Marsh Madness: The Ecosystem of a Marsh What did you lean about the ecosystem of a marsh during your visit to Drayton Hall?
ScienceHistoryPlantsAnimalsGeography
Science for 100 BACK What do all organisms need to stay alive? Answer: air, water, food and shelter K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Science for 200 BACK Name a part of a plant. Answer: Roots, stem, leaves, flowers, seeds K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Science for 300 BACK Photosynthesis occurs in which part of a plant? Answer: the leaves K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Science for 400 BACK Fill in the blank Egg caterpillar chrysalis butterfly is the __________ of a butterfly Answer: life cycle K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Science for 500 BACK What is a native plant to the marsh? Answer: Needle grass, Spanish moss, dwarf palmetto K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
History for 100 BACK 1-1.4, 2-1.3, 3-1.3, Which colonial South Carolina cash crop was grown in marshes? Answer: rice
History for 200 BACK 2-1.4, 2-4.3, 2-4.4, 3-1.3, Who lived in this area before colonists from England, like the Drayton family, established plantations? Answer: Native Americans
History for 300 BACK 3-1, 1-1.2, Who are called Pluffmudders? Answer: residents of Charleston
History for 400 BACK 2-4.2, 2-4.3, What tools were used on a price plantation to remove the husk from rice? Answer: mortar & pestle, fanner baskets, etc.
History for 500 BACK 1-1, 2-1.2, 2-1.4, What mineral was mined (from trenches and moved along railroad tracks) at Drayton Hall after the American Civil War? BONUS QUESTION (for 250)* – Name a product that contains this mineral. Answers: Calcium Phosphate *fertilizer, chalk, toothpaste, perfume, gunpowder, matchsticks
Plants for 100 BACK What does a seed need to grow? Answer: water, sunlight, & nutrients from soil K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Plants for 200 BACK A plant is a producer. How do plants get food? Answer: Plants use sunlight, water, and soil to make their own food. K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Plants for 300 BACK Describe one way a seed may travel. Answer: by water, wind, stuck to animals, stuck to people, in scat, etc. K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Plants for 400 BACK Name the state tree of South Carolina. However, it really isn’t a tree, it’s a grass! Answer: Palmetto Tree 3-1
Plants for 500 * Spanish Moss BACK This plant is an epiphyte. How does it get its nutrients? BONUS QUESTION (for 150)* What is the name of the plant? Answers: from the air K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Animals for 100 BACK What are some of the animals that live in the marsh? (Name 2) Answer: alligators, snakes, deer, turtles, fish, frogs, birds, raccoons, various insects, etc. K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Animals for 200 BACK How do we know animals have been in the marsh if we cannot see the animals? Answer: broken plants, nests, burrows, scat, tracks, feather, etc. K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Animals for 300 BACK Name an animal that uses camouflage to hide in the marsh. Answer: alligator, moth, grasshopper, leopard frog, etc. K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Animals for 400 BACK What does an alligator eat? Answer: turtles, fish, crabs, birds, deer, other reptiles, etc. Anything it wants to eat! K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Animals for 500 BACK What is the life cycle of a frog? Answer: egg, tadpole, froglet, frog K.L.2, 1.L.5, 2.L.5, 3.L.5
Geography for 100 BACK 1-1.3, 2-1.1, 2-1.2, 3-1.2, Fill in the blank Drayton Hall is located on the _________ River Answer: Ashley
Geography for 200 BACK K-4.4,1-1.3, 1-1.4, 2-1.4, What are some reason why John Drayton may have chose to have Drayton Hall built near the Ashley River? Answer: To use the river for transportation, for a food source, to be neighbors with his family, ect.
Geography for 300 BACK 3-1 Lowcountry marshes are located in which region? Answer: The coastal plains zone
Geography for 400 BACK K.E.3, 2.E.2 Name one extreme weather condition that can change the marsh landscape. Answer: Hurricane, flooding, drought
Geography for 500 BACK Many of the enslaved people who worked on plantations were brought to South Carolina from this continent. Answer: Africa