Envirothon 2020

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a cottonmouths?

• Have the heat-sensing facial pit of vipers

• Viviparous

• Have two rows of scales under the tail

• Have a vertically elliptical pupil

What is the average size for a clutch of leatherback turtles’ eggs?

• 20

• 60

• 80

• 100

Green salamanders breathe through their

• mouth and pharynx

• lungs

• skin

• mouth, pharynx, and skin

• Mouth, pharynx, skin and lungs

Marsh rabbits are

• diurnal

• nocturnal

• crepuscular

• none of the above

Do peregrine falcons mate for life?

• Yes

• No

What is a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is not helped or harmed?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• parasitism

• predation

Any herbaceous (soft stemmed) plant other than grasses or grass-like plants is called

• soft mast

• hard mast

• forage

• forb

What is the maximum number of organisms that a population can support called?

• biotic potential

• carrying capacity

• crowding behavior

• limiting factor

Interior species do not benefit from edges. What is an example of one?

• owls

• wood trush

• deer

• rabbits

What are the scales on a turtle called?

• scutes

• carapace

• plastron

• bog scales