Soils & Land Use
Hydric soil is found here
What is wetlands
Consequence of farmland runoff
What is Eutropification/Algae bloom/Dead zones
The soft spongy center of trees
What is pith
Color that hunters in Pennsylvania are required to wear
What is orange
List 3 greenhouse gases
What is water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases
Functions of a watershed
(I'll take 2)
What is filtering and storing water, preventing flooding, impeding wildfires, and conserving habitats
Identify this frog call
What is American Bullfrog
Which of these are invasive
1. Blue Spruce 2. Autumn-Olive 3. Scots Pine 4. Norway Maple
What is Autumn-Olive
Identify this bird call
What is wild turkey
How does drought affect forest ecosystems
What is falling of leaves, reduced soil moisture, increased free risk, waterbed decline, increased susceptibility to pests, and less flowering
Function of nitrates in soil
What is protein synthesis in plants
Describe life cycle of a mussel
What is parents release young, glochidia(larva) attach to fish, and detach to feed on bottom
What forest type is most common in Pennsylvania
1. Beech-Maple Forest 2. Appalachian Oak Forest 3. Northern Hardwood Forest 4. Hickory-Oak-Pine Forest
What is Appalachian Oak Forest
Why is it required to use nontoxic pellets for waterfowl hunting
1. Water poisoning 2. Pollution 3. Low-cost 4. Lead poisoning
What is lead poisoning of birds
How can Indigenous stewardship and traditional ecological knowledge help meet global conservation goals
What is sustainable seasonal harvesting, hunting, conservation of sacred sites, fire management, studying of species to climate change, and strengthen communities to be more eco-friendly
Types of soils that have high buffering capacity (choose all that apply)
1. Clay 2. Loams 3. Silt 4. Organic matter 5. Sand 6. Peat
What is clay and organic matter
What is against Pennsylvanian Fishing Code
1. Using live bait in areas other than caught 2. Catching tagged fish 3. Catching 40 combined species 4. Use frogs as bait
What is using live bait in areas other than caught
What month has the highest amount of wildfires in Pennsylvania
1. August 2. May 3. April 4. September
What is April
What is Chronic Wasting Disease
1. Consumerism 2. Parasitic infection that affects Canidae species 3. Fatal neurological disease that affects cervid species 4. Not recycling
What is fatal neurological disease that affects cervid species
Which of these has the lowest adaptive capacity
1. Temperate Forest 2. Deserts 3. Tropical Rainforests 4. Tundra
What is tundra
Function of nitrifying bacteria
What is changing ammonium into nitrite and then nitrate
Which 2 are endangered and which 2 are invasive
1. Spotted Gar 2. Red-eared Slider 3. Flathead Catfish 4. Lake Sturgeon
Endangered-Spotted Gar & Lake Sturgeon
Invasive-Red-eared Slider & Flathead Catfish
Describe high grading in lumber
What is cutting down trees above a certain diameter to reap high immediate profits and leaving behind diseased weaker trees
Black bears, cottontail rabbits, elks, squirrels, snowshoe hares, white-tailed deer, and groundhogs are...
What is game animals
Identify ecosystem services provided by boreal forest ecosystems, including environmental, economic, social, and cultural values
What is carbon sequestration, biodiversity support, water regulation and purification, erosion control, pollination, timber, fisheries, tourism, Indigenous homeland, and sacred sites