Range JEOPARDY Step 1: Start Slideshow from the beginning. Step 2: Advance to Slide 2 by pressing enter or clicking on the blue area of the slide. Game board will appear. Step 3: Click on the dollar amount for desired category. Step 4: Advance to next slide by clicking on the blue area of the slide Step 5: Click on the asterisk which will return the slide show to the game board. S Step 6: Repeat step 3 – 5. To get to Final Jeopardy, click on the yellow star in the lower right hand corner of the game board.

Rangeland Plants Rangeland Animals Ecological Sites Burn Baby Burn General Range E & T Species 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 Step 1: Start Slideshow from the beginning. Step 2: Advance to Slide 2. Game board will appear. Step 3: Click on the dollar amount for desired category. Step 4: Advance to next slide. Step 5: Click on the asterisk which will return the slide show to the game board. S Step 6: Repeat steps 3 – 5. To get to Final Jeopardy, click on the yellow star in the lower right hand corner of the game board. 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

1-100 This type of land can be called prairie, steppe, pampas, swards or meadows.

1-100A 1 - 100 What is Rangeland? * $100

22.6 million acres or 46% of the land area. 1-200 22.6 million acres or 46% of the land area.

How much of Nebraska is made up of rangeland? 1 - 100 How much of Nebraska is made up of rangeland? * $200

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1-300 Twenty types of these have been identified in the Nebraska Natural Legacy Project, State Wildlife Action Plan.

What are Biologically Unique Landscapes? 1 - 100 What are Biologically Unique Landscapes? * $300

1-400 This rangeland type is the largest stabilized sand dune complex in the western hemisphere and one of the largest contiguous areas of grassland in the US.

What are the Nebraska Sandhills? 1 - 100 What are the Nebraska Sandhills? * $400

This is the nation’s top cow-calf producing county. 1-500 This is the nation’s top cow-calf producing county.

Cherry County, Nebraska? 1 - 100 What is Cherry County, Nebraska? * $500

2-100 These plants have long, narrow leaves with parallel veins; leaves in two rows on the stem and jointed stems. 1 - 100

2-100A 1 - 100 What are grasses? * $100

These plants have solid unjointed stems. 2-200 These plants have solid unjointed stems.

2-200A 1 - 100 What are rushes? * $200

Nebraska is home to 59 of this type of native plant. 2-300 Nebraska is home to 59 of this type of native plant.

2-300A 1 - 100 What are legumes? * $300

Smooth brome, cheatgrass, and intermediate wheatgrass are examples of this type of plant.

What are introduced grasses? 1 - 100 What are introduced grasses? * $400

Plants with this growth form have spreading underground stems and are also referred to as sod forming.

2-500A 1 - 100 What is rhizomatous? * $500

Bison, pronghorn, elk and deer 3-100 1 - 100 Bison, pronghorn, elk and deer

What are native ungulates (to North America)? 1 - 100 What are native ungulates (to North America)? * $100

These are the four basic things that animals need to survive. 3-200 These are the four basic things that animals need to survive.

What are food, water, cover and space? 1 - 100 What are food, water, cover and space? * $200

3-300 Animals that were once domesticated but have reverted to a wildlife lifestye.

3-300A 1 - 100 What are feral animals? * $300

The small stems of woody plants. 3-400 The small stems of woody plants.

3-400A 1 - 100 What is browse? * $400

Plant material is fermented in an enlarged cecum or colon which is located past the stomach in these herbivores.

What are Hind-gut fermenters? 1 - 100 What are Hind-gut fermenters? * $500

4-100 This site occurs on deep sandy soils with slopes exceeding 20% and is characterized by “catsteps”. 1 - 100

4-100A 1 - 100 What is Choppy Sands? * $100

This site occurs on very steep slopes and soils that are limy, deep and have a silt loam surface layer. “Catsteps” are common on this site.

What is a Loess Breaks site? 1 - 100 What is a Loess Breaks site? * $200

4-300 This site consists of soils with a silty clay or clay subsoil. Water movement is restricted by clay. Soils are sticky when wet and very hard when dry.

4-300A 1 - 100 What is a clayey site? * $300

4-400 The most common site outside of the Sandhills; soils are loamy, productive and frequently cropped.

What is a Loamy Upland Site? 1 - 100 What is a Loamy Upland Site? * $400

This site occurs on bottomlands, and stream terraces where the water table is between 10-60” from the surface.

What is a Subirrigated site? 1 - 100 What is a Subirrigated site? * $500

Areas essential to the survival of endangered and threatened species. 5-100 1 - 100 Areas essential to the survival of endangered and threatened species.

What are critical habitats? 1 - 100 What are critical habitats? * $100

Nebraska’s federally listed endangered plant. 5-200 Nebraska’s federally listed endangered plant.

What is blowout penstemon? 1 - 100 What is blowout penstemon? * $200

5-300 These species are globally or nationally at risk of extinction or extirpation.

What are Tier I At-Risk Species? 1 - 100 What are Tier I At-Risk Species? * $300

Nebraska has 680 species with this designation. 5-400 Nebraska has 680 species with this designation.

What are Tier II At-risk species? 1 - 100 What are Tier II At-risk species? * $400

Nebraska’s state listed endangered plants. 5-500 Nebraska’s state listed endangered plants.

What are Colorado butterfly plant and saltwort? * 1 - 100 $500

6-100 1 - 100 A fire applied to a predetermined area under a specific set of environmental conditions to achieve certain objectives.

What is a prescribed burn? 1 - 100 What is a prescribed burn? * $100

These are the elements of the fire triangle. 6-200 These are the elements of the fire triangle.

What are fuel, heat and oxygen? 1 - 100 What are fuel, heat and oxygen? * $200

6-300 A rating of 5 or 6 indicates dry, unstable atmosphere and burning under these conditions will result in extreme fire behavior.

What is the Haines Index? 1 - 100 What is the Haines Index? * $300

6-400 The person in charge of the prescribed burn. This person is experienced in prescribed burning, familiar with fire behavior and communicates well.

6-400A 1 - 100 Who is the Burn Boss? * $400

6-500 This type of fire moves against the wind, moves slowly and is only intense when fuel loads are high or when moving uphill.

6-500A 1 - 100 What is a backing fire? * $500

Write down how much you want to wager. Final Jeopardy The category is “Poisonous Plants ” Write down how much you want to wager.

This plant has caused death in humans when they mistook it for wild onion and ate it.

What is death camas?