The Land Before Time
Graphy and Logy: The Geo Kind
Fun with Flora
Girls Just Wanna Have "F,a,u,n,a"
Natural Area Near You
200
Identify these extinct megafauna (two species any order)
mammoth and mastodon
200
Of the three main rock types..... sandstone, siltstone, shale, and coal are examples of this one
Sedimentary Rock
200
Name a plant native to Indiana
good job!
200
Two species of this small canid can be found locally: red and gray
fox (Vulpes)
200
This natural area less than a mile north of campus contains 100+ acres of wetland
he
Celery Bog
400
This is one of the factors responsible for the creation and maintenance of prairies
prescribed fire (Native Americans)
climate
grazing
400
The number of Great Lakes in North America
5
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario
400
A commonality between the plants below:
autumn olive, Amur honeysuckle, garlic mustard
They're Invasive
400
The spotted salamander is an example of this class of animals that are known for having aquatic-terrestrial life cycles
Amphibians
400
NICHES Land Trust protects over four thousand acres of woodland, forest, prairie, and wetland located within an hour of campus. Name a preserve
Here's a cool one!
600
The first humans arrive in North America this long ago, according to archeological evidence
15,000-30,000 ya
600
Missouri River
600
Name this tree (state tree of Indiana)
2x points for scientific name
tulip tree, yellow poplar, tulip poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
600
This genus of large, charismatic mammals contains North American species like black bear, grizzly bear, and polar bear
Ursus
600
According to IN.gov, Indiana has 24 state parks. This is the closest state park to Purdue's campus and is located in Tippecanoe County
Prophetstown SP
800
The years before the last glaciation ended in the Midwest and the name of this period
~10,000 ya/ Wisconsin
800
This common type of bedrock is associated with alkaline soil and karst topography (ex. sinkhole/cave)
limestone
800
This plant, reduced dramatically by land conversion to agriculture and the widespread use of herbicide along roadways, is the larval host for the monarch caterpillar
common milkweed
800
northern saw-whet owl
(Aegolius acadicus)
800
The only National Park in Indiana. It has been described as sand-tastic and just swale ;)
Indiana Dunes National Park
1000
The years, respectively, that the last wild bison and wolf were found in Indiana (we'll accept answers within 10 years)
1830 and 1908
1000
This is the dominant soil order in Indiana
Alfisol
1000
These trees in the genus Quercus generally have thick bark and an affinity to resprout following disturbances. Give the common name of this genus that also produces acorns
Oak
1000
This large fish species with a reptile-like name and spatula-shaped snout was once found in the Wabash River but is now extirpated
alligator gar
Atractosteus spatula
1000
Turkey Run and Shades State Parks have disjunct populations of these evergreen trees spared by glacial refugia
white pine
Eastern hemlock
Canada yew