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Field Guide/Birds/Larus argentatus
...ermanent residents, e.g. those on the lower Great Lakes, on the east coast of North America or at the North Sea shores. Herring Gulls are also abundant ...uch birds are most easily distinguished by the larger size and larger bill of Herring Gull.

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AY Honors/Species Account/Rattus rattus
...vectors of many diseases including the bacterium Yersinia pestis, an agent of bubonic plague. '''Type of sexual reproduction:''' breed like other mammals<br>

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Field Guide/Birds/Ardea alba
...should not be confused with the Great White Heron, which is a white morph of the Great Blue Heron found in Florida. ...It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbi

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AY Honors/Edible Wild Plants/Acorn
...consume large amounts of acorns; they may constitute up to 25% of the diet of deer in the autumn. However, acorns are toxic to some other animals, such a ...deciduous and evergreen species extending from cold latitudes to tropical Asia and the Americas.

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AY Honors/Edible Wild Plants/Acorn
...consume large amounts of acorns; they may constitute up to 25% of the diet of deer in the autumn. However, acorns are toxic to some other animals, such a ...deciduous and evergreen species extending from cold latitudes to tropical Asia and the Americas.

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Field Guide/Birds/Columba livia
...n and the American Ornithologists' Union changed the official English name of the bird in their regions to Rock Pigeon. ...specially in cities, over much of the world. In Britain, Ireland, and much of its former range, the Rock Pigeon probably only occurs pure in the most rem

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AY Honor Shrubs Answer Key
<!-- 1. Note three characteristics of shrubs that distinguish them from trees and herbs. Why is a grape vine some # A shrub's trunk has a circumference of less than {{units|24 cm|9.5 inches}} at {{units|1.4 meters|4.5 feet}} above

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AY Honor Shrubs Answer Key
<!-- 1. Note three characteristics of shrubs that distinguish them from trees and herbs. Why is a grape vine some # A shrub's trunk has a circumference of less than {{units|24 cm|9.5 inches}} at {{units|1.4 meters|4.5 feet}} above

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AY Honors/Bats/Answer Key
 Here are some identifiers for mammals, birds, and bats. After examining the list, it should be rather obvious how much m

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AY Honor Endangered Species Answer Key
A species which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by chan Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

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AY Honor Bats Answer Key
 Here are some identifiers for mammals, birds, and bats. After examining the list, it should be rather obvious how much m

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AY Honor Endangered Species Answer Key
A species which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by chan Any major regional biological community such as that of forest or desert.

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AY Honor Rainforests Answer Key
...uding two thirds of all flowering plants). The amount of sun in the layers of plants is important to determine what is able to grow. ...how they are different. Diagram on a map locations of these two main kinds of rainforests identifying these types. -->

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AY Honor Taiga Answer Key
 The taiga is the largest terrestrial biome and represents 29% of the world’s forest cover. This biome is dominated by coniferous trees (ne

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Field Guide/Birds/Falco peregrinus
...that some populations are [[bird migration|migratory]]. It has a wingspan of about 1 [[meter]] (40 in). Males weigh 570-710 [[gram]]s; the noticeably la ...3mph). At this speed, the air intake is powerful enough to burst the lungs of the bird but the curved cones around its nose divert enough air from the lu

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AY Honor Rainforests Answer Key
...uding two thirds of all flowering plants). The amount of sun in the layers of plants is important to determine what is able to grow. ...how they are different. Diagram on a map locations of these two main kinds of rainforests identifying these types. -->

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AY Honors/Parrots and Cockatoos/Answer Key
<!-- 1. Name 15 species of parrot and five species of cockatoo that are common to Australia and be able to identify them from rea ...rrots. Also Cockatoo species are, on average, larger than the average size of true parrots.

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AY Honor Temperate Deciduous Forests Answer Key
...biome, this video only deals with describing the present identifying marks of a deciduous forest. [https://youtu.be/F1mTCAuBiNA] A moist forest composed of broad-leafed trees, which lose their leaves in the winter.

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AY Honors/Tapa Cloth/Answer Key
 Tapa cloth (or simply tapa) is a bark cloth made in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, primarily in Tonga, Samoa and Fiji, but as far afield as

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AY Honor Taiga Answer Key
 The taiga is the largest terrestrial biome and represents 29% of the world’s forest cover. This biome is dominated by coniferous trees (ne

10 KB (1,429 words) - 16:36, 23 October 2023