Phylum: Insecta
Maples, oh my
Who's That Pollinator
Soil (Not Dirt)
A Disturbance in the Forest
200

The largest order of insects.

What is Coleoptera?

200

The Genus name for maples.

What is Acer?

200

The only group of mammals that can fly.

What are bats?

200

The amount of pore space in an ideal soil.

What is 50%?

200

A mascot with a slightly misguided message about forest fires.

Who is Smokey the Bear?

400

The largest order of pollinators.

What is Diptera?

400

The maple with the second highest sugar amount.

What is a Silver Maple?

400

Pollenating mammals only native to Madagascar.

What are Lemurs?

400

The downward movement of water though and out the rootzone.

What is percolation?

400

This pine species love a freshly burned forest.

What are Red Pines?

600

Eater of aphids, also called the 'bug of my lady'.

What are Ladybugs?

600

Also known as the 'grass killer'.

What is a Crimson King Norway Maple?

600

Trees that have both male and female flowers.

What are monoecious trees?

600

Factors of soil formation, CLORPT.

What is climate, organisms, topography, parent material, and time?

600

Intolerant to shade, this woody plant prefers overly grazed pastures.

What are Common Junipers?

800

Water quality indicators, EPT

What is Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Tricoptera?

800

A maple's leaf orientation.

What is opposite?

800

The family name of Hummingbirds.

What is Trochilidae?

800

Fine organic matter with no defined shape.

What is humus?

800

A cute nickname for humps and dips caused by fallen trees.

What is pillows and cradles?

1000

An Emetophobe's worst nightmare but a grasshopper's defense mechanism.

What are digestive juices?

1000

This sports equipment is now made of maple, formerly ash.

What is baseball bats?

1000

Small-legged reptiles that drink nectar.

What are skinks?

1000

There were about 10,000 of these in one teaspoon of soil.

What are micro organisms?

1000

This, defined as a lack of rain usually lasting a season.

What is a drought?

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