STEM Trails Photo Quest

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Follow the numbered photo panels along the trails at the Springs Preserve to discover more about Mojave Desert wildlife and see how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) professionals have studied ways to protect these species and their habitats. Then test your knowledge with this fun scavenger hunt and quiz. Challenge each other to see who can get the most correct answers!

What kind of technology are scientists using to determine why this animal is declining in some areas?

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Language translators

Observation towers

Underwater microphones

Tracking devices

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What does this animal mainly eat?

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Pine nuts

Fish eggs

Mistletoe

Scorpions

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What do the males of this species do every autumn?

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Go on a march to find mates

Dig a deep burrow

Build a nest in a tree

Collect food for the winter

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Does this animal’s numbers increase or decrease when people move into their territory?

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Increase

Decrease

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What does this animal do to scare off threats?

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Makes an ear-piercing scream

Does pushups

Throws rocks

Leaps out of hiding spots

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What is the word for this bird’s neck feathers?

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Gorget

Bristle

Boa

Semiplume

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What is the factor mentioned in this panel that affects the survival of this species?

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Climate Change

The Coriolis Effect

Wind

Jet Streams

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What unique ability does this animal have?

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It can hang from its tail

It can pull its body into its shell

It can climb trees

It can fly

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What does this animal eat?

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Small mammals

Nectar

Nuts and seeds

Insects

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This species is:

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Helpful to plants

Harmful to plants

Both helpful and harmful to plants

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How does this bird get most of its water?

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Water fountains

Puddles

From eating its prey

From catching raindrops

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What weather pattern brought swarms of this animal to the Vegas Valley in 2019?

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A tornado

Monsoon season

A hot, dry summer

A wet winter and a mild spring

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What have engineers created to keep this bird safe?

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Floating rafts

Triangular perches on power lines

Underground tunnels

Parachutes

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What has the biggest impact on the number of eggs that this animal will lay?

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Hot summers

Access to trees

Winter rains

Time of day

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When is this animal most active?

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During the day

At bedtime

After eating sweets

In the middle of the night

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This species tunnels through:

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Snow

Sand

Concrete

Wood

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Where does this bird usually make its habitat, or home?

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Beaches

Forests

Grasslands

Canyons

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What happens when this animal needs to escape predators?

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Its tail falls off

It flies away

It becomes invisible

It spits acid

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What is the process that this animal uses to smell its prey?

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Spectroscopy

Chemoreception

Auditory Perception

Chemosynthesis

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Scientists who study this animal are called:

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Entomologists

Volcanologists

Ichthyologists

Ornithologists

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How is this animal able to stay cool during hot summer days?

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It can sweat

It can go for a swim

It can fly to the mountains

It can build a den

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True or false: In Southern Nevada, this species is aggressive and dangerous.

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True

False

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This panel mentions three behaviors that the females of this species use to choose males. One of them is:

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How fast he runs

His cleanliness

The volume of his roar

The snacks he gives her

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What do females of this species have that the males don’t?

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Wings

Antennae

Stingers

Pincers

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What is this animal’s strongest sense?

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Smell

Taste

Sight

Hearing

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What type of feather did people take from this bird in the late 1800s?

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Tail feathers

Flight feather

Down

Body feather

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Where does this animal lay its eggs?

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In holes in trees

In still bodies of water

On plant leaves

In burrows

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What does this species use to jump great distances?

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Trampolines

Oversized back legs

Wings

Hydraulics

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How does the queen of this species keep control of her nest?

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Doesn’t let other females in

Blocks the entrance

Eats the eggs that other females lay

Sets up booby traps

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The males of this species have a system for finding mates that resembles a popular game people play. What is that game?

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Rock-Paper-Scissors

Hopscotch

Cat’s Cradle

Hide and Seek

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One of Nevada’s rarest creatures, this animal is most often observed where?

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Shallow water

Midwater

Deepwater

Ultra deepwater

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This endangered species is native to what location?

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Ash Meadows

Corn Creek

Devils Hole

Manse Spring

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