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JEOPARDY Common PA Plants FISH of PA Mammals of PA General Soils Pot Luck $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000
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JEOPARDY
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.
