Bays & Flowers & Trees & Water too.

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Quiz #6

Which are the 'female' parts of the flower shown below?

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F and G

D only

B, C, and D

B and F

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What are some characteristics that define Carolina bays? (check all that apply)

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Elliptical to circular in shape

Always within a mile of the ocean

Often have sand rims on the northeast and southeast sides

Can be filled with open water or completely impenetrable vegetation

Were likely created by dinosaurs making wallows.

Receive water from periodic river flooding.

Receive water from rain and upland runnoff.

Why are some plants carnivorous?

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self defense- to prevent damage from leaf eating insects

As a method of pollination

Because they are mean

To obtain nutrients that are not available in the soil

To increase genetic diversity by incorporating insect DNA

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What would be an example of a species that is endemic to North and South Carolina?

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Venus flytrap

Longleaf pine

Black bear

Red cockaded woodpecker

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What does the acronym MAD Buck mean?

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A type of rabies that male deer get

Magnolias, Asters, Daisies and Buckthorn are opposite leaved plants

Maples, Ash, Dogwood and Buckeye are opposite leaved trees

"Mad Buck Gibson" is the eighth episode of the second season of Magnum, P.I.

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What are some of the ecosystem services provided by trees? (check all that apply)

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Storage of carbon dioxide

Remove air pollution

Reduce heat island effect in neighborhoods with lots of pavement

Reduce stormwater runoff and filter water

Provide wildlife habitat

Prevent soil erosion

What part of the tree forms the growth rings that can be counted to determine a tree's age?

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Heartwood

Sapwood

Cambium

Outer bark

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What water quality parameters are measured as a part of the volunteer water quality monitoring program? (check all that apply).

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Dissolved oxygen

Plastic contaminants

Temperature

Metal contaminants

Turbidity

E. Coli

Blueprint

If you write out the basic facts of trees,

but framed as technology,

it sounds like impossible sci-fi nonsense.

Self-replicating, solar powered machines the synthesize carbon dioxide and rainwater

into oxygen and sturdy building materials

on a planetary scale.

What do we make that compares?

-Field Guide to the Haunted Forest, by Jarod Anderson

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