1.
Circular galls from on _____ trees?: Oak
2.
Deer mice numbers fluctuate easily, why?: Prairie fires
3.
Early settlers avoided farming because ______ did not grow there.: Trees
4.
Fire discorages this type of plants?: Non-natives, bur-oaks.
5.
Grass with light open panicle: Switch Grass
6.
Hairy Graa and sand reed grass characterize ______?: Dry Prairie
7.
How can badgers catch gophers?: Strong feet and claws.
8.
How can shrews kill larger animals?: They have poisonous glands
9.
How did buffalo impact the prairie? (3): consumedvegetation, trampled plants and created muddy wallows.
10.
Indian grass and compass plants characterize what type of prairie?: Mesic
11.
List some nocturnal mammals. (3): red fox, coyotes, striped skunks.
12.
List some ways in which pocket gopher tunnels affect the prairie. (4): mounds, pull plants by roots, biomass changes and burrow systems.
13.
Meadow voles work well in litter work until what happens?: They are discovered by a weasel.
14.
Microbial activity as this goes up?: Nitrogen
15.
Monarch's life?: Hatch, move to MN, find milkweed, lay eggs, caterpillar, coccoon, butterfly.
16.
Most of the biomass is in what plant structure?: Roots
17.
Numerous purple ray flowers with yellow central disk: New England Aster
18.
Prairie cord and blue joint grass characterize ______?: Wet Prairie
19.
Round to flattened cluster of golden flower heads: stiff goldenrod
20.
This animal has unique mima mounds: Manitoba toad
21.
This plant structure allows plants to survive fires.: Roots
22.
Two reasons dung beetles roll and bury dung?: Food and nesting
23.
Type of goldenrod with galls: Canada Goldenrd
24.
Weird looking galls form on ______ trees?: Willow
25.
What does the hognose snake do to avoid predators? (3): Cobra stance, play dead and strike repeatedly.
26.
What happened to Minnesota prairies?: All got plowed over
27.
What is a booming ground?: fighting cocks.
28.
What is the most common bird in Minnesota?: Red-Winged Blackbird
29.
When do gall flies lay eggs?: Spring
30.
When do Western Chorus Frogs start singing?: when open water appears in Spring
31.
Where are grouse from?: China
32.
Where might you find a tiger salamander?: Near homes.
33.
Why are leopard frogs declining? (3): killed by traffic, over-harvest, red-leg disease
34.
Why did elk disappear?: farms and ranches created too big of a disturbance.
35.
Why do garther snakes writh together?: breeding activity
