Forestry Trivia
TWS Trivia
Identify the Animal
Mammalogy
Weird Wildlife Facts
100
The father of forestry
Who is Gifford Pinchot?
100
The current president of the Texas chapter of TWS
Who is Bill Adams?
100
The scientific name of the animal that this print belongs to
What is Castor canadensis?
100
The term used to described hoofed mammals
What is an ungulate?
100
A group of animals that have blue colored blood due to the high concentration of copper-based proteins?
What are cephalopods?
200
The "Rough Rider" President known for his conservation efforts
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
200
The Wildlife Society was founded in this year
What happened in 1937?
200
The GENUS that this species belongs to
What is Aix?
200
The process of identifying mammalian species and assessing their diet and natural histories using their teeth
What are dental formulas?
200
An animal that secretes pink/brown/reddish "sweat" to function as a natural sunscreen, antibiotic, and moisturizer
What are hippos?
300
The height at which DBH is measured (Looking for a number here)
What is 4.5 feet?
300
The Texas Chapter of TWS was founded this year.
What happened in 1965?
300
The SCIENTIFIC NAME of animal that this pattern belongs to
What is Panthera onca?
300
The SECOND most diverse mammalian order
What is Chiroptera?
300
An animal whose tongue weighs as much as six grand pianos
What is a blue whale?
400
The full name for a BMP and whether or not it's required in TX (Two part question, part 2 is an extra 100 points)
What is a Best Management Practice? (Naur)
400
The president of the national chapter of TWS
Who is Dr. Pedro Hernandez?
400
The ORDER that assassin bugs, leafhoppers, and other TRUE BUGS are in
What is hemiptera?
400
This principle explains the phenomenon of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) exhibit larger bodies with smaller ears in colder climates in the northern United States, and smaller bodies with larger ears in the warmer climates of the southern United States.
What is Bergmann's Rule?
400
An animal that shoots blood from its eyes as a predator deterrent
What are horned lizards?
500
The name and class of the official state soil of Texas
What is Houston Black (Vertisol)?
500
The previous president of the Texas chapter of TWS
Who is Dr. Jessica Glasscock?
500
This mammal's common name means what in Greek?
Flat-foot
platús (πλατύς 'broad, wide, flat')
poús (πούς 'foot')
500
An organism that reproduces once in its life before dying
What is semelparity?
500
The worlds only venomous primate
What is a slow loris?