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PRACTICUM OR LAB TYPE  TEST. THIS PORTION OF THE TEST CONSISTS OF LABELED DRAWINGS OR  EITHER LIVE, MOUNTED, OR PRESERVED SPECIMENS  ON THE TABLES.  DO NOT SHAKE THE LIVE OR PRESERVED SPECIMENS. YOU MAY PICK THEM UP FOR CLOSER EXAMINATION. 

 

01. The animal illustrated by the drawing is an example of ______.

                                          

                                   A. stonefly                                              B. water penny

                                   C. beetle                                                 D. scud

 

02.  The animal in the drawing for Question 81 belongs to the order _________.

 

                                   A. Corydalidae                                        B. Decopoda

                                   C.  Coleoptera                                         D. Gastropoda

 

03.  The aquatic organism in the drawing belongs to the order _______.

 

                                    A. Plecoptera                                          B. Trichoptera

                                    C. Emphemeroptera                               D. Isopoda

 

04.  The animal illustrated in the drawing for Question 83 is commonly known as a _____.

 

                                     A. hellgrammite                                     B. stonefly

                                     C. riffle beetle                                        D. caddisfly

 

05.  The organism illustrated is found in bodies of water over the state of Arkansas. It is the 

aquatic larvae of the _______.

 

                                   A. dobsonfly                                             B. fishfly

                                   C. damselfly                                              D. crane fly

 

06.   The Order Hirudinea contains this aquatic organism. It is considered to be parasitic and is

       commonly known as a/an _______.

      

                                    A. maggot                                                  B. water penny

                                    C. hellgrammite                                         D. leech

 

07.  The organisms in the drawing belong to the class __________.

 

                                    A. Emphemeroptera                                 B. Gastropoda

                                    C. Hirudinea                                             D. Coleoptera

 

08.  The two organisms are considered to have ___ handed shells and are indicators of good

       water quality.

 

                                     A. right                                                     B. ambidextrous

                                     C. left                                                       D. don’t know

 

09.  This drawing depicts one of the _____.

 

                                      A. damselflies                                         B. caddisflies

                                      C. dobsonflies                                         D. dragonflies

 

10.  This drawing depicts the larvae of the organism depicted in Question 89. This organism

       belongs to the Order ____ and the Suborder ____.

 

                                       A. Odonata, Zygoptera                          B. Odonata, Anisoptera

                                       C. Odonata, Hiruptera                           D. Odonata, Coleoptera

 

11.  This organism belongs to the Order_____.

 

                                        A. Decopoda                                         B. Coleoptera

                                        C. Isopoda                                             D. Oligochaeta

 

12.  The animal in the drawing for Question 91 has ___ pairs of legs. It belongs to the

              classification known as ____. 

 

                                         A. three, Coreopoda                             B. five, Coleoptera

                                         C. four, Crustacea                                D. four, Cordalidae

 

13.  The animal in the drawing belongs to the Order Isopoda. It is commonly called a ___.

 

                                         A. sowbug                                           B. fairy shrimp

                                         C. scud                                                D. maggot

 

14.  This animal is an indicator of good water quality. It is the larval form of the ____.

 

                                         A. caddisfly                                        B. dobsonfly

                                         C. stonefly                                          D. mayfly

 

15.  The structure indicated by the arrow is used for ______.

 

                                  A. catching and crushing food         B. fighting or self defense

                                  C. digging burrows                          D. all of the above

 

16.  The organism in the drawing is easily identified in the field by the way it ____.

 

                                   A. attacks invaders                         B. holds its wings together

                                   C. catches fish                                D. flies backwards

 

 

 

17.  The fin indicated by the arrow is the  _____ fin.

 

                                           A. anal                                    B. pectoral

                                           C. caudal                                D. dorsal

 

18.  The spiny portions of the fin along the back are referred to as _____.

 

                                            A. rays                                    B. stiffs

                                            C. bones                                 D. ctenoids

 

19.  This simple aquatic organism is known as a ____.

 

                                             A. roly-poly                          B. water bear

                                             C. scud                                  D. rotifer

 

20.  The specimen in the drawing is an example of the Order _____.

 

                                              A. Coleoptera                     B. Hemiptera

                                              C. Zygoptera                      D. Anisoptera

 

21. The specimen in the jar labeled A ia an example of a _____ fish.

 

                                              A. soft                                B. overall spiny

                                              C. bony                              D. not a fish at all

 

22.The specimen in the jar labeled B is an example of a _____.

 

                                              A. catfish                           B. perch

                                              B.  crayfish                        D. lithos

 

23.  The specimen in the jar labeled C is an example of a ____.

                                             

                                             A. bass                               B. anadromous fish

                                            C.  detriitivore                    D. catadramous fish

 

24.      The specimen in the jar labeled D is an example of a _____.

 

                                             A. dace                              B. darter

                                             C. drum                             D. dollar sunfish

 

25.      The crayfish in the container is an example of a ____.

 

                                             A. verterbrate                   B. inverterbrate

                                            C. pisces                            D. orinth

 

26.      Crayfish belong to the a classification referred to as _____.

 

                                             A. cetaceans                    B. perchidae

                                             C. arthropods                  D. isopods

 

27. This aquatic tool is called a ___ .                                              

 

A.     D-net                        B. minnow dip net

C.  seine                         D. none of the above

 

28.   The tool in the question above is used to sample for _____.

 

                                             A. snails                         B. water birds

                                             C. aquatic organisms     D. flying insects

 

29.  The specimen in the container is an example of a _____.

 

                                            A. damselfly                   B. dragonfly

                                            C.  dace                           D. darlingfly

 

30.  The specimen in the container is a colorful example of an aquatic insect.

 

                                            A. True                          B. False

                                            C. Maybe                      D. Don’t know

 

31.  The specimens in the container are an example of _____.

 

                                           A. alliums                    B. snails

                                           C. fish egg cases          D. cetaceans

 

32.  The specimen illustrated in the drawing spends it’s adult life as a/an ____

 

                                          A. aerial acrobat              B. backswimmer

                                          C. cartliginous fish          D. detrivore

 

33.  The fin located behind the dorsal fin on the catfish in the drawing is called the ___ fin.

 

                                           A. back dorsal                B. caudal

                                           C. prostate                      D. adipose                              

 

34.  The fin indicated by the arrow is the ____ fin.

 

                                           A. anal                           B. back

                                           C. caudal                       D. dorsal

35.  The structure on the crayfish indicated by the arrow is referred to as the ____.

 

                                            A.  diskette                    B. dorsoventral

                                            C.   corymb                    D. cheliped

 

36.  The specimen in the drawing is commonly called a ____.

 

                                            A. fish                            B. eel

                                            C. danrner                      D. leech

 

37.  The specimen in the drawing is easily identified in the field by the way it ___.

 

                                            A. flies upside down      B. holds it wings when at rest

                                            C. eats only snails          D. none of the above

 

38.   The organism in the drawing is an example of a ___.

 

                                            A. water scorpion             B. water beetle

                                            B. water dragon                D. non-aquatic insect

 

39. The organism in the drawing is the immature or larval form of a ____.

 

                                             A. dragonfly                    B. damselfly

                                             C. dobsonfly                    D. darlingfly

 

40.    The organism illustrated in the drawing is an example of _____.

 

                                             A. an eager beaver          B. a  riffle beetle

                                             C. a scud                         D. an isolationist

 

For additional information about the Envirothon Program in Arkansas, contact:         

Delia Haak, Ed.D Arkansas Envirothon Coordinator
ArkansasEnvirothonCoodinator@gmail.com
479-238-4671

Debbie Moreland, Arkansas Association Conservation District Director
debbiepinreal@aol.com
501-425-2891

 

The Envirothon Program is offered and operated on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, or physical/mental challenges.