History
Animals
Forestry
Planetarium
Miscellaneous
100
In what year was the Calusa Nature Center Founded?
What is 1970
100
Most people do this at animal shelters. While you cannot take the animals at the Calusa Nature Center home, you can _______ these animals in which your money will help provide food and care for the animal.
What is Adopt
100
These are an adaptation to the normally loose Florida ground structure and allow Cypress Tree's to withstand abnormally high winds without falling.
What is Buttress roots
100
Ground was broken in May 1984, where this structure of the Calusa Nature Center was built and has shows that illuminate the dome of the structure from within.
What is the Planetarium
100
Sitting just outside of the planetarium, there is the Coronada solar telescope. What can you do with this telescope (once you ask for staff/volunteer assistance?)
What is View the sun and it's surface in extreme detail
200
When the recession hit, the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium almost lost it's ability to continue running. Though, it has turned itself around. Who/what does this nature center depend on to continue running and education the people in Lee county and other guests?
What is Donations, admissions, and grants
200
This animal, one would say it represents the United States, can be found in one of the aviary houses at the Calusa Nature Center.
What is American Bald Eagle
200
How many acres of land make up the Calusa Nature Center?
What is 105 Acres
200
The planetarium began running it's shows starting in what month and year?
What is December, 1986
200
The guest center and planetarium are guarded by heavily shielded personnel, what and who may the personnel be?
What is Al and Allie, two very large Alligators.
300
While the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium is an educational facility to the public, one of it's main duties/goals is to provide...
What is Long-term care for injured animals.
300
The Calusa Nature Center provides educational classes for guests. One of the guest favorites, questionably, are the snakes. While this one is not take out of the cage, it is displayed for members to see. It's key physical feature is the fact is has a rattle on it's tail.
What is The Pigmy Rattlesnake
300
An exotic vine, volunteers must go out and remove it from many shrubs, short trees, and thick patches of other growing plants as it only grows up and completely shadows whatever it grows on, thus killing it's supporting plant/tree and itself.
What is The Old World Climbing Fern
300
What is the name of the new planetarium projector that replaced the old one in 2010?
What is Konica Minolta Mediaglobe
300
Once a year there is a 5k run that people can sign up for. This year, there happened to be over 700 people that signed up. What is this run called?
What is The Bug Run
400
What kind of classes do they teach at the Calusa Nature Center?
What is Environmental, Aquatic, and Animal related
400
The Calusa Nature Center is highly involved with protecting, studying, and teaching about this one marine mammal in particular. Other than it's normal name, it is also known as a sea cow.
What is The Manatee.
400
Some nature centers do not believe in setting controlled fires; the Calusa Nature Center is not one of these centers. Why are controlled fires used?
What is To rid the forest floor of fire-starting debris, kill non-native forestry/plants.
400
In 2011, what was added to the planetarium in order to increase it's versatility for speakers, plays, small concerts, and other special events?
What is A stage (40 ft x 11 ft)
400
This river is fed directly from Lake Okeechobee. Prior to the 20th century, South Florida was almost inhospitable due to flooding. Trenches/Canals were formed between Lake Okeechobee and this river, as well as the Kissimmee chain of lakes. The former provided the first outlet of freshwater from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is The Caloosahatchee River.
500
This 1-room schoolhouse was built in 1909 to teach the children of the early settlers in Ft. Myers.
What is The Iona house
500
This butterfly was close to becoming extinct in Florida. The Calusa Nature Center was responsible for starting an initiative, in 2011, in which they introduced it's native food item, the Coontie, onto the 105 acre land.
What is the Atala Butterfly
500
These are considered extremely expensive and are illegal to axe off and collect from these trees. When collected, the wood is sold on the "black market," and the wood is then used to carve figurines. What tree and part of the tree is being mentioned?
What is The cypress tree and cypress knee
500
They Coronado Solar Telescope allows one to look at the sun. This can occur because all bands of light are restricted, except those at the deep red end of the wavelength spectrum. These wavelengths are centered on what "line" within the telescope?
What is The Hyrdogen Alpha line.
500
Before the Caloosahatchee river was straightened out by humans for agricultural purposes, it used to be a winding, meandering watershed. Though, some of these bow-like water features were left alone. What are these bow-like structures called?
What is An Oxbow
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