NATURE
These were the REQUIREMENTS before the REVISIONS
which were made when a new pamphlet was issued in 2002.
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NOTE TO USERS:
Requirement Number 4 in the Merit Badge Pamphlet is numbered differently
than in the Requirements Book.
In the Pamphlet, each field is identified by
letters (a,b,c, etc.)
and the activities are numbered (1,2,3, etc.).
In the requirements Book, the fields are NOT
identified by numbers or letters,
and the activities are identified by lower case letters (a,b,c,
etc.).
We have shown BOTH numbering systems below.
Colored Bold Italic text
designates the numbering system used in the Merit Badge Pamphlet.
- Name three ways in which plants are important to animals.
- Name three ways in which animals are important to plants.
- Explain the term "food chain." Give an example of a four-step
land food chain and a four-step water food chain.
- Do all the requirements in FIVE of the following fields:
(a) BIRDS
- (1) In the
field, identify eight species of birds.
- (2) Make
and set out a birdhouse; OR a feeding station; OR a birdbath.
List what birds used it during 1 month.
(b) MAMMALS
- (1) In the
field, identify three species of wild mammals.
- (2) Make
plaster casts of the tracks of a wild mammal.
(c) REPTILES OR
AMPHIBIANS
- (1) Show
that you can recognize the poisonous snakes in your area.
Identify in the field three species of reptiles or amphibians.
- (2) Recognize
one species of toad or frog by voice;
OR identify one reptile or amphibian by eggs, den, burrow
or other signs.
(d) INSECTS OR
SPIDERS
- (1) Collect,
mount, and label 10 species of insects or spiders.
- (2) Hatch
an insect from the pupa or cocoon;
OR hatch adults from nymphs;
OR keep larvae until they form pupae or cocoons;
OR keep a colony of ants or bees through one season.
(e) FISH
- (1) Catch
and identify two species of fish.
- (2) Collect
four kinds of animal food eaten by fish in the wild.
(f) MOLLUSKS AND
CRUSTACEANS
- (1) Identify
five species of mollusks and crustaceans.
- (2) Collect,
mount, and label six shells.
(g) PLANTS
- (1) In the
field, identify 15 species of wild plants.
- (2) Collect
and label seeds of six plants;
OR the leaves of 12 plants.
(h) SOILS AND
ROCKS
- (1) Collect
and identify soils found in different layers of a soil profile.
- (2) Collect
and identify five different types of rocks from your area..
- Do ONE of the following:
- Raise tadpoles from eggs;
OR raise adults from tadpoles;
OR keep and adult reptile so it stays healthy for 1 month.
- Develop a simple aquarium with fish and plant life.
Keep it so that they stay healthy for 1 month.
- Develop an aquarium. Keep in it two species of mollusks
or crustaceans so that they stay healthy for 1 month.
- Build a terrarium with three species of plants. Keep
it so the plants stay healthy for 1 month.
- Grow seeds for 1 month in two kinds of soil. Describe
difference in rate of growth.
NOTE:
Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, some plants and animals
are or may be protected by federal law. The same ones or others
may be protected by state law. Be sure that you do not collect protected
species.
BSA Advancement ID#: 78
Pamphlet Revision Date: 2003
Requirements last updated prior to 1982
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