Welcome to the Jungle
This is the largest rainforest on Earth
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This habitat is responsible for 25% of all marine species, often being referred to as the "rainforest of the sea"
What are coral reefs?
This extremely resilient creepy-crawly is famous for being able to survive without its head (for about a week)
What is a cockroach?
This gubernatorial candidate has stated that NJ needs "urgent action to mitigate flooding, produce clean energy, remediate brownfields, clean up Superfund sites, and remove lead and forever chemicals from our drinking water."
Who is Mikie Sherrill?
What are Sciences?
This ingredient found in delicious treats is cultivated in the rainforests of Central and South America
What is cacao?
The largest shark species, also one of the most gentle, known for filter feeding on plankton and krill
What are whale sharks?
These rotund "bugs", known for changing shape as a defense mechanism aren't even bugs at all, they are technically crustaceans and they can act as decomposers.
What are pill bugs or roly-polies?
This branch of the Environmental Protections Agency, abbreviated as the OEJ, deals with issues of inequity and civil rights in relation to ecological issues.
What is the Office of Enviromental Justice?
These 40 acres of land in Jefferson, NJ are owned by Kean University and used for programs such as drone training, pre-college programs, field trips, and more
What is Kean Skylands?
In contrast to the fragrance you may expect from flowers, this large Indonesian rainforest flower smells of rotting dung
What is a Corpse Flower?
This extremely productive organism is responsible for roughly 50% of all primary production
What is phytoplankton?
Despite their name, these bioluminescent "flies" or "bugs" are neither, as they're technically beetles
What are lightning bugs/fireflies?
This federal agency handles issues related to farming, forestry, ranching and food safety, even in regards to sustainability and trade.
What is the USDA or U.S. Department of Agriculture?
Known for housing the Jersey Devil, this vast area of over one million acres is the largest ecosystem in New Jersey.
What are the Pine Barrens?
The cultivation of this oil is one of the leading causes of rainforest deforestation
What is palm oil?
Despite their name, these "living fossils" are not true crabs, and their eggs play an important role in the life cycle of migratory bird species
What are horseshoe crabs?
These "ant cows" are tended to and herded by ants for their precious honeydew (the sugary liquid, not the fruit)
What are aphids?
This term is used by the EPA to refer to areas that are contaminated with hazardous waste and designated as needing cleanup to protect the environment and public health under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980.
What is a Superfund site?
New Jersey consists of 4 geologic regions: the Coastal Plain, Piedmont/Newark basin, Valley and Ridge, and this.
The Bornean Rainforest is home to this famously intelligent ape
What is an Orangutan?
This is the salinity of the ocean.
What is 3.5% or What is 35 ppt?
This devout insect is technically the only animal on Earth that has only one ear
What is a praying mantis?
The ozone layer is on the mend primarily because the Montreal Protocol phased out the use of these Ozone Depleting Substances, which were used in refrigerants and aerosols.
What are CFCs, or chlorofluorocarbons?
This dinosaur, which was the first-ever dinosaur skeleton to be mounted, is the state dinosaur of New Jersey?
What is the Hadrosaurus?