Farm Tour
What season is it right now?
Fall
What is a watershed?
An area of land that drains water towards a common river-it's anywhere and everywhere that water flows
What do we call an area where an animal has food, water, and shelter to live?
A habitat
What is the goal of a simple machine?
to make things easier, “work smarter not harder”
What was the name of the Farmer?
Farmer Ben
True or False: The headwaters are at the end of a flowing river.
False- Headwaters are the small stream at the very beginning of a river at the highest elevations
What 5 senses can we use to gather information and make observations about something?
sight, sound, smell, taste, touch
When you are splitting wood with an axe, you are using this simple machine
a wedge
Name 2 things plants need to survive
water, sun, nutrients, soil
In our simulation, which season collected the most "water" (beads) at the end?
Spring
What tool did we use on our scavenger hunt to see more details?
Binoculars
A wheel barrow, car tires, or on our field trip, rotary egg beaters, are examples of what?
a wheel and axle
Why were there white Geese living with the chickens?
To help protect them from avian (flying) predators
Fill in the blank: The 3 branches of the American River are called the North ______, the South _______, and the Middle ________
Hint: It's something you eat with
Fork
Name at least 1 thing we are looking for when we are tracking animals
footprints, animal fur, animal nest
True or False: A pully makes lifting heavy objects more difficulty
False-It makes it easier
Name 3 crops that you saw growing at 24 Carrot Farm
Pumpkins, Water Melon, blackberries, Apple Trees, Basil, Tomatoes, Kale, and whatever other foods you may have seen growing!
What were we graphing on our bar graph?
The flow of water
What is the difference between a carnivore and an herbivore?
A carnivore eats meat and and herbivore eats plants
A tractor, which has many simple machines built into one, can be called what?
a complex machine