Salato Scavenger Hunt

K-3

Answer Key

1.       How many birds are on the ceiling? 

Answer: 32   

What is the largest bird you see? 

Answer: Great Blue Heron (tallest) or wild turkey.

2.    What is the Golden Eagle’s name? 

Answer: RJ 

3.    Which kind of fish in the warm water aquarium has the longest nose?

Answer:  Longnose gar.

4.    On the back of this paper draw the shape of Kentucky.

5.    Name a food that is important to turkeys. 

Answer: Insects, soft fruits, acorns and other nuts, grains, mushrooms, green plants.

6.    Name three venomous snakes in Kentucky. 

Answer: Copperhead, Timber rattlesnake, cottonmouth.

7.    How many frogs can you find in the Eastern Kentucky Forest diorama? 

Answer:  Up to 7.

8.    How does the shape of deer antlers differ from elk antlers? 

Answer:  Deer antlers form a basket on top of the head and elk antlers sweep  backwards.

9.    What does restore mean? 

Answer:  To put back. 

Name two animals that have been restored to Kentucky. 

Answer: Elk, walleye, muskellunge, white-tailed deer, peregrine falcon, river otter, ruffed grouse, wild turkey.

10.           Describe some things you saw in the Wildlife Viewing Area. 

Answer: Some possibilities are birds (many kinds), mammals (chipmunk, squirrel, mink, raccoon, rabbit), reptiles (turtle, frog, snake), insects (butterflies, dragonflies, bees, flies), plants (trees, bushes, wildflowers, grasses, water plants), pond, waterfall, rocks, soil, birdfeeders.