Herps
Insects
Birds
Plants
Fish
100
Amphibians are born with a tail and gills. Through time they develop legs and ____.
Lungs
100
Which popular butterfly feeds on milkweed and can travel over 2000 miles during migrations every fall?
Monarch butterfly
100
What is the state bird of Florida?
Mockingbird
100
Trees absorb water through their ______
Roots!
100
What is the state freshwater fish of Florida?
Florida/largemouth bass
200
Which color anole is the only one native to Florida?
Green
200
Which insect is most often heard before it is seen?
They produce their loud call using an organ called a tymbal (drum-like structures near their abdomen).
Cicada
200
What color is a female cardinal primarily?
Brown
200
These evergreen trees can grow up to 90 feet tall and produce large, white flowers
Southern Magnolia
200
The _____ bass is quick and powerful fish that can grow up to 40 pounds in freshwater
Striped
300
FWC hosts the Florida Python Challenge every year allowing hunters to remove which invasive species of Python from South Florida?
Burmese Python
300
Often mistaken for a bumble bee, a ______ bee chews nests in wood, fence posts, stumps or dead tree branches.
Also known as the "woodworker bee".
Carpenter
300
Which bird species has become so dependent on human-made bird boxes that Native Americans even hung-up dried gords for them to nest in?
Purple Martin
300
What is the state tree of Florida?
Sabal Palm
300
Guess the closest number to the state record weight for the largemouth bass.
A. 10lbs
B. 15lbs
C. 20lbs
D. 25lbs
C. 20lbs
In 1923, Frederick Friebel caught a 20.13lb largemouth bass on Big Fish Lake in Pasco County, Florida.
400
Which venomous snake closely resembles the Scarlet Kingsnake and follows the rhyme "red touch yellow, kill a fellow."
Coral Snake
400
This butterfly has elongated wings that are black with narrow yellow stripes. It is also the state butterfly of Florida!
Zebra Longwing
400
Name the black & white migratory bird that has a long, forked tail
Swallow-tailed kite
400
What green pigment in plants allows them to absorb sunlight?
Chlorophyll
400
Are Bluegill herbivores, omnivores, or carnivores?
Omnivores
500
What is the smallest rattlesnake species found in Florida?
Dusky Pygmy Snake
500
Name the 3 main body parts of an insect
Head, thorax, abdomen
500
Which endangered woodpecker species makes their home in mature pine forests?
They are primarily black and white, with males having a red streak on their face.
Red-cockaded woodpecker
500
What is the state wildflower of Florida?
Coreopsis
500
The ____ fins are located on the sides of a fish, just behind the gills.
Pectoral