Aquatics
This property of water allows water striders to "walk" on water
What is surface tension?
60 percent of bird species originated from this continent
What is Australia?
The tool used to measure how many board feet are in a tree
What is a biltmore stick?
This soil horizon has the most organic material
What is the O horizon?
Are amphibians invertebrates or vertebrates?
Vertabrates
This word describes water with a salinity between that of freshwater and saltwater. Estuaries contain this type of water.
What is brackish water?
Dragonflies catch their prey with _______
What are feet?
This person founded the first forestry school at Biltmore Estate
Who is Carl Schenck?
Which is the more accurate and realist method: a food chain or a food web
Food web
This type of pollution comes from pollutants released from a single location, rather than being spread over a wide area
What is point source pollution?
Fossil dragonflies have been found with wingspans up to this length
What is 2 feet?
This material is made from pine trees and is used to help waterproof ships
What are naval stores?
The three classes for soil texture
What are sand, silt, and clay?
When one organism benefits and the other is harmed
What is parasitism?
This fish organ is filled with gases and helps keep fish at a constant depth in the water
What is a swim bladder?
In their larval stage, dragonflies are this
What is aquatic?
This person was the first chief of the United States Forest Service
Who is Gifford Pinchot?
What CLORPT stands for
What is climate, organisms, relief, parent material, and time
Are there more migratory geese or resident geese in NC?
Resident (up to 100,000)
This type of lake is formed after a river changes course and takes a straight path where there was previously a meander
What is an oxbow lake?
The scientific name for a perching bird
What is a passerine?
This is how many million acres of forest land are in NC
What is 18.6 million acres?
The field test method of determining soil texture
What is the ribbon test
This animal is an NC native that spends its time near water but lives under logs or leaves most of the time. It also lays its eggs on land and feeds on worms or other bugs
What is marbled salamander?