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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission
Envirothon Sample Test |
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Which of the following venomous snakes does not live in Pennsylvania? |
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- Water Moccasin
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Eastern Massasauga
- Northern Copperhead
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| 2. |
You are sampling a stream in western Pennsylvania and find the rocks and substrate to be
orange-colored. The pH of the stream is less than 5.0 and you find no critters. What is likely to be the
type of pollution found in this stream? |
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- Acid rain
- Abandoned mine drainage
- Pesticide runoff from surrounding farms
- Discharge from a local sewage plant
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| 3. |
Name three anadromous fish that migrate to Pennsylvania waters. |
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| 4. |
Which of the following statements is true about fish? |
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- Shad belong to the trout & salmon family
- Darters belong to the minnow family
- Suckers belong to the minnow family
- Bass belong to the sunfish family
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| 5. |
A local farmer notices erosion, which is taking place along a stream bank that runs through
her cattle pasture. She is concerned that sedimentation will be harmful to the reproduction of a rare darter
found in the stream. Which would you recommend? |
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- Trap all the darters and relocate them to a clean stream
- Remove sediment, cut banks to steep angle, channelize stream and line banks with rocks
- Enhance stream bank by fencing it from the cattle and planting a vegetation buffer
- Build dams on the stream to slow the flow of water and trap the sediment
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