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1.
Many baby animals are born in spring. What are the babies
of these animals called? (a) deer (b) goose (c) buffalo.
2.
What are the spring flowers on cherry trees called?
3.
During spring, do the days become longer, or shorter?
4.
What is the larva (baby) of a firefly called? (a) a firebug
(b) a hot rod (c) a glowworm.
5.
Mosquito larvae (babies) live in (a) treetops (b) nests
(c) water.
6.
True or false? Frog eggs are called spawn and are laid under
water in blobs of jelly.
7.
Which of these birds can be seen in the Chicago Wilderness
in spring? (a) ruby-throated hummingbird (b) red-winged
blackbird (c) cardinal.
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JUNIOR
NATURALIST
1.
Complete the life cycle of an insect: Egg - larva - ?
- adult.
2.
What is the home of a beaver called?
3.
Could you wear Dutchman's breeches or Lady's slippers?
4.
Which of these Chicago Wilderness trees are wind pollinated?
(a) black cherry (b) bur oak (c) willow (d) American elm.
5.
In what form do toads lay their eggs?
6.
What prairie plant is food for the Monarch butterfly caterpillar?
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NATURE SCOUT
1.
About how many eggs does a frog lay at one time? (a) 30
(b) 300 (c) 3,000 (d) 30,000.
2.
From 1,000 frog eggs, approximately how many will survive
to adulthood?
3.
What does a woolly-bear become in spring?
4.
What name did Native Americans give to the March full moon?
(a) Wind moon (b) Worm moon (c) Nest moon.
5.
Which of these insects is the odd one out? (a) dragonfly
(b)
mosquito (c) ladybug.
6.
Which of these Chicago Wilderness flowers grows from a bulb?
(a) trout lily (b) white indigo (c) shooting star (d) nodding
wild onion.
7.
True or false? Adult Mayflies cannot feed.
8.
Which of these Chicago Wilderness birds does not build its
own nest? (a) northern oriole (b) brown-headed cowbird (c)
robin (d) great-horned owl.
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SENIOR
NATURALIST
1.
Which of these Chicago Wilderness birds nest on the ground?
(a) red-tailed hawk (b) killdeer (c) meadow lark.
2.
What is the term given to the period of inactivity in an
insect?
3.
Can you get a glass of beer from an alewife?
4.
What is a devil's coach horse, a bombardier, a beautiful
searcher, and a green tiger?
5.
What is meant by the term "Vernal Equinox"?
6.
Which plant does not flower in spring? (a) purple prairie
clover (b) shooting star (c) white trillium.
7.
Some Native American tribes call the full moon in April
the (a) Rain moon (b) White moon (c) Grass moon.
8.
What is the only rattlesnake native to the Chicago Wilderness?
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