Fish and Wildlife 2014
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This animal has no incisor in its upper jaw?
•A) Muskrat•B) Opossum•C) Whitetail Deer•D) Lynx
2
This animal can be considered a pest when it burrows destabilize the shorelines along a lake
•A) Flying Squirrel•B) Raccoon•C) Muskrat•D) Porcupine
3
This animal’s range used to include all of the United State except Hawaii
•A) Gray Wolf•B) Snowshoe Hare•C) Opossum•D) Moose
4
Which of these squirrels are the most nocturnal?
•A) Flying Squirrels•B) 13-Lined ground squirrel•C) Red squirrel•D) Fox squirrel
5
Which of these species currently has the widest distribution in Minnesota?
•A) Snowshoe Hare•B) Gray Wolf•C) Richardson’s ground squirrel•D) Whitetail deer
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This introduced species is known for its ability to live with people
•A) Black bear•B) House mouse•C) Norway Rat•D) Both B and C
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Populations of this animal are collapsing in Minnesota
•A) Jumping Mouse•B) Gray Wolf•C) Moose•D) Jackrabbit
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What best describes the diet of an otter?
•A) Herbivore•B) Omnivore•C) Insectivore•D) Carnivore
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Which of these groups of animals are known for their ability to dig?
• A) Eastern Chipmunk, Badger, Frank Squirrel• B) Badger, Mole, Pocket Gopher• C) Woodchuck, 13-lined ground squirrel• D) All of the above
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Which of these animals is the largest tree-climbing animal found in Minnesota?
•A) Fox squirrel•B) Porcupine•C) Gray Fox•D) Black Bear
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Which of these animals typically has the largest litter of young?
•A) Jumping Mouse•B) Black Bear•C) Otters•D) Porcupine
12
Fox squirrels are native to Minnesota
•A) True•B) False
13
Red Fox eat fruit and insects?
•A) True•B) False
14
Whitetail deer hunting season begins in May?
•A) True•B) False
15
Spotted Skunks stand on their hands before spraying?
•A) True•B) False
16
Which of these birds was introduce into Minnesota?
•A) Red-winged blackbird•B) Wilson’s Snipe•C) Ruffed Grouse•D) Ring-necked pheasant
17
There is not a hunting season for this type of bird?
•A) Sharp-Shinned Hawk•B) Great Horned Owl•C) Blue Jay•D) All of the above
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What best describes a Barred Owl’s method of hunting?
•A) Circles high in the sky and dives•B) Wades along the edge of the a lake•C) Sits in a tree waiting to pounce•D) Swims on the water surface
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Which of these birds lays the smallest number of eggs per clutch
•A) Mallard•B) Eastern Bluebird•C) Snow Geese•D) Bald Eagle
20
What best describes a wood duck’s nest?
• A) A loose grouping in branches high in tall tree• B) A hole in a tree• C) A depression on the ground• D) A tightly woven nest of grasses
21
Which of these birds migrates south for the winter
•A) Blue Jay•B) Cooper’s Hawk•C) Barred Owl•D) All of the above
22
Which of these birds have offspring that are helpless after hatching?
•A) Ruffed Grouse•B) Great Blue Heron•C) Ring-necked Pheasant•D) Both A and C
23
Predation and Agricultural activities are a significant threat to nesting females of this species of waterfowl?
•A) Snow Goose•B) Pintail•C) Scaup•D) Wood Duck
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Populations of this northern nesting bird have risen to the point where they are damaging their tundra nesting grounds?
•A) Red-tailed hawk•B) Snow Goose•C) Great Blue Heron•D) Starling
25
Humans help support this cavity-nesting songbird by building nest boxes?
•A) Eastern Bluebird•B) Grackle •C) Woodcock•D) Blue Jays
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Scaup are diving ducks?
•A) True•B) False
27
Wild turkey have a spring and fall hunting season?
•A) True•B) False
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Male Sharp-tailed grouse do their mating displays in an area called a lek
•A) True•B) False
29
Wilson’s snipe are known for eating large amounts of fruits and berries?
•A) True•B) False
30
A loon’s bones are very light and buoyant helping them to float on the surface of the water?
•A) True•B) False
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The males of this fish build nest and breed when the water is between 60-70 degrees F
•A) Whitefish•B) Creek Chub•C) Rock Bass•D) Brook Trout
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This fish has hard, diamond shaped scales?
•A) Walleye•B) Darter•C) Gar•D) Brown Trout
33
More of this fish are stocked into Minnesota waters than any other
•A) Rainbow Trout•B) Northern Pike•C) Walleye •D) Sea Lamprey
34
This fish spawns in the late fall
•A) Carp•B) Sunfish•C) Brook Trout •D) Darter
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Which of these fish is not native to Minnesota?
•A) Brook Trout•B) Carp•C) Lake Trout •D) B and C
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This fish is a day-time hunter and often hides in weed beds
•A) Walleye•B) Creek Chub•C) Northern Pike•D) Rainbow Darter
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This fish was introduced as a prey species for other fish such as salmon
•A) White Sucker•B) Fathead Minnow•C) Smelt•D) Dogfish
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The possession limit for Lake Sturgeon is?
•A) 0•B) 1•C) 2•D) 1, over 40 inches in length
39
This fish looks like a cross between an eel and catfish
•A) Sturgeon•B) Walleye•C) Shiner Minnow•D) Burbot
40
Adults of this fish live in the Sargasso Sea
•A) Smelt•B) Rainbow Trout•C) American Eel•D) Dogfish
41
A muskie has five or fewer pores on the underside of its jaw?
•A) True•B) False
42
Flathead Catfish are easily caught on spinner baits?
•A) True•B) False
43
Yellow perch, carppies and sunfish are all considered “panfish”?
•A) True•B) False
44
White suckers have huge teeth?
•A) True•B) False
45
The black crappie prefers clear water and lots of vegetation?
•A) True•B) False
46
What is the preferred food of monarchs?
•A) Alfalfa•B) Apples•C) Milkweed•D) All of the above
47
Which of the following insects has a pupa stage?
•A) Carpenter Ant•B) Dragonfly•C) Katydid•D) Springtail
48
Which insect order comprises about 40% of all known insects?
•A) Coleoptera•B) Diptera•C) Hymenoptera•D) Lepidoptera
49
All of the following insects live in the water as immature insects and on land as adults EXCEPT which?
•A) Caddisfly•B) Mayfly•C) Mosquito•D) Rove Beetle
50
The legs are attached to which body section of an insect?
•A) Head•B) Thorax•C) Abdomen•D) Tarsus
51
Which of the following insects is social (has a division of labor, overlapping generations and cooperative care of young)?
•A) Cicada•B) Dragonfly•C) Ichneumonid Wasp•D) Yellowjacket
52
On what do mayflies feed?
• A) Small flies and other insects they catch while flying• B) Tiny mites found on plants• C) Pollen and fungus• D) They do not feed
53
Which of the following insects are pollinators?
•A) Honey Bee•B) Red Admiral•C) Syrphid Fly•D) All of the above
54
Where is the best place to find a katydid?
•A) The edge of lakes and ponds•B) In trees•C) Wildflowers•D) In the soil and leaf litter
55
To what order do crane flies and mosquitoes belong to?
•A) Diptera•B) Hymenoptera•C) Lepidoptera•D) Trichoptera
56
Which of the following insects possess piercing sucking mouthparts
•A) Cecropia•B) Crane Fly•C) Giant Water Bug•D) Springtail
57
A grasshopper is a phytophagous insect. What does that mean?
•A) It has one generation per year•B) It has two generations per year•C) It feeds on insects•D) It feeds on plants
58
How many wings do most insects have?
•A) 0•B) 2•C) 4•D) 6
59
I live most of my life, (4-8) years underground feeding on roots. I eventually emerge during summer.
•A) Boxelder bug•B) Cicada•C) Ground Beetle•D) Stink Bug
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