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Wildlife Quiz

1. What animals survive freezing temperatures by turning their body fluids into glycerol (anitfreeze)?
Ectotherms
Endoregulators
Poikilotherms
Pikoregulators

2. Odocoileus virginianus’s maximum activity level is during ___________ & is therefore considered a ___________species.
Dawn & dusk, crepuscular
The day, crepuscular
The night, diurnal
Dawn & dusk, diurnal

3. Plants or fungi that obtain their nourishment from dead plant or animal material are called
Spongioforms
Saprophytes
Angiosperms
Fungiforms

4. Which species is a marsupial?
Fisher
Porcupine
Opossum
Flying Squirrel

5. Which of the following New England species hibernates?
Black Bear
Woodchuck
Monarch Butterfly
Lesser Shrew

6. Which species is frequently found in a vernal pool?
Fairy Shrimp
Minnow
Asian Clam
Fairy Frog

7. The response of an organism to the fluctuation between light and dark over a 24hr period is called
Solar Cycle
Diurnal Rhythm
Photosynthesis
Circadian Rhythm

8. An adult moose can weigh up to
1,200 - 1,600 pounds
2,100 - 2,300 pounds
900 - 1,100 pounds
1,800 - 2,000 pounds

9. The movement of a species from higher to lower density is called
Osmosis
Migration
Dispersal
Ecolocation

10. Which of the following species is considered threatened?
Lake Chub
Timber Rattlesnake
Eastern Spadefoot
Bald Eagle

 

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