Nature Center

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Across
  1. 4. Plants start growing, commonly in spring
  2. 6. Vital to all life forms & we;ve had a lot less after losing beaver dam
  3. 8. Species that need vernal pool throughout their life cycle(fairy shrimp & tiger salamander)
  4. 12. legume plants fix this cycle
  5. 14. Uses mud to show what animals leave behind
  6. 15. Has heat sensing pits; doesn't live in NC bc it's too low of altitude
  7. 17. Red-winged blackbirds use to watch over nests
  8. 18. Uses expensive equipment & pheasant
  9. 20. If given this job bring backpack & trail plan out
  10. 24. Slaps pollen onto bee's butts when they land on flower
  11. 27. Has live birth rather than common egg laying
  12. 28. Eggs can live for thousands of years, even in space
  13. 30. Most active at dawn & dusk
  14. 31. Organism/Species that serves as a measure of the environmental condition in a given area
Down
  1. 1. Loudest animal relative to body size
  2. 2. Yellow plant w/ white edges- found as ring in vernal pool
  3. 3. White w/ yellow bill, seen often in NC
  4. 5. Name for things that living organisms can't survive without
  5. 7. Semi-wet grassland habitat
  6. 9. Habitat in most of Nature Center, tall plants w/ few trees
  7. 10. Pioneer species (found on every continent) & breaks down rock
  8. 11. Eat bugs from tree; has seatbelt like tongue
  9. 13. one animal gains from another animal while that one suffers
  10. 16. Animals do this ritual to create offspring
  11. 19. Go out here during long class period
  12. 21. Smooth scales & semi prehensile tail
  13. 22. Small mammals make these after traveling along a place a lot
  14. 23. Has a negative impact on native species
  15. 25. If stationed here bring out reptiles
  16. 26. Made millions of years ago bc of volcanoes
  17. 27. Raptors use to store unwanted food; sharp right here
  18. 29. Vernal pool, marsh, grassland, forest, desert, coral reef