I Saw It On The Grass Trivia Quiz

Answer: Four leaf clover

A four leaf clover (Trifolium repens) is a rare find in its natural surroundings. It is treated as a symbol of good luck all over the world. There is a legend that says that Eve carried a four leaf clover from the Garden of Eden. Druids believed that four leaf clovers were an extremely important sign of luck.

The four leaf clover actually comes from the White Clover plant. The leaves symbolize four things. One leaf is faith, the second is hope, the third is love and the fourth is luck. In the Irish tradition of the Shamrock, they say that the four leaf clover represents the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and God's Grace.

Answer: Earthworm

Earthworms (from the family Lumbricidae) are really a group of invertebrate animals. They have a really soft body, which is long. They don't have any legs either. There are actually several thousand different species of worms and 2,700 of them are types of earthworms. Worms live everywhere and are helpful creatures.

They help keep our soil conditioned nicely by enriching the soil and aerating it as well. Some worms eat the parasites off of plants and animals, even people! The common earthworm has been around for around 120 million years. Worms don't have a brain but they do have nerve centers called ganglia.

They don't have any eyes but due to photoreceptors they can sense light. Worms also have both the male and female gender in one, which makes them hermaphrodites.

Answer: Ladybug

The ladybug (Coccinela novemnotata) is a small insect which lives worldwide. There are almost 5,000 different kinds of ladybugs. Their food of choice is aphids. The ladybug loses its spots as it gets older, but that doesn't stop her from flapping her wings around 85 times per second when it flies. If you had a gallon sized jar you could fit between 72,000 and 80,000 ladybugs in it.

A box elder (Boisea trivittata) is another type of bug. It's about a half an inch long with black wings that have some red or orange markings that seem to outline the wings. Right behind their head they also have three stripes of red or orange.

The Harlequin bug (Murgantia histrionica) nymph is brightly patterned with black and orange or black and red. The patterns vary depending on how much black the bug has. It is a type of beetle. It lives mostly in the southern USA, seldom any farther north than the states of Pennsylvania and Colorado.

The milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)is orange or red-orange and black. The female has one black strip and two black dots on her abdomen. The male has two thick black strips on his abdomen. Milkweed bugs have what is called an incomplete metamorphosis, leaving them to look like adults except they don't have full wings or the same color pattern. The nymphs have bright red abdomens.

Answer: Maple leaf

The maple leaf is the national symbol of Canada. The maple leaf is from the maple tree, which grows in abundance in Canada. It is recognized worldwide. By 1868 the maple leaf was really catching on as a national symbol. It was added to the Canadian coat of arms in 1921.

When the Canadian flag, designed by George F. G. Stanley, was introduced in 1965, the maple leaf became the preferred national symbol.

Answer: Acorn

The acorn comes from the mighty oak tree. It has only one seed which is inside a very tough and leather-like shell. The acorn nut is borne in a cup-shaped cap and actually takes from six to twenty-four months to mature. Wildlife, such as jays, pigeons, ducks, squirrels, mice, other birds and also other mammals, enjoy eating the acorn as a part of their natural diet. Larger mammals like bears and deer eat a lot of acorns.

The acorn is very toxic to horses and some other animals as well.

Answer: Ant

The ant is an insect from the family Formicidae. The order that these insects come from is called Hymenoptera. They are quite small and do come in several varieties, as many as 14,000. Ants live in colonies together, but will fight with ants that are from a different colony usually.

They build ant hills which comprise of many tunnels. In these colonies live the queen ants, sterile females called workers and soldiers and fertile males called drones.

Answer: Buttercup

The buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus) is often thought of as a weed, but it is a small bright yellow blossom that shows up in the spring. It isn't any bigger than a 25 cent piece. In Canada and the USA there are at least 36 different species of buttercup.

It belongs to the genus Ranunculus. Sometimes a buttercup will have white petals. On the underside of each petal, at the base, is a cuplike scale called a "nectariferous spot" or a pit. This is where a little pool of nectar is stored. This is what helps to identify a buttercup.

Answer: Mouse

Musophobia is the fear of mice. The word musophobia actually means mouse. Another fear of mice and rats is called murophobia. Suriphobia is another term which means the fear of a mouse. Mice are rodents which come in many colors and varieties. A mouse can be from 4 to 8 inches (12 to 21cm) in length.

They can weigh from .25 to 2 ounces (7.1 to 57 grams). Usually a mouse will have a pointed snout with many long whiskers. Their ears are rounded and they have long thin tails.

Answer: Garter snake

The garter snake belongs to the genus Thamnophis. Often it is called the garden snake, garder snake and also the gardner snake. They are not dangerous to humans at all.
The garter snake known as Thamnophis sirtalis is the only snake that can be found in Alaska. The garter snake, overall, is very common from Canada to Central America making them the most widely distributed reptile in North America.
The garter snake's pattern is usually three longitudinal stripes on its back. These stripes are most often red, white or yellow. Between the stripes there can be spots which are quite blotchy. These spots can range in many different colors from a bright lime green to a very deep dark red. Garter snakes are usually under 24 inches (60 cm) long but there are some that can be longer like the Thamnophis gigas which can reach a length of 64 inches (160 cm).

Answer: Moss

Bryophyta is the scientific name for moss. Moss is a small, soft plant that only grows about .4 to 4 inches (1 to 10 cm) tall. Moss likes to grow in clumps where the ground is either damp or shady. There are roughly 12,000 different types of moss which include liverworts and hornworts as well.

A familiar saying about moss is that it grows on the north side of a tree. Though most of it does grow on the north side of the tree it is because the north side gets less exposure to the sun, in the Northern hemisphere. Most of the moss, in the Southern hemisphere grows on the south side of the tree since the south side gets less sun exposure.