Whitetail Deer Review

Odocoileus virginianus is the

• family deer belong to

• scientific name (species) of whitetail deer

• city where whitetail deer were first found

• relative of the whitetail deer

Two things that a deer's forest habitat provides for them

• concealment

• immunity to disease

• food

• wealth

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Which of these statements is true?

• Bucks grow and shed antlers yearly.

• Deer grow antlers only once.

• All deer produce antlers.

• Only does (female deer) grow antlers.

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Deer family units are "matriarchal." This means that which deer is the head of the family?

• doe

• buck

• fawn

• the biggest one

Cervidae

• scientific name of deer

• family that deer belong to

• controls the antler cycle

• skin that covers growing antlers

Clearcutting

• determines a deer's food preference

• causes a deer's weight to vary

• best way to create the ideal habitat for deer

• removal of a deer's antlers

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Velvet

• skin that covers growing antler

• white spots on a fawn

• a partial albino deer

• used to make a deer's pajamas

Of the choices below, which of the deer's senses doesn't function as well as the others?

• smell

• vision

• hearing

Which is not in the same family as whitetail deer?

• elk

• moose

• fox

• caribou

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Deer only eat plant material; therefore, they are considered

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• plantivores