What Scientists Do
Bats
Saguaro Cacti
Science Vocab
Life Cycles
100

What do scientists do when they see something new or different in their experiment?

Change their minds

100
Drink from flowers

What do bats do at night?

100

To make new cactus babies

Why do cacti grow flowers?

100

What is something you see or watch?

observation

100

What is the first step in a life cycle?

baby, egg, or seed

200

What do scientists do to tell something?

Explain

200

At night

When do bats fly around?
200

spines, or, prickly spikes

What is a Saguaro cactus covered in?

200

What is a way to to tell why something happens or is the way it is?

explanation

200

What is the second phase of a life cycle?

Adolescent, fetus, or sprout

300

What is it called when a scientist does something over and over to make sure it is right?

Repeat it

300

Eat!

What do all animals needs to do?

300

Pollinate

What do animals and insects do to flowers?

300

What are new ways of doing something, thoughts about something?

ideas

300

The next stage of the life cycle.

young adult or young plant

400

What do scientists do to prove their work?

Record data

400

Nectar and pollen

What do desert bats eat?

400

A very large cactus

What is a saguaro?

400

What are the things you know about something?

understanding

400

What is the last stage of the life cycle?

Adult, adult plant, mature animal or plant

500

Make discoveries

What do scientists do?

500

migrate

What do bats do to follow where cactus flowers are blooming?

500

Protect them

What does the government do to Saguaro cacti?

500

What is asking yourself questions, creating ideas and answers, processing information, and/ or saying words to yourself in your head?

think

500

How do living things start life again?

Fruit, offspring

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