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Common PA Plants

FISH of PA

Mammals of PA

General Soils

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Identify

What is... Poison Ivy?

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Identify

What are ... Buttercups?

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Instead of coffee beans, this plant is often used to make

coffee

What is ... Chicory?

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This plant is known for the unusual color

of its roots

What is ... Bloodroot?

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What is ... Giant Hogweed?

The sap of this noxious plant can cause bad skin irritations,

blistering & permanent blindness.

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The study of fish biology

What is ... Ichthyology?

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A characteristic which makes a fish a fish is that fish don‘t

have lungs, but have these.

What are... gills?

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This family of fish is one of Pennsylvania‘s most commonly found warm-water fishes and

has a pan-shaped body.

What are... Sunfish

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DAILY DOUBLE:

What is ... Fry?

Small immature, baby fish hatched from eggs are

mistakenly called minnows instead of this.

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Not typically known to be in the sunfish family, this larger sport fish preys on

frogs, crayfish and smaller fish.

What is ... `Largemouth Bass` ?

This mammal inhabits water and is known for the strong-smelling substance released between its thighs.

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What is a ... muskrat?

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This nocturnal, omnivorous animal is a marsupial with a prehensile, scaly - not furry - tail.

What is ...

the Opossum ?

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Once extirpated, this herbivorous game animal was reintroduced to the state

from the Rocky Mountains and is known for its bugling mating all

What is ... the Elk?

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This playful mustelid inhabits moving waters of the northeast and is a fast,

graceful swimmer with a long, furry tail.

What is ....the River Otter?

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A carnivore in the woods, this mammal has 5 retractable, hooked claws on each

foot, is shy, elusive & nocturnal, and has large eyes with slit-shaped pupils.

What is . . . the Bobcat?

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What are ... Igneous, Metamorphic, Sedimentary?

Soils are made from these three main types of rock.

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What is ... Clay?

There are three soil particle sizes which help define soil texture. The smallest particle size is known as:

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Soil carried across the land by wind or moving water.

What is . . . Erosion?

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If you took a soil probe/sample from a wetland, what color would the soil most likely be?

A)Blue/Black C) Green/Gray

B) Green/Orange D) Orange/Gray

What is ... D) Orange/Gray ?

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What is. . . Upstream?

When contour lines on topographic maps cross a stream they come to a point. The contour line will point in this direction, allowing you to determine the direction the stream is flowing.

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These are the ONLY mammals in Pennsylvania that fly.

What are... Bats?

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This fish has `whiskers‘, but no scales, and is mostly active a

night.

What is ... the catfish?

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This plant has yellow or orange flowers. Its succulent stems are used stop the itch of poison ivy, insect bites, and stinging nettle.

What is ... Jewelweed?

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Identify this PA mammal track:

What is . . . Coyote?

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Soil types are abbreviated with three letters. The first two letters represent soil type/name. The last letter, a capital letter, represents this.

What is. . . Slope/Percent Slope.