Aquatics
Soils
Forestry
Wildlife
100

Name this fish: 

Brook Trout

100

What layer of soil is known to contain the highest percent humus?

O Horizon (or A I guess...but O is better)

100

State tree

Flowering Dogwood

100

What lives here?

squirrel

200

Name an invasive aquatic species

zebra mussel, Chinese mitten crab,  Snakehead

200

The addition of which sediment texture would increase drainage?

sand  (gravel is really not a sediment texture)

200

What type of forest (biome) is characterized as having predominantly evergreens?

Boreal  (or taiga)

200

Looking at the skulls, what is the difference to look for between nutria and beaver?

Ears on top, above the water so they can be submerged and hear predators while swimming on the water. 

300

How could planting a riparian buffer increase dissolved oxygen?

Shade lowers water temperature leading to higher DO

300

What weathering type refers to the carrying of sediment and rubbing it against a rock?

abrasion

300

Which of the following trees would be considered the most shade tolerant? 

White oak
Redbud
White Pine
Magnolia

Redbud

300

What is my latin name?

Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Urocyon works) 

400

What 2 chemicals are the primary cause of eutrophication?

Nitrogen & Phosphorus

400

What part of a river has the greatest deposition?

Delta (inside of a curve also...but that is not the absolute most)

400

Which tree is known for being intolerant of fires?
redbud, red maple, longleaf pine, river birch

red maple
400

Who am I?

tufted titmouse

500

How could the addition of a dam improve water quality downstream?

sediment and runoff held back from continuing downstream

500

The addition of Urea would be best to combat which nutrient defficency? 

Nitrogen 

500

Which layer of the forest receives the most sunlight?

emergent (or canopy)
500

What federally threatened crustacean was recently hatched at a hatchery and released back to its home in the McClure River of Southwestern Virginia? 

Big Sandy Grayfish