Chapter 5 Review: Home on the Range

  1. Wallows in prairies were created by
    1. bison <==== correct
    2. grouse (wrong)
    3. ground squirrels (wrong)
    4. prairie dogs (wrong)
    5. glaciers (wrong)
      Hint
  2. Primary growth in plants occurs at ________ meristems.
    1. alpha (wrong)
    2. beta (wrong)
    3. apical <==== correct
    4. lateral (wrong)
    5. intercalary (wrong)
      Hint
  3. Which of the following birds perform a broken-wing display if an intruder approaches the nest?
    1. Greater Prairie Chicken (wrong)
    2. Killdeer <==== correct
    3. Bobolink (wrong)
    4. Dickcissel (wrong)
    5. Greater Sage Grouse (wrong)
      Hint
  4. The Common Milkweed has pollen tucked away in packets called
    1. saddles (wrong)
    2. paddles (wrong)
    3. spoons (wrong)
    4. pittons (wrong)
    5. pollinia <==== correct
      Hint
  5. This plant is
    1. Common Milkweed (wrong)
    2. Butterfly Milkweed (wrong)
    3. Prairie Dropseed (wrong)
    4. Blue Vervain (wrong)
    5. White Wild Indigo <==== correct
      Hint
  6. Which of these predators does NOT feed on insects?
    1. American Toad (wrong)
    2. Western Chorus Frog (wrong)
    3. Northern Grasshopper Mouse (wrong)
    4. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel (wrong)
    5. Burrowing Owl <==== correct
      Hint
  7. Which of the following is an insectivore?
    1. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel <==== correct
    2. Prairie Vole (wrong)
    3. Burrowing Owl (wrong)
    4. Baptisia Weevil (wrong)
    5. Bison (wrong)
      Hint
  8. A ruminant stomach has these chambers EXCEPT:
    1. rumen (wrong)
    2. reticulum (wrong)
    3. omasum (wrong)
    4. abomasum (wrong)
    5. cecum <==== correct
      Hint