Hyperion🌴
Photosynthesis ☀️🌳
Beavers 🦫
Habitats 🌎
Eugenie Clark🦈🐟
100

What is special about the California redwood tree called Hyperion?


  • It's the tallest tree in the world.
  • It's very tall.
  • It's a famous redwood tree.
100

What is photosynthesis?


  • How plants make food.
  • The process plants use to get energy.
  • Making food using sunlight.
100

What are two physical features that make beavers easy to spot?


  • Broad flat tails
  • Big teeth
  • Prominent teeth 
100

What is a habitat?

  • A place where an organism lives.
  • An environment where plants or animals live.
100

True or False: Eugenie Clark believed all sharks were dangerous.

FALSE 

200

What are two facts you learned about Hyperion?


  • It is 115.9 meters tall.
  • It is about 600 years old.
  • It is in California.
  • It is a redwood tree.
200

What three things do plants need for photosynthesis?


  • Sunlight
  • Water
  • Carbon dioxide
200

Why does the author mention the beaver's strong jaws and big teeth?


  • To show how they cut down trees.
  • To explain how they build dams.
200

What are the two aquatic biomes?

  • Freshwater and marine.
200

What is the main purpose of the passage?

to explain Eugenie Clark's contributions to marine science and shark research

300

Why do scientists think Hyperion grew so tall?


  • Mild temperatures.
  • Heavy rainfall.
  • Favorable climate conditions.


300

How are plants different from animals when it comes to getting food?

  • Plants make their own food.

  • Animals eat other things

  • Plants use sunlight to survive.


300

Name THREE benefits that beaver dams provide to the environment.


  • Cleaner water
  • More wetlands
  • Homes for animals
  • Control flooding
  • Maintain water levels
300

Which biome would you expect to have the fewest trees, and why?

  • Tundra (coldest) or desert (driest)
300

What are two myths about sharks that Clark helped disprove?


  • Sharks are dumb.
  • Sharks are deadly.
  • Most sharks attack humans.
  • Sharks are cruel monsters.
400

Why is Hyperion's exact location kept secret?


  • To protect it.
  • Tourists might damage it.
  • Someone could vandalize it.
400

Question: What does the word photosynthesis mean in Greek?

Photo (light) and synthesis (putting together)."Putting together with light" (or "to make with light").

400

What are the two rooms inside a beaver lodge used for?


  • One for drying off
  • One for living
400


Which biome is found near the equator?


  • Rainforest.


400

Why was Clark's observation of sleeping sharks considered important?

  • It proved that sharks can breathe without constantly moving.
500

How does Hyperion demonstrate the importance of environmental conditions?


Its exceptional size is possible because of ideal conditions such as climate, soil, and protection.

500

What molecule absorbs energy from sunlight during photosynthesis, and why is it important?

  • Chlorophyll; it captures light energy needed for photosynthesis to produce glucose (food).
500

What features of a beaver lodge help protect it from predators?

  • The entrance is built underwater, making it difficult for predators to get inside.
500

Grasslands are also called ______ 

  • prairies


500

What substance was found to repel sharks? 

Moses sole 

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