Animal Care and Enrichment
What is enrichment?
Something that stimulates the brain of the animal to make it think as it might in the wild.
How many legs do insects have?
6
What is the large flat surface of a leaf called?
Leaf Blade
Where does the energy for all living things originate?
The sun
What is our school mascot?
Eagles
What is something all of our reptiles need?
Repti-safe added to water
Calcium on their food
UV Bulb for soaking up calcium
What is an arthropod?
an animal of the family Arthropoda, has a hard exoskeleton, bilateral symmetry, jointed appendages, segmented bodies, and specialized appendages.
What margin do maple leaves and oak leaves have?
Lobed
How much energy is available to the next trophic level in a pyramid?
10%
What college did Mr. Morgan attend?
KU (Will also accept: WSU, Newman, and Clemson)
Name a famous naturalist.
Answers will Vary
Some examples: Dr. Suess, Jack Hanna, Charles Darwin
What is the order of classification starting with Domain?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is the petiole of a leaf?
The small "stem" that connects the leaf blade to the stem of the tree
What are the four types of eating habits animals are? Hint: they all end in "vores"
Herbivore, Omnivore, Carnivore, and Detrivore (decomposer)
When is graduation this year? Month and date.
May 16th
What are the four types of enrichment?
Food, Habitat, Cognitive, Sensory, Toys
This arthropod order has 2 wings
Diptera
What is the state tree of Kansas?
Eastern cottonwood
What are the trophic levels from most biomass to least?
Producers, Primary Consumer, Secondary consumer, Tertiary Consumer
Who are our 6 administrators?
Herman, Noteboom, Zimmerman, Price, Grogan, Fields
What are the names of all of our animals?
Oreo, Hank, Big Chungus, Spike, Peanut, Shadow, Fred, Freckles, Medusa, King Von, Tortellini, and Sonic (Hedgehog)
Hymenoptera are
two sets of membranous wings
Only one with a true stings
social insects
What is the difference between palmate, Pinnate and parallel veins
palmate- spread from one point
Pinnate-central vein with smaller veins coming out
Parallel - veins in straight lines - grasses
If there is 1500kCal availible at the producer level, how many kcalories are available at the secondary consumer level?
15 kCal
how many minutes are in a year?
525,600