Day 1
An animal or person that represents a mission or organization through education and outreach
What is an ambassador
Give an example of an adaptation
Bird beaks...
What was the name of the wildlife refuge we visited yesterday?
Ding Darling
Name a biome
taiga/boreal forest, tropical rainforest, etc
Give an example of a simple food chain.
grass-grass hopper-mice-snake-raptor
Assigning human traits and/or feelings to a non-human object or organism
What is ANTHROPOMORPHISM
The change an organism goes through for the purposes of reproduction, survival, and/or to fill a niche
What is adaptation?
What animal is on the Ding Darling sign?
Roseate Spoonbill
What are the 4 things that an animal needs to survive in a habitat?
Space, shelter, food, and water
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
Food webs are more complex and show multiple connections while a food chain is more linear
What are three roles that Mina fills at CROW?
Ambassador for education, foster mom, and can donate blood to other owls within the same family
What drives adaptation?
Natural Selection
Name 5 animals that can utilize the habitat found in Ding Darling
Gopher tortoises, spoonbills, herons, osprey, tarpon, manatees, etc.
What was the natural control to prevent tree succession on island before people changed it?
Low-intensity wild fire
What is an apex predator and give an example of one
Alligator; an animal at the top of its food chain and lacks natural predators
Define zoonotic and give an example
Human - Animal disease transfer; malaria, COVID-19, bird flu, ...
Define niche and give an example of one
Role of an organism in its environment; ...
How long is wildlife drive?
4 miles
Name an animal and provide the four things it needs to survive in its habitat
Rice rat: a few hundred yards (space), standing water (water), grasses (food and shelter)
Name three things from yesterday's dissection that you learned
Frogs do not have ribs, fat bodies, cloaca, etc.
What is the theorized domestication process of wild cats into today's house cat? Can you name a piece of evidence for this?
Believe cats self-domesticated; domestic cats share a lot of the same characteristics as modern wild cats, whereas dogs share very few traits with wolves
Organism that has a larger impact on its environment and give an example
What is unique about the waterways at the wildlife refuge we visited yesterday?
The left side, when entering the refuge, is fresh water and the right side is the mixture of fresh into salt (brackish)
From largest to smallest, name the three ways a particular system is grouped. Hint: Based on climate, animal life, etc
Biome-> Ecosystem-> Habitat
What are the 5 types of organisms and/or animals that make up a food web/chain?
Primary Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer