Nebraska Wild Jeopardy

1. Nebraska Wild Jeopardy

2. Wildlife Wildlife Habitat Heroes & History Final Jeopardy 100 100 100 100 500 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

3. 1-100 Who ‘owns’ Nebraska Wildlife?

4. 1-100A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. We All Do! 500 $100

5. 2-100 1 - 100 Name one federally listed endangered bird species which can be found in Nebraska. What can you tell about the feeding habits of this animal?

6. 2-100A Eskimo Curlew Whooping Crane Piping Plover Mountain Plover Eskimo Curlew 1 - 100 100 $100

7. 2-200 Name 2 examples of Nebraska animals that walk on their toe-nails.

8. 2-200A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Ungulates (Deer, Pronghorn, elk, etc.) 200 $200

9. 2-300 Name two characteristics which make a fish a fish.

10. 2-300A Gills Scales Entire Life in the Water Swim Bladder Fins 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 300 $300

11. 2-400 The portion of habitat that an animal will defend is called? Fly Fishing is best done by …

12. 1 - 100 Territory 400

13. 2-500 A coyote is in what taxonomic Order?

14. 2-500A 1 - 100 Carnivora (Family canidae) Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 500 $500

15. 3-100 1 - 100 This animal preys on small mammals including skunks Name this fish

16. 3-100A 1 - 100 Great horned owl Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 100 $100

17. 3-200 Name the migration flyway which runs through Nebraska.

18. 3-200A Central Flyway 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 200 $200

19. 3-300 Is this a male or a female? How can your tell?

20. 3-300A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Tom or male Turkey (beard, head color) 16 years old 300 $300

21. 3-400 The caudal fin is used for…

22. 3-400A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Propulsion 400 $400

23. 3-500 Name one adaptation of this bird.

24. 3-500A Long legs Large wings Probing beak Migrating 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 500 $500

25. 4-100 1 - 100 What are the five elements of habitat?

26. 4-100A 1 - 100 Food Water Shelter Space Arrangement Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 100 $100

27. 4-200 What does this animal eat? How can you tell?

28. 4-200A 1 - 100 Meat/Animals It has sharp teeth… canine, incisors. Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 200 $200

29. 4-300 The orderly process by which an ecosystem changes from one plant community to another is called?

30. 4-300A 1 - 100 SUCCESSION $300

31. 4-400 3 diagnostic environmental characteristics used to delineate wetlands are...

32. 4-400A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Vegetation Hydric Soils Hydrology 400 $400

33. 4-500 The greatest threat to wildlife populations is what?

34. 4-500A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Habitat Loss 5 00 $500

35. 5-100 This pair of explorers traveled along the eastern edge of Nebraska recording wildlife species and creating maps. 1 - 100

36. 5-100A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Lewis and Clark 100 $100

37. 5-200 This U.S. president (1901-1909) was considered to be a hero for conservation

38. 5-200A 1 - 100 Theodore Roosevelt Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 200 $200

39. 5-300 Although the Bald Eagle is no longer protected under the Endangered Species Act, it is still protected under this Act.

40. 5-300A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (1940) Aldo Leopold 300 $300

41. 5-400 The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission was created in what year?

42. 5-400A 1 - 100 Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 1901. 400 $400

43. 5-500 The “Father of Modern Game Management” is considered to be?

44. 5-500A 1 - 100 Aldo Leopold Type answer here. Adjust size & position as necessary. 500 $500