PA State Symbols
This flower, known for its delicate pink or white blooms, was designated as the state flower of Pennsylvania in 1933.
What is the Mountain Laurel
Name of the landmass before the continents drifted apart.
What is the fastest land animal?
What is a cheetah
They can run up to 70 mph (112 kmph)
How can you determine the age of a tree?
Count the rings on its trunk
Most of the world's lemurs live on this island off Africa's east coast
What is Madagascar
This bioluminescent species, with about a 2-month lifespan, was designated the Pennsylvania state insect in 1974.
What is the Firefly
These are the four divisions of the year, each marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight.
What are Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
What is the slowest animal?
The Three-Toed-Sloth.
These sloths can only move up to 0.003 miles per hour (0.0048 kmph).
(They only move up to 100 feet per day)
A lack of this green pigment is one thing that separates fungi from other plants
What is chlorophyll
Seventy percent of Earth's freshwater is trapped in the ice sheets of this region
What is Antarctica
This bird, known for its cheerful song and vibrant red plumage, has been the state bird of Pennsylvania since 1931.
What is the Ruffed Grouse
This is the sound that results from a lightning strike
What is thunder
This largest living bird may live up to 70 years
What is an Ostrich
This flavoring, used commonly in baking, is the only edible product produced by an orchid plant
What is vanilla
Originally from India, Vietnam, and China, this invasive insect is known for its distinctive wings and poses a significant threat to agriculture and native plants in the United States.
What is the Spotted Lanternfly
This fish, known for its colorful markings and importance to anglers, was designated as the state fish of Pennsylvania in 1970.
What is the Brook Trout
This type of rock is formed through intense heat and pressure acting on existing rocks.
What are Metamorphic Rocks
Male mosquitos usually feed on nectar; it's the female mosquitos who usually feed on this substance
What is Blood
This plant holds the title for being the world's fastest growing, capable of growing up to 35 inches per day under optimal conditions.
What is Bamboo
The largest peninsula on Earth is mostly made up of this Middle Eastern country.
What is Saudi Arabia
This breed of dog, once owned by William Penn, was designated as the state dog of Pennsylvania in 1965.
What is the Great Dane
The heaviest rainfall comes from this type of cloud also called a thunderhead
What is cumulonimbus
What animal has the largest population?
What are ants
there are between 1 and 10 quadrillion ants (1,000,000,000,000,000- 10,000,000,000,000,000)!
If there are 7 billion humans, there are about 1 million ants for every 1 human.
Trees play a crucial role in maintaining Earth's balance by performing this process, which involves absorbing carbon dioxide and storing it.
This remote region, located in northeastern Russia, is known for its extreme cold temperatures and sparse population.
What is Siberia