MAINE GUIDES TEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2023/2024
1.16 ft plus - ANS-must have one throwable except canoes, kakays and sups
2.all vessels - ANS-must have means of efficient sounds signal for at least 2 seconds
3.All-round white light - ANS-can be masthead and stern light on vessels less than 40 ft
4.alternate-leaf dogwood - ANS-
5.American basswood or linden - ANS-In Germany is called the bee tree because bees make a
good grade of honey from the flowers. Also, the young fruit and flowers ground into a paste
make a great substitute for chocolate.
6.American Beech - ANS-Occurs statewide, growing up to 70 feet tall, sometimes forms pure
stands, other trees can shoot up from the roots. Bark disease can cause significant mortality in
Maine, when an insect, the ____ scale insect invades and alters bark and fungus gets in. Nuts are
sweet and an important food source for wildlife (bears will climb to get them)
7.American Beech - ANS-Up to 80ft. Flowers bloom in rounded clusters with three sided nuts
American Chestnut - ANS-Most of these trees have been destroyed by ____ blight fungus, but
there are national efforts to develop a blight resistant tree.
American elm - ANS-Numbers have been significantly reduced by the dutch ____ disease.
American Elm - ANS-Up to 100ft. Vase shaped toothed leaves. Fruits are papery and notched at
the tip
American Hornbeam - ANS-Up to 30ft. Also called blue beech. Has blue gray bark with
muscular trunk. Fruits have seeds containing 3 sided bracts
American hornbeam, blue beech, or musclewood - ANS-Occurs west of the Penobscot, small,
slow growing tree that inhabits wet woods or the edges of swamps and streams.
American Kestrel - ANS-
American Mountain Ash - ANS-Red fruits in dense clusters
apple - ANS-
Atlantic white cedar - ANS-Rare in Maine, only occurs in some bogs in the midcoast and
southern regions.
, Back Bearing - ANS-The return bearing on a compass line.
Balsam Fir - ANS-1 inch aromatic leaves, two white lines on bottom of leaves.
Balsam Fir - ANS-most abundant tree in the state, cones point up and disintegrate when mature.
great as christmas trees and wreaths, clear pitch formed in young blisters was used for mounting
microscope slides and attaching theatrical costumes to bare skin.
Balsam Poplar - ANS-gets its name from resinous, sticky buds.
Balsam Poplar - ANS-Up to 80ft. Oval capsules with cottony seeds
Barred owl - ANS-
Barrows Goldeneye - ANS-Diving duck
basswood - ANS-
Beam - ANS-the transverse measurement at a boat's widest part
Beam - ANS-The transverse measurement at a boats widest part
Bear oak - ANS-Small, thicket forming, shrubby tree usually less than 20 feet high.
beech - ANS-
Big tooth Aspen - ANS-Leaves have large blunt teeth around edges. Flowers boom in a cluster of
white.
Big-Tooth Aspen - ANS-Looks similar in shape to the quaking aspen but has larger point on the
leaves.
Biggest lake in Maine - ANS-Moosehead Lake
Bigtooth Aspen - ANS-when first emerging in the spring, have silvery-green leaves.
Bilge - ANS-In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between the bottom and
the side
Black (map color) - ANS-man made
Black Ash - ANS-Leaves have 7-11 Leaflets
Fruit is a winged seed
Black cherry - ANS-One of Maine's most valuable timber trees but often does not grow big
enough often.
ANSWERS 2023/2024
1.16 ft plus - ANS-must have one throwable except canoes, kakays and sups
2.all vessels - ANS-must have means of efficient sounds signal for at least 2 seconds
3.All-round white light - ANS-can be masthead and stern light on vessels less than 40 ft
4.alternate-leaf dogwood - ANS-
5.American basswood or linden - ANS-In Germany is called the bee tree because bees make a
good grade of honey from the flowers. Also, the young fruit and flowers ground into a paste
make a great substitute for chocolate.
6.American Beech - ANS-Occurs statewide, growing up to 70 feet tall, sometimes forms pure
stands, other trees can shoot up from the roots. Bark disease can cause significant mortality in
Maine, when an insect, the ____ scale insect invades and alters bark and fungus gets in. Nuts are
sweet and an important food source for wildlife (bears will climb to get them)
7.American Beech - ANS-Up to 80ft. Flowers bloom in rounded clusters with three sided nuts
American Chestnut - ANS-Most of these trees have been destroyed by ____ blight fungus, but
there are national efforts to develop a blight resistant tree.
American elm - ANS-Numbers have been significantly reduced by the dutch ____ disease.
American Elm - ANS-Up to 100ft. Vase shaped toothed leaves. Fruits are papery and notched at
the tip
American Hornbeam - ANS-Up to 30ft. Also called blue beech. Has blue gray bark with
muscular trunk. Fruits have seeds containing 3 sided bracts
American hornbeam, blue beech, or musclewood - ANS-Occurs west of the Penobscot, small,
slow growing tree that inhabits wet woods or the edges of swamps and streams.
American Kestrel - ANS-
American Mountain Ash - ANS-Red fruits in dense clusters
apple - ANS-
Atlantic white cedar - ANS-Rare in Maine, only occurs in some bogs in the midcoast and
southern regions.
, Back Bearing - ANS-The return bearing on a compass line.
Balsam Fir - ANS-1 inch aromatic leaves, two white lines on bottom of leaves.
Balsam Fir - ANS-most abundant tree in the state, cones point up and disintegrate when mature.
great as christmas trees and wreaths, clear pitch formed in young blisters was used for mounting
microscope slides and attaching theatrical costumes to bare skin.
Balsam Poplar - ANS-gets its name from resinous, sticky buds.
Balsam Poplar - ANS-Up to 80ft. Oval capsules with cottony seeds
Barred owl - ANS-
Barrows Goldeneye - ANS-Diving duck
basswood - ANS-
Beam - ANS-the transverse measurement at a boat's widest part
Beam - ANS-The transverse measurement at a boats widest part
Bear oak - ANS-Small, thicket forming, shrubby tree usually less than 20 feet high.
beech - ANS-
Big tooth Aspen - ANS-Leaves have large blunt teeth around edges. Flowers boom in a cluster of
white.
Big-Tooth Aspen - ANS-Looks similar in shape to the quaking aspen but has larger point on the
leaves.
Biggest lake in Maine - ANS-Moosehead Lake
Bigtooth Aspen - ANS-when first emerging in the spring, have silvery-green leaves.
Bilge - ANS-In the cross section of a hull the point of greatest curvature between the bottom and
the side
Black (map color) - ANS-man made
Black Ash - ANS-Leaves have 7-11 Leaflets
Fruit is a winged seed
Black cherry - ANS-One of Maine's most valuable timber trees but often does not grow big
enough often.
