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Plant
Plant
Bonus
Mammals
Frogs & Turtles
100
Common Reed can be used to build what?
duck blinds
100
The red-osier dogwood is a ______________.

a. large tree

b. small tree

c. medium sized shrub

d. large shrub

medium sized shrub
100
Wetlands cover what percentage of the planet?
65%
100
How many tentacles on the tip of the star nosed mole?
22 tentacles
100
What did humans do to cause a drop in population of the northern leopard frog?
Eating frog legs
200
The first part of the skunk cabbage to appear is called what?
spathe
200
Describe the leaf of the spicebush.
alternate, simple, pinnately veined and elliptical
200
Some wetlands maybe dry what percentage of the year?
97%
200
The woodland jumping mouse lives where?
Rather live near a stream than in a field
200
How does the pickerel frog protect itself from predators?
secretes toxic chemical from it's skin
300
Each mature plant can produce up to ___________ million seeds annually.
2.7
300
The trunk of the american elderberry is usually what?
short
300
What is the definition of a wetland?
The link between water and land, a transition zone whose characteristics reflect unique local conditions
300
What is the Southern Bog Lemmings niche in the food chain?
It is a prey animal.  It would throw off our food chain if it wasn't available for other animals to eat.
300
Why does the northern green frog make its call?
To keep others away
400
Researchers are using genetically modified duckweeds to synthesize what?
Insulin
400
Sweetgum is an important commercial ________________________ in the U.S. southeast.
hardwood
400
3 signs of wet soil?
hole fills with water

soil feels wet

smells like rotten eggs

400
Finding a mink living in an area is a sign of what 2 things?
clean water source near by and a variety of different animals nearby because the mink eats a lot of different animals.
400
What mark appears on the back of the northern spring peeper?
An X
500
List 2 animals and the way they use the common cattail.
waterfowl - nest among it

frogs and salamanders - lay their eggs in the sater in between them

Fish - hide or nest among them

Muskrats = eat and use them to build their nest

deer, raccoons, turkey all use cattails as cover


500
Describe the speckled alder fruit.
cone-like and 1/2 inch in length
500
What is a hydophyte?
Water loving plant
500
The River Otter helped to create what type of laws?
Water Pollution laws.  River otters were lost in great numbers due to water pollution
500
What is the main reason the red bellied cooter is on the threatened list?
Habitat loss