Backyard Biologist Georgia

Medium sized deciduous tree; 4 trunks or stems with thin sheets of light colored bark peeling off the trunks

• Dumbcane

• Bradford Pear

• River Birch

• Pin Oak

large deciduous; red flowers in early spring; dark green leaves with gray color underneath, leaves have 3-5 lobes bark is gray

• Red Maple

• Weeping Fig

• Boston Fern

• Border Forsythia

What tree has leaves like these?

• Florida Maple

• Red Maple

• Sugar Maple

• Silver Maple

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What tree does this leaf belong to:

• bitternut hickory

• bigtooth aspen

• american chestnut

• Balsam fir

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What tree does this leaf belong to:

• bitternut hickory

• black cherry

• american chestnut

• Balsam fir

Large evergreen tree; produces cones that are 4-8" long; 4" needle-like leaves in 5 needle clusters

• River Birch

• Eastern White Pine

• Border Forsythia

• Japanese Maple

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This is a picture of a bat. Is this a mammal?

• NO

• YES

What is the state flower?

• Carolina Lily

• Flowering Dogwood

• Rose

• Tulip

What is the primary role of a backyard biologist in Georgia?

• To study and document local wildlife and plant species

• To conduct laboratory experiments on genetic modification

• To analyze geological formations

• To develop new agricultural techniques

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is a common method used by backyard biologists to identify bird species in Georgia?

• DNA sequencing

• Bird banding

• Microscopy

• Satellite tracking