Envirothon Sample Test Multi-Discipline

1.      Soils, found in wetland areas, are primarily composed of sand at all levels.

 

A True                                B. False

 

 

2.      Deer benefit from timber stand thinnings because the operations create new openings where browse species can develop.

 

A. True                              B. False

 

 

3.      Salamanders are considered to be migratory wetland reptiles.

 

A. True                              B. False

 

 

4.      Loblolly, in the name of the loblolly pine, is an old English word that refers to what growing condition for the tree species.

 

A.  stoniness       B. steep slopes     C.  wet soils     D.  does not mean anything

 

 

5.      There are three families of oaks in Arkansas.

 

A.  True                            B. False

 

 

6.      Muskrats are members of the  _____ family.

 

A. deer       B.  salamander       C.  rodent        D.  kangaroo

 

 

7.      Beaver utilize only the leaves of trees as food sources.

 

A. True                           B. False

 

 

8.      Lagomorphs  are _____.

 

A.  bats       B. gophers       C. newts        D. rabbits

 

 

 

9.      Soils with a silty surface layer easily allow the infiltration of water.

 

A.  True                                     B. False

 

 

10.  Cypress trees are an example of a _____ conifer.

 

A. evergreen      B. deciduous     C. odor bearing    D. sprawling

 

 

11.  Beaver primarily build dams to  ______.

 

A. hold water for fish species     B. create water protection for their homes

 

C. slow down flood waters         D. so they can kill timber species

 

 

12.  Loam particles are the largest of the three soil particles.

 

A. True                                    B.  False

 

 

13.  A soil found in an innundated area will likely have layers of all three soil particles in the top one inch of the horizon.

 

A.  True                                    B. False

 

 

14.  If you find shortleaf pine growing in an area, the soil is likely to be innundated for at least six months out of the year.

 

A.  True                                   B. False

 

 

15.  You find a natural area that has the following trees in it, loblolly pine, sweetgum, blackgum, water oak and green ash. Which of the following is an assumption you can make about the soil there.

 

A saturated     B. droughty     C. stony and shallow    D. moist and well drained

 

 

16.  Mature female crayfish place their eggs in an egg sac and attach them to rock substrate.

 

 

A.  True                                    B.  False

 

17.  Toads lay their eggs in ______.

 

       A.   single rows     B. large rounded masses    C. don’t lay eggs    D. in a nest

 

 

18.  Water pennys are bottom feeding _______.

 

A. detritivores     B. carnivores     C. omnivores        D. none of the above

 

 

19.  In the forest, walkingsticks feed on this portion of a red maple, the  _____ .

 

A. red maple twigs   B. red maple seeds   C. red maple leaves   D. red maple roots

 

 

20.  You find two spiders in a web in the forest. One is a lot larger than the other one. A majority of the time the larger one is the ______.

 

A. male                                                  B. both sexes are never found together in a web                               

 

C. both sexes are the same size           D. female

 

 

21.  Small brown bats found in Arkansas in the summer migrate to Central America for the winter.

 

A.  True                                             B.  False

 

 

22.  Soil particles are ranked in size from the largest to the smallest as ___, ___, and ___.

 

A. silt, sand, clay                              B. sand, silt, clay              

 

C. sand, clay, silt                              D. all the same size

 

 

23.  An excess of ______ is one of the primary contributing factors to an algae bloom in a lake.

 

A. nitrogen      B. lipids      C. phosphorus   D. carbonates

 

       

24.  The Arkansas Envirothon tests students in _____ fields of study with a new topic added yearly.

 

 

      A. six              B. five          C.  four      D. three

25.  An alligator is an example of a warm blooded animal.

 

A. True                                  B. False

 

 

26.  Cattle egrets came to the Americas from ______.

 

A. Africa         B. Asia         C. Australia      D.  Adiabatic

 

 

27.  Red pines are found in Arkansas naturally.

 

A.  True                                 B. False

 

 

28.  Longleaf pines are naturally found in areas referred to as _____.

 

A. swamps      B. caldrons          C. playas             D. savannahs

 

 

29.  Red cockaded woodpeckers find pine trees with ____ in which to build their nests.

 

A. cedar rust disease                                B. cankers and hollow limbs

 

C. red heart disease                                D. hollow trunks

 

 

30. Rabbits, when browsing forages, cut the forage off at a   ____ degree angle.

 

      A.  25           B.   45           C. 75         D. 90