Locally Grown Plants
A Saguaro's age when it will have multiple arms.
100 years.
Weasels, Badgers, Skunks, Jaguars, and Coatis
Order Carnivora
Largest Organisms on Earth
Honey Fungus
Animal that drained a frog of its contents
Giant Water Bug
What would a white/light colored ungulate tell you about its habitat?
It lives in deserts/ hot environments
Cholla
Orca, Blue Whale, Bottlenose Dolphin
Cetacea
Largest Animal to ever have existed
Blue Whale
Name three teachers that have first period off.
Kilcup, Fuller, Kinum, Selle, Roper, King, Hudson, West, Maratea
What is the rare, twisted-horned Artiodactyl animal bred at the zoo?
Addax
Has root clones, lives a long time, poisons the competition, and has a distinctive smell.
Creosote
Four ever-growing incisors, sometimes long ears, includes Pika
Lagomorpha
Heaviest Organism in the world
Quaking Aspen (clonal organism)
Which Greek made an approximation of Pi near 22/7?
Archimedes
How many aquarium buildings are at the zoo?
Four
An Arizona tree in the family Fabaceae (beans, peas, etc)
Mesquite, Acacia, Palo Verde
A member of Artiodactyla that is not a ruminant
Pig, Javelina, Llama, Hippo
Oldest Organism
Bristlecone Pine (non-clonal)
or Creosote (clonal)
When did Ireland gain independence from England?
Closest estimate wins! No penalty for guessing.
1921/22
What is the agile, large, aquatic reptile that looks to be part lizard, crocodile, and snake?
Monitor
Triangular gray/green furry leaves, yellow flowers after a rain.
Brittlebush
The Order that includes all Lizards and Snakes
Squamata
Loudest Organism in the World
Blue Whale
or Howler Monkey (terrestrial loudest, and second overall)
What word do both Thoreau and Dillard use when discussing nature.
Mystery
What is the full name of the zoo that we will be visiting?
Bonus: what is the wisest animal? (100)
World Wildlife Zoo, Aquarium, and Safari Park.
Meerkat