Macroinvertebrates
Track & Sign
Plants!
Wildlife
Random!
100
Break down the words Benthic Aquatic Macroinvertebrate
Bottom, water, large, without a backbone.
Large aquatic species that are without a backbone and live on the bottom of waterbodies.
100
Name three examples of animal sign.
Scat, den, feathers, bones, blood, trails, beds, fur.
100
A beautiful bright red flower that can be found in the swamp and is predominately pollinated by hummingbirds.
Cardinal flower!
100
What is one difference between reptiles and amphibians?
Reptiles have scales
Amphibians have moist skin
100
What does STEAM stand for?
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics
200
What are the three categories that we assign macro-invertebrates to when testing for water quality?
Sensitive/intolerant (to pollution)
Facultative/semi-tolerant (to pollution)
tolerant (to pollution)
200
How many toes do deer have?
4!
200
What is the green pigment in plants called?
Chlorophyll
200
What is it called when animals collect and hide food to come back later to?
A cache
200
Where does Alli work?
Muller Field Station
300
Which one of these is not considered a macroinvertebrate? scud, snail, tadpole mayfly, or caddisfly?
Tadpole
300
Name three plantigrade species.
Humans, bears, rabbit, raccoon, opossum.
300
Name three native tree species that can be found in New York?
Black walnut, beech, sugar maple, tulip, oak, etc.
300
Do mountain lions exist in New York State?
NO
There is NO scientific evidence that mountain lions exist in NYS.
300
Name two ways you can help protect the planet?
recycling, composting, growing your own food, shopping second-hand, using a reusable water bottle, consuming less things, eating less meat, spending more time outside to connect with nature
400
Based on the species we found while sampling the pond, what did we determine the water quality was?
fair, not very clean but not very polluted, somewhere in between.
400
Identify these tracks and what direction the animal was headed in.
Rabbit moving up!
400
This serves as the host plant for monarch butterflies.
Milkweed.
400
Do beavers hibernate?
Nope! They ensure that the dams they build will be deep and wide enough to prevent the water from freezing all the way though, that way they still have underwater access to their lodge and cache.
400
What is the name of the woman conservationist who studied chimpanzees in Africa?
Dr. Jane Goodall
500
What aquatic insect creates a case made of stones, or vegetation, to protect and camouflage itself?
A caddisfly 
500
Mammals that walk on their toes and do not touch the ground with their heels are known as:
Digitigrade
500
What invasive pest is killing the ash tree populations?
The emerald ash-borer
500
What type of salamander migrates to the vernal pools on the Muller Field Station property?
Spotted Salamander
500
What is the indigenous group/ group of Native Americans who lived in the finger lakes region for thousands of years before being overthrown by European peoples?
The Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Nation