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Monarch
A type of butterfly migrates south to Mexico and Central America each fall. What is the name of this butterfly?
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Fiddler Crabs
What crabs create burrows in salt marshes?
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Sea Pickle, salicornia
What plant is a tasty salt marsh snack?
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Farnham Farm.
What is the name of the farm that we did bug surveys on native and invasive plants?
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Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
What does NBNERR stand for?
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Asian Shore Crab
What is an invasive crab species on the east coast?
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High and low marsh
The marsh is divided into 2 major zones. What are they called?
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Invasive.
What is the name for a plant that is non-native and is detrimental to its new habitat?
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To help them see in the dark when they go below deck.
Why do pirates wear eye patches?
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Revolutionary War
What war was fought a the historical cemetery when the tombstones were damaged?
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Harbor Seal
What type of seals arrive in Prudence each fall?
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Storm surge protection, carbon sink, nurseries, etc.
Name two services salt marshes provide..
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Milkweed.
What plant do monarch caterpillars depend on?
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Waxing.
What is it called as the moon transitions from new to full (AKA getting bigger)?
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Navy ammunition dump.
What was the south end initially used for before it became NBNERR?
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Osprey
What is a commonly found bird of prey that lives along the coastal habitats and makes nests with tall vantage points.
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Fresh and saltwater (brackish)
What kind of water is in the salt marsh?
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Yellow.
What color pigment is a flavonoid?
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Gills
What does the operculum protect in a fish?
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Herbert C. Bonner
What is the name of the ferry?
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Silversides
What was the most common fish species we caught in our seine nets this summer?
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Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora
What is the most common low marsh plant?
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Eelgrass.
What flowering plant do fish rely on for food and shelter?
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Mass divided by volume. D=m/v
How do you calculate density?
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Cats!
What is the most common invasive animal we capture on our wildlife cameras?
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