Beaty Biodiversity Museum Starter Deck

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This deck includes a variety of organisms that are locally relevant to habitats in British Columbia, as well as species found in the museum’s exhibition space. The game consists of 30 different cards, encompassing a variety of organism and events.

Zooplankton

Copepoda subclass
Scale 3 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Animalia, Arthropoda, Macillopoda

2 POINTS

Play: Copepoda has a MOVE of 1. Can feed Salmon, Blue Whale SPECIES cards.

Fact: Copepoda are primarily transported by ambient water currents

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Zooplankton /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋktən/ are heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) plankton. Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. The word “zooplankton” is derived from the Greek zoon (ζῴον), meaning “animal”, and planktos (πλαγκτός), meaning “wanderer” or “drifter”.[1] Individual zooplankton are usually too small to be seen with the naked eye, but some, such as […] read more

Mycorrhizal Fungi

Oidiodendron sp.
Scale 3 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Fungi, Basidiomycota, Agricomycetes

2 POINTS

Play: Oidiodendron must be played adjacent to a PLANT SPECIES

Fact: Oidiodendron forms a mutualistic relationship with the roots of most plant species

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A mycorrhiza (Gk. μυκός, mykós, “fungus” and ριζα, riza, “roots”,[1] pl mycorrhizae, mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic (generally mutualistic, but occasionally weakly pathogenic) association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant.[2] In a mycorrhizal association, the fungus colonizes the host plant’s roots, either intracellularly as in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), or extracellularly as […] read more

Giant Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera
Scale 8 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Chromalveolata, Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae

3 POINTS

Fact: Macrocystis pyrifera is one of the fastest-growing organisms on Earth, growing more than 60 centimetres per day

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Giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera Scientific classification Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Heterokontophyta Class: Phaeophyceae Order: Laminariales Family: Laminariaceae Genus: Macrocystis Species: M. pyrifera Binomial name Macrocsytis pyrifera  (L.) C.Ag.[1] Synonyms Fucus pyrifer L. Laminaria pyrifera (L.) Lamouroux M. humboldtii (Bonpland) C.Ag. M. planicaulis C. Agardh M. pyrifera var. humboldtii Bonplan. Macrocystis pyrifera, commonly known as Giant kelp […] read more

Dragonfly

Anisoptera infraorder
Scale 4 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta

7 POINTS

Play: Anisoptera has a FLIGHT of 2

Fact: Anisoptera are some of the fastest insects in the world

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Dragonfly Yellow-winged Darter Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Odonata Suborder: Epiprocta Infraorder: Anisoptera Selys, 1854 Families Aeshnidae Austropetaliidae Chlorogomphidae Cordulegastridae Corduliidae Gomphidae Libellulidae Macromiidae Neopetaliidae Petaluridae Synthemistidae A dragonfly is a winged insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera (from Greek […] read more

Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii

7 POINTS

PLAY: Oncorhynchus nerka has a MOVE of 2. Can also feed on ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES.

FACT: The young fish, known as fry, spend up to three years in the freshwater lake before migrating to the ocean.

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Sockeye salmon Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Genus: Oncorhynchus Species: O. nerka Binomial name Oncorhynchus nerka  Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon or blueback salmon in the USA, is an anadromous species of salmon found in […] read more

Clark’s Nutcracker

Nucifraga columbiana
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Aves

2 POINTS

Play: Nucifraga columbiana has a flight of 2

Fact: Nucifraga columbiana eat a wide range of insect prey, berries and other fruits, small mammals and  flesh from carcasses

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Nucifraga columbiana Clark’s Nutcracker Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Nucifraga Species: N. columbiana Binomial name Nucifraga columbiana Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), sometimes referred to as Clark’s Crow or Woodpecker Crow, is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae. It is slightly […] read more