping
mouse | c. | woodchuck | b. | meadow vole | d. | chipmunk |
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21.
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In many areas,
is an important soil cultivator, loosening and aerating soils.
a. | mole | c. | badger | b. | 13-lined ground squirrel | d. | pocket gopher |
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Which of the following has a
prehensile tail?
a. | otter | c. | beaver | b. | jumping mouse | d. | opossum |
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Which of the following has
internal cheek pouches that are used to carry food?
a. | red
squirrel | c. | pocket
gopher | b. | chipmunk | d. | jackrabbit |
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Which of the following is in
the weasel family?
a. | striped
skunk | c. | jackrabbit | b. | woodchuck | d. | raccoon |
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25.
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The deer mouse
is:
a. | nocturnal and
omnivorous | c. | nocturnal and
herbivorous | b. | diurnal and omnivorous | d. | diurnal and herbivorous |
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26.
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The
is the most common vertebrate predator of muskrats.
a. | red fox | b. | raccoon | c. | mink | d. | otter |
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27.
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The
usually has only one young each year.
a. | porcupine | c. | coyote | b. | badger | d. | meadow
vole |
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28.
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Which of the following prefers
coniferous forests?
a. | gray
squirrel | c. | flying
squirrel | b. | fox squirrel | d. | red squirrel |
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A primary food of the
is crayfish.
a. | muskrat | c. | weasel | b. | opossum | d. | otter |
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30.
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Which of the following changes
to a white coat for the winter?
a. | cottontail | c. | mink | b. | snowshoe hare | d. | jackrabbit |
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31.
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The
is able to get oxygen by gulping air at the water’s surface.
a. | channel
catfish | c. | burbot | b. | white sucker | d. | gar |
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32.
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Which of the following is not
native to North America?
a. | rainbow
trout | c. | brook
trout | b. | brown trout | d. | lake trout |
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33.
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The whitefish is most closely
related to:
a. | yellow
perch | c. | carp | b. | rainbow trout | d. | white sucker |
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34.
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Which of the following does not
have an air bladder?
a. | bullhead | b. | burbot | c. | gar | d. | darter |
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35.
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The sea lamprey devastated the
population of the great lakes.
a. | rainbow
trout | b. | whitefish | c. | lake trout | d. | smelt |
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36.
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Which of the following is
native to Minnesota?
a. | brook
trout | b. | carp | c. | smelt | d. | rainbow trout |
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Which of the following is in
the sunfish family?
a. | muskellunge | c. | dogfish | b. | walleye | d. | black crappie |
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38.
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The proper name for the dogfish
is:
a. | burbot | b. | tullibee | c. | carp | d. | bowfin |
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39.
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Which is most closely related
to the walleye?
a. | white
sucker | c. | northern
pike | b. | darter | d. | sunfish |
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40.
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The American eel hatches from
eggs in the:
a. | Great
Lakes | c. | Mississippi
River | b. | Atlantic Ocean | d. | Gulf of Mexico |
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Which of the following can
survive in waters with the least amount of oxygen?
a. | white
sucker | c. | channel
catfish | b. | small mouth bass | d. | bullhead |
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42.
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The carp is most closely
related to the:
a. | fathead
minnow | c. | burbot | b. | white crappie | d. | yellow perch |
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43.
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The male
guards the nest.
a. | largemouth
bass | c. | creek chub
minnow | b. | northern pike | d. | walleye |
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44.
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Which of the following has an
adipose fin?
a. | brook
trout | c. | dogfish | b. | burbot | d. | shiner
minnow |
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45.
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The burbot spawns
in:
a. | spring | b. | summer | c. | fall | d. | winter |
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46.
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What insect has large hind legs
that allows it to jump?
a. | backswimmer | c. | springtail | b. | katydid | d. | yellow jacket |
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47.
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Which of the following insects
belongs to the order Hymenoptera?
a. | dragonfly | b. | firefly | c. | sawfly | d. | stonefly |
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48.
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Which of the following insects
can cause structural damage to a house?
a. | boxelder
bugs | c. | longhorned borer beetle
larvae | b. | carpenter ants | d. | woods cockroaches |
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49.
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Which insects has a pupa
stage?
a. | caddisfly
larva | c. | leafhopper | b. | cicada | d. | mayfly |
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50.
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I like to live in the rotted
wood of stumps or logs. As a male, I have large mandibles which I use to fight other males when
courting a female. What am I?
a. | carrion
beetle | c. | longhorned borer
larva | b. | field cricket | d. | stag beetle |
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51.
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Which of the following orders
have leathery, thickened forewings?
a. | Diptera
(flies) | b. | Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) | c. | Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
| d. | Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets,
katydids) |
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Aphids are a favorite food of
which insect?
a. | ladybird beetle
larva | c. | sawfly
larva | b. | longhorned borer beetle larva | d. | mosquito larva |
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Which insects possesses
elytra?
a. | cicada | c. | katydid | b. | ground beetle | d. | water strider |
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54.
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Which insect mimics
bees?
a. | blow
fly | b. | dragonfly | c. | horse fly | d. | syrphid fly |
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55.
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I live in the water and feed on
insects and other small animals. I like to fly and am commonly found in areas with light. What am
I?
a. | backswimmer | c. | mosquito | b. | giant water bug | d. | whirligig beetle |
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56.
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Where do cornfield ants prefer
to nest?
a. | in the
soil | c. | in old, rotted
wood | b. | in the wall voids of homes | d. | all of these are correct |
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57.
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Water striders are
found:
a. | on the surface of calm water, such
as ponds | b. | on the surface of moving water, such as
streams | c. | under water near shore in weedy areas | d. | All of these are
correct |
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58.
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Which insect is capable of
transmitting disease to plants?
a. | carpenter
ants | c. | leafhoppers | b. | forest tent caterpillars | d. | sawfly larvae |
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59.
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I live in water inside a case
that I construct. I feed on tiny bits of plants that flow past me. What am I?
a. | stonefly
nymph | c. | caddisfly
larva | b. | mosquito larva | d. | sawfly larva |
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60.
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What insect has two
wings?
a. | field
cricket | c. | June beetle
| b. | green
lacewing | d. | mosquito |
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