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    John Muir

 

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Sample Test Number 2

  1. Caddisflies belong to the order;
    1. Odonata
    2. Hymenopter
    3. Diptera
    4. Caudata
    5. Trichoptera
       
  1. The larvae of mussels are referred to as:
    1. Wigglers
    2. Glochidia
    3. Caudals
    4. Adiposes
    5. Perchidae
       
  1. Mussels in Arkansas have been used as:
    1. Food
    2. Tools
    3. Weapons
    4. Not used by people
    5. All of the above
       
  1. A wise fisherman will check the ____ in a stream before the lure is selected.
    1. Vegetation
    2. Macroinvertebrates
    3. Substrate
    4. Large trees growing in the water
    5. Depth of the water
       
  1. Insects that have a portion of their lives spent in the water are called ____ insects.
    1. Aquatic
    2. Boreal
    3. Caudal
    4. Demitasse
    5. Eutrophic

  1. The section of a stream downstream from a riffle is referred to as a:
    1. Log jam
    2. Lip
    3. Lotic
    4. Limnetic
    5. None of the above
       
  1. The deepest part of a stream is the :
    1. Riffle
    2. Pool
    3. Back waterfall
    4. Eddy
    5. All of the above
       
  1. Most fish species normally reproduce by means of:
    1. Larvae
    2. Eggs
    3. Falling detritivores
    4. Carnivorous withdrawls
    5. Glochidia
       
  1. Carbonic acids are derived from:
    1. DDT
    2. EPT
    3. Chicken houses
    4. Plant residues
    5. Industrial wastes
       
  1. Insect larvae typically have long slender appendages at their head end called:
    1. Chelipods
    2. Lignins
    3. Antennae
    4. Pseudopods
    5. Thoraxes
       
  1. Aquatic insects go through stages called:
    1. Thorax
    2. Gills
    3. Floaters
    4. Notals
    5. None of the above
       
  1. A nymph is a young phase of a:
    1. Crayfish
    2. Mussel
    3. Insects
    4. Tree
    5. Hydrophytes
       
  1. EPT  in reference to aquatic organisms stands for:
    1. Early  Primitive Terrestrials
    2. Easily Propogated Tree
    3. Every Postive Treatise
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above
       
  1. Tadpoles are immature forms of:
    1. Frogs
    2. Leeches
    3. Seedlings
    4. Crayfish
    5. Mussels
       
  1. Eels are snakelike ____ that live in streams.
    1. Mussels
    2. Salamanders
    3. Frogs
    4. Fish
    5. Amphibians
       
  1. Salamanders have rough warty skins.
    1. True
    2. False
       
  1. Frogs have live born young.
    1. True
    2. False
       
  1. Rainbow trout migrate from fresh water to sat water to breed
    1. True
    2. False
       
  1. Mussels are fairly stationary animals who seldom travel far from where they first implant in bottom sediments.
    1. True
    2. False
       
  1. Some caddisfly larvae live in houses they build for themselves.
    1. True
    2. False

 

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.