ADVANCED MERIT: NATURE STUDY
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1. Select for study one typical wildlife community (a forest, prairie, marsh,
desert, mountain top, etc.) near your home. Take a hike, making notes about the
trees, plants, animals, birds, insects, etc., that you see. Explain how to
identify each of these.
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2. Be able to locate the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper, the North Star, and one
other constellation.
Other Constellation: __________________________________________________________
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3. Explain the legend about 1 of the constellations from item 2.
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4. Do one of the following:
a. ___ Make an indoor desert garden or woodland terrarium, using 5 plants.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________
b. ___ Or make an aquarium and keep 3 species of fish in it.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________
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5. Do any 10 of the following:
a. ___ Collect and identify leaves from 10 kinds of desert trees or plants such
as, cactus, yucca, etc.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________ 8) __________________________________
9) __________________________________ 10) __________________________________
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b. ___ Collect and Identify a sample of the seed or fruit of 10 kinds of trees.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________ 8) __________________________________
9) __________________________________ 10) __________________________________
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c. ___ Collect and Identify six kinds of wood.
1) _____________________ 2) _____________________ 3) _____________________
4) _____________________ 5) _____________________ 6) _____________________
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d. ___ Catch and Identify three kinds of fish.
1) _____________________ 2) _____________________ 3) _____________________
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e. ___ Be able to name and identify five types of frogs or five kinds of reptiles
using live specimens, or pictures.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________
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f. ___ Take a bird hike and count the number of birds you see and hear, and the
number of nests you see.
Birds seen: __________ Birds Heard: __________ Number of Nests: __________
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g. ___ Recognize in the field 5 wild animal signs: tracks, dens, sightings, etc.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________
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j. ___ Collect at least seven varieties of flies and identify them.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________ 8) __________________________________
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h. ___ Collect 20 bird pictures and be able to identify each bird.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________ 8) __________________________________
9) __________________________________ 10) __________________________________
11) __________________________________ 12) __________________________________
13) __________________________________ 14) __________________________________
15) __________________________________ 16) __________________________________
17) __________________________________ 18) __________________________________
19) __________________________________ 20) __________________________________
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i. ___ Collect 10 kinds of insects and mount them.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________ 8) __________________________________
9) __________________________________ 10) __________________________________
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k. ___ Collect seven kinds of seashells.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________
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l. ___ Collect 10 kinds of flowers.
1) __________________________________ 2) __________________________________
3) __________________________________ 4) __________________________________
5) __________________________________ 6) __________________________________
7) __________________________________ 8) __________________________________
9) __________________________________ 10) __________________________________
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m. ___ Describe how to recognize three kinds of poisonous plants such as poison
oak and poison ivy.
1) Poison Oak _______________________________________________________________
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2) Poison Ivy _______________________________________________________________
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3) ________________ _________________________________________________________
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6. Know the conservation pledge and show that you understand it.
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7. Explain what you can do to aid in conservation.
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8. List 3 Bible verses showing God's concern for the things of nature.
a. _____________________ _____:_____ b. _____________________ _____:_____
c. _____________________ _____:_____
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