Decomposers Spiders & Bats Owls Birds of Prey Tracking Animals
100
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down living things such as a fungus or bacteria in the soil
100
What does the largest spider in the world eat?
Birds
100
What is an owl pellet?
Something that an owl has eaten and regurgitated into a "fur ball"
100
What is a Bird of Prey?
A bird that is carnivorous and hunts for other animals
100
Name 2 animals that have similar tracks
Dogs & Coyotes, Deer & Hogs, Bobcat & Panther....
200
What is a scavenger?
An animal that eats the flesh of dead animals and other dead materials and trash
200
What is the biggest predator of the Goliath Bird- Eating Spider?
Spider wasp
200
Name 2 owls that we studied this week
barn owl, great horned owl, great grey owl, burrowing owl, screech owl, barred owl, elf owl, ....
200
What do we call the claws that birds of prey have?
Talons
200
What is the most common track at Alligator Creek?
Wild pig tracks
300
Name one scavenger
Vulture, cockroaches, raccoons,...
300
What are spiders good for?
Spiders eat many of the annoying bugs that are in the environment. Birds and other animals eat spiders and without them, the food chain would be disrupted.
300
What is the name of a fluffy baby owl?
Owlette
300
What is an owls favorite dessert?
Mice-cream!
400
What do earthworms do?
They dig in the soil and they create waste that adds nutrients to the soil
400
How do bats locate their prey? What other animals locate their prey the same way?
Echolocation. Dolphins, Whales,
400
What is the name of the owl that digs and lives in the ground...
Burrowing Owl
400
What does nocturnal mean?
Mostly active at night. Opposite of diurnal
400
What do coyotes eat?
Snakes, fruits, insects, garbage
500
What is earthworm waste called?
Castings
500
What is the biggest problem that bats are facing today? What is causing it?
White nose syndrome- a fungus grows on the noses of bats and causes changes in their behavior which eventually kills them.
500
How can owls find prey so well?
Owls have keen hearing and eye-site. The shapes of their faces channels sounds to their ears, which helps them locate their prey.
500
BONUS: Do you know what crepuscular means?
Animals active at dawn and dusk
500
T or F: Coyotes, wolves, and dogs are all the same.
False






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