Animals Marsh Plants Miscellaneous Prudence Island
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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?
100
Fiddler Crabs
What crabs create burrows in salt marshes?
100
Sea Pickle, salicornia
What plant is a tasty salt marsh snack?
100
Farnham Farm.
What is the name of the farm that we did bug surveys on native and invasive plants?
100
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
What does NBNERR stand for?
200
Asian Shore Crab
What is an invasive crab species on the east coast?
200
High and low marsh
The marsh is divided into 2 major zones. What are they called?
200
Invasive.
What is the name for a plant that is non-native and is detrimental to its new habitat?
200
To help them see in the dark when they go below deck.
Why do pirates wear eye patches?
200
Revolutionary War
What war was fought a the historical cemetery when the tombstones were damaged?
300
Harbor Seal
What type of seals arrive in Prudence each fall?
300
Storm surge protection, carbon sink, nurseries, etc.
Name two services salt marshes provide..
300
Milkweed.
What plant do monarch caterpillars depend on?
300
Waxing.
What is it called as the moon transitions from new to full (AKA getting bigger)?
300
Navy ammunition dump.
What was the south end initially used for before it became NBNERR?
400
Osprey
What is a commonly found bird of prey that lives along the coastal habitats and makes nests with tall vantage points.
400
Fresh and saltwater (brackish)
What kind of water is in the salt marsh?
400
Yellow.
What color pigment is a flavonoid?
400
Gills
What does the operculum protect in a fish?
400
Herbert C. Bonner
What is the name of the ferry?
500
Silversides
What was the most common fish species we caught in our seine nets this summer?
500
Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora
What is the most common low marsh plant?
500
Eelgrass.
What flowering plant do fish rely on for food and shelter?
500
Mass divided by volume. D=m/v
How do you calculate density?
500
Cats!
What is the most common invasive animal we capture on our wildlife cameras?






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