Worm Ranching Questions

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Please answer these questions using Complete, Quality, and Correct sentences that reflect the question on a separate sheet of paper. (5pts each!)

 

1. How many species of earthworms are there?

2. How many of these are important to cultivation?

3. Tell the both the common and scientific names of the three different types of earthworm there are in the Northeast.

4. How do you know if you have a red wriggler, or manure worm, just by picking it up?

5. What is the scientific name for the true Red Wriggler? Eisenia foetida,

6. What type of food do red worms need to survive?

7. How much percent protein does the average earthworm contain? (By the way, corn fed cows average about 58% or higher)

8. How can robins detect earthworms?

9. How can earthworms detect robins, or other birds of prey?

10. Tell what underground dwelling mammal is a major earthworm predator AND explain how this predator stores worms for later consumption? (eating)

11. Why does tilling (turning over) the soil reduce the earthworm population?

12. Tell if earthworms can freeze and still survive AND also describe their ideal temperature.

13. How can you tell male earthworms apart from females?

14. How does a worm produce an egg case?

15. How do earthworms take in oxygen?

16. Why do earthworms come to the surface when it rains?

17. What is earthworm urine good for?

18. What is valuable elements do earthworms release to the soil?

19. What three factors limit earthworm populations?

20. Why are dry leaves not a good food for earthworms?

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