Why animals migrate
The name of the non-coding parts of DNA at the end of the chromosomes that protect the genes. They are longer in turtles with a three-year migration than those with a two-year migration.
What are telomeres?
An example of an animal that migrates using magnetic fields (OTHER than butterflies).
Possible answers:
Fish, turtles, bats, and birds
This whale had migration routes different from other whales that belonged in different pods.
What is the Beluga (Whale)?
Someone who always wants to be let out during class. He also placed 2nd in a Kahoot game.
Who is Linus?
The name of the movie about an identical twin that goes on a special space mission replacing the place of his identical twin brother. An awkward screening for the Kelly brothers.
What is Avatar?
How salmon know where to lay their eggs.
What is following their scent back to where they were originally hatched?
This virus is thought to be spread by migrating fruit bats.
December 8 and December 12, 2020.
What is the due date for our thought journals and the podcasts?
The name of the structure used by snakes for temperature regulated migration.
What is a Hibernaculum?
2 other potential mechanisms of migration not covered in the presentation.
(Hint: They were mentioned briefly)
Possible answers include:
Genetics, instinct, following the sun, using stars, and following ocean currents
The statistical idea that the collective input of a large group are often more accurate and "true" than that of an individual or a smaller group.
What is the Wisdom of Crowds?
A lot.
How much do we appreciate Simon?