FISH
MAMMALS
INSECTS
REPTILES
BIRDS
100

The best way to dispose of fish entrails/guts after cleaning is to throw them back in the lake? 

A) True 

B) False

B) False

100

 Which of these bests describes the habitat of a River Otter? 

A) Rocky cliffs 

B) Open grasslands 

C) Mixed woodland 

D) Fast moving stream

D) Fast moving stream

100

These predatory insects hunt by sitting on top of the water? 

A) Caddisfly 

B) Water Strider

C) Rove Beetle 

D) Giant Water Bug

B) Water Strider

100

This snake is known play dead when threatened? 

A) Bull Snake 

B) Milk Snake 

C) Eastern Hognose Snake 

D) Common Garter Snake

C) Eastern Hognose Snake

100

Puddle ducks, such as Green-Winged Teal are known for? 

A) Raising one duckling per year 

B) Nesting in trees 

C) Diving for small fish 

D) The ability to lift off of water immediately

D) The ability to lift off of water immediately

200

Which species of trout tolerates warm water the best? 

A) Splake. 

B) Lake Trout 

C) Brown Trout

D) Brook Trout

C) Brown Trout

200

This animal has the largest average number of offspring per year? 

A) Fox squirrel 

B) Bobcat 

C) Beaver 

D) Meadow Vole

D) Meadow Vole

200

Emerald ash borer and two-lined chestnut borer damage this part of the tree? 

A) The outer bark 

B) The leaves 

C) The roots 

D) The cambium or sap layer

D) The cambium or sap layer

200

The plastron of a painted turtle can best be described as? 

A) Smooth and spotted 

B) Brown with ridges 

C) Green with yellow spots 

D) A pattern of red and yellow marks

D) A pattern of red and yellow marks

200

Late spring snows can be hard on migrating insect eating birds, such as? 

A) Eastern Bluebird 

B) Woodcock 

C) Snow Goose 

D) Both A and B

D) Both A and B

300

Paddlefish habitat would best be described as? 

A) Deep, cold lakes 

B) Shallow, warm, weedy lakes 

C) Large rivers

D) Shallow, warm streams

C) Large rivers

300

This species lives in prairie? 

A) Fisher

B) Franklin’s Ground Squirrel

C) Flying Squirrel 

D) All of the above

B) Franklin’s Ground Squirrel

300

These species are often indicators of good water quality? 

A) Elm Sawfly and Giant Water Bug 

B) Mayfly and Stonefly 

C) Midge and Aphids 

D) Bumble Bee and Dragonfly

B) Mayfly and Stonefly

300

Declines in spring-peeper populations in the Metro area may be a result of the loss of this habitat? 

A) Prairie wetland 

B) Forest around wetlands

C) Stream edge cover 

D) Large lakes

B) Forest around wetlands

300

What best describes a sharp-tailed grouse’s habitat? 

A) Marshes and lake edge. 

B) Dense, wet forest. 

C) Open prairie

D) Forest clearing.

C) Open prairie

400

 This fish can grow to 3 feet long and over 50 pounds? 

A) Walleye 

B) Bullhead 

C) Channel Catfish 

D) Bigmouth Buffalo Fish

D) Bigmouth Buffalo Fish

400

This virus is transmitted to members of the deer family by biting midges? 

A) Lyme Disease 

B) West Nile Virus 

C) Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) 

D) Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD)

D) Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD)

400

The name Gypsy Moth is being changed to this name, which describes the cocoon? 

A) Purple Moth 

B) Spongy Moth 

C) Ripple Moth 

D) Rock Moth

B) Spongy Moth

400

The following is true about bullfrogs? 

A) They are native to South Eastern tip of Minnesota 

B) Their tadpoles can be released in to any Minnesota lake 

C) They only eat insects 

D) None of the above

A) They are native to South Eastern tip of Minnesota

400

This bird can be a neo-tropical migrant, flying to Central and South America in the winter. 

A) Crow 

B) Robin 

C) Screech Owl 

D) Trumpeter Swan

B) Robin

500

This disease is caused by a parasite burrowing into the tissue of the fish. 

A) Neascus

B) Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) 

C) Myofibrogranuloma 

D) Salmonellosis

A) Neascus

500

Bear hunting season takes place during which two months? 

A) September and October

B) November and December 

C) February and March 

D) June and July

A) September and October

500

The life cycle of a grasshopper is? 

A) Egg, Larvae, Adult 

B) Egg, Adult 

C) Egg, Larvae, Chrysalis, Adult 

D) Egg, Nymph, Adult

D) Egg, Nymph, Adult

500

Which of these are lizards? 

A) Tiger Salamander and Mudpuppy 

B) Six-lined Racerunner and Prairie Skink 

C) Mudpuppy and Prairie Skink 

D) Six-lined Racerunner and Red-backed Salamander

B) Six-lined Racerunner and Prairie Skink

500

This bird makes a distinctive call that sounds like “Who cooks for you”? 

A) Northern Shoveler

B) Barred Owl 

C) Sandhill Crane 

D) Gadwall

B) Barred Owl

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