NEC
Insects
Mushrooms
Trees
Leaves
100
What park did NEC visit on our first field trip this year?
Forest Ridge Park
100
How many body segments do insects have?
3
100
What role do mushrooms play in the ecosystem?
decomposers
100
What tool can be used to measure both DBH and tree height?
Biltmore stick
100
Is this a simple or compound leaf?
compound
200
What type of spider was building webs along the path?
Pumpkin spiders or orange ord
200
What type of eyes do insects have?
Compound
200
What is the name of the network connecting mushrooms to each other?
mycelium
200
What tool do you look through the determine a tree's height?
clinometer
200
What word do we use to describe this leaf arrangement? 
Opposite
300
What special type of trees live where we visited on our second field trip?
Hemlock trees
300
What type of tool did we use to collect insects along the greenway?
Sweep net
300
Mushrooms reproduce by sending out what?
spores
300
What type of tree loses its leaves in the fall?
Deciduous
300
What word describes this leaf edge?
lobed
400
What area of land are we in that collects and drains water to the Neuse River?
Watershed
400
A spider is an insect?
False
400
The top part of a mushroom is called what?
Cap
400
In forestry measurement - what do we call two steps?
One pace
400
How do we describe this leaf shape?
Hand shaped
500
Is it ok to put citrus rinds in the vermicomposting bin?
No
500
Name the 3 body segments on an insect.
Head, thorax, abdomen
500
Mushroom can be deadly if eaten?
True !
500
What is the scientific name for tree rings (or how old a tree is)?
Annuli
500
We didn't see many of this type of leaf arrangement. It has a special name (not alternate or opposite) - what is this arrangement called?
whorled