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Sample Test Number 7

                                        True and False

1.       Dogfish sharks are common in wetlands along the Arkansas River.

2.       Arkansas has numerous acres of estuaries in the southeastern section of the state.

3.       Winter snows add nitrogen into Arkansas wetlands.

4.       Excess phosphorus is primarily responsible for algae blooms.

5.       Gabions are used to stabilize riverbanks where erosion is a problem.

6.       Striped bass is an example of a game fish.

7.       Channery is the process of developing a new stream channel.

8.       Wildlife in wetlands is always considered to be macroinvertebrates.

9.       Ice in the winter can affect the ability of fish to survive in a pond.

10.    Soils in wetlands can be considered to be waterlogged.

11.    Desalinization is the removal of salt from water by leaching.

12.    BDO is an abbreviation for biological demand for oxygenated hydrocarbons.

13.    Elluvial is the process by which sediment is deposited in a stream bed.

14.    Asian clams are examples of exotics.

15.    Fertilizers can be dissolved in runoff water.

16.    Sedges are a type of grass found in wetlands.

17.    Middens of mussel shells are sometimes found along streams in Arkansas.

18.    Right and left banks on a stream are named looking upstream.

19.    Saline seeps are never found in Arkansas

20.    The Mississippi River has numerous overfalls in it.

 

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.