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Stop Bugging Me
Snakes on the Plain
I Wet My Plants
Burn Baby Burn
Why So Serious?
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100
This was the chemical used to kill insects in the kill jars.
What is acetone? (Will accept ether)
100
This non-rattling venomous snake is a very docile and very secretive pit viper that use infrared pits to sense the heat of their prey.
What is a copperhead?
100
Eastern Kansas is the boundary between the deciduous forest biome and this biome.
What is the tallgrass prairie?
100
This is a major concern for metropolitan areas from the burning of tallgrass prairies in rural areas.
What is smoke pollution?
100
This is what a plant eats when it's kind of hungry, but doesn't want an entire meal.
What is a light snack?
200
This is the arthropod that the viceroy mimics because it is poisonous.
What is the monarch?
200
This reptile looks like a snake, but is not because it can regenerate body parts after they have been cut off.
What is a western slender glass-lizard?
200
This is the easiest way to identify a plant or tree species.
What is look at its leaves?
200
This is an economic reason ranchers burn the tallgrass prairie.
What is cattle gain more weight more quickly on new grass?
200
This is what you call a snake who studies past events.
What is a hissssstorian?
300
This arthropod mimics the honey bee.
What is snowberry clearwing?
300
These two pit vipers use a unique warning system that sounds like a baby's play toy to warn nearby organisms that it is venomous and dangerous. (must have both)
What are prairie rattlesnakes and timber rattlesnakes?
300
This tree type is also known as a hedge apple tree. It produces large green fruit, has small thorns all over the branches, and is planted by humans as windbreaks and to prevent erosion.
What is an Osage Orange?
300
These are the 2 things you should do immediately if you experience an intense burning in your stomach after eating a new prairie plant. (must have both)
What are induce vomiting (rid yourself of the plant matter) and drinks lots of water?
300
This is why the butterfly wasn't invited to the dance.
What is it was a moth ball?
400
This arthropod spins large webs in trees and strips trees of leaves eventually killing the tree.
What are web worms? (will accept bag worms)
400
Name 1 way you are NOT supposed to treat a venomous snake bite.
What is 1) Tourniquet (doesn't stop venom and could lose the limb) 2) Incision (doesn't let the venom out and can die from blood loss) 3) Ice (doesn't slow venom down, studies show it may be more harmful than good) 4) Electricity (doesn't neutralize venom, could kill you if high enough current)
400
This trophic level of organism makes their own food.
What is a primary producer? (will accept producer)
400
Name 2 of the Big 4 grasses. (must have 2!)
What is Little Bluestem, Big Bluestem, Indian grass, Switch grass.
400
This is what a snake wears when it dresses up.
What is a boa tie?
500
This is a system of organisms and their interactions with each other and the environment.
What is an ecosystem?
500
These two places (1 country and continent) have the most deaths from snake bites. (Must name both)
What are India and Africa?
500
This water organism walks on the surfaces of ponds and slow moving streams.
What is a waterstrider?
500
You should never eat this prairie sporing organism in a survival situation as they are extremely difficult to identify and may cause a burning sensation that may be the last thing you may ever feel.
What are mushrooms?
500
This is what snakes do at the end of a good date.
What is give each other a good-night hiss?