GRADE 6-7 BIOLOGY

THEME: FIELD EXAM TODAY (Worth 40% of final exam mark)
The young biologists listed as many species as they could in field, forest, and wetland environments. A male Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) came by to view the exam. He was probably thinking, "You probably don't know who I am, he, he!" Here are their combined observations:
GRAY SQUIRRELS
MANY RED-WINGS
1 COOPER’S HAWK
1 CHIPPING SPARROW
1 POSSIBLE SONG SPARROW
MALLARDS
1 CARDINAL
CROWS
1 POSSIBLE SALAMANDER LARVA
SPITTLEBUG SPITTLE
DANCEFLY
SHORT-HORNED GRASSHOPPERS
BUG NYMPHS
1 STINK BUG
APHIDS
LEAFHOPPERS
TREEHOPPERS
WEEVIL
1 POSSIBLE CABBAGE WHITE
MOTHS
1 CAMEL CRICKET
MAYFLY LARVAE
DRAGONFLY LARVAE
DAMSELFLY LARVAE
WATER BOATMAN
BACKSWIMMERS
WATER STRIDERS
EARWIGS
ANTS
SCUDS
SOW BUGS
PILLBUG
AQUATIC ISOPODS
MITES
SPIDERS
MILLIPEDE
CENTIPEDE
SLUGS
MICRO-CLAM
AQUATIC SNAILS (2 SPECIES)
GREEN EARTHWORMS
MOSS
DUCKWEED
CATTAILS
SWEET ROCKET
GARLIC MUSTARD
LILAC NOT IN FLOWER
DANDILIONS
ALSIKE CLOVER
RED CLOVER
BLACK LOCUST NOT IN FLOWER
HONEY LOCUST
BUTTERCUPS
PINEAPPLE WEED
BURDOCK
BIRD’S FOOT TREFOIL
STINGING NETTLE
BITTERSWEET NIGHTSHADE
BUTTERNUT
TAMARACK LARCH
STAGHORN SUMAC
MANITOBA MAPLE
NORWAY MAPLE
RED MAPLE
ELM
WILLOW
SOFT-STEM BULRUSH
LICHENS

Mr. L.