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100
About how many bees leave the hive when it becomes overpopulated?
About half
100
What is coral bleaching?
When a coral rejects its algae and turns white
100
How many eyelids does a beaver have?
3, two normal ones and a clear one
100
Name 4 materials a bird might use to make it's nest
Twigs, trash, feathers, rocks, dirt
100
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
A palm tree
200
How do bees talk to each other?
By dancing
200
List 3 reasons why corals are important
They are nurseries, they provide tourist spots, 25% of all fish make their homes in reefs
200
What do beavers use their tails for?
As a "third" leg, or as a warning noise when they slap it on the surface
200
Name a bird that makes a burrow nest
Puffin or burrowing owl
200
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock!
300
What shape is a bee's honeycomb?
Hexagonal
300
How do the divers "plant" the corals?
The divers mix a special glue called epoxy, that they use to attach the coral to the reef, after they take away all the algae
300
How do beavers survive the winter?
They store food under water and do NOT hibernate
300
What kind of nest is this?
A pendulum nest
300
What kind of tadpole did we find while slogging?
A leopard frog tadpole
400
How do bees make a queen?
The take a larva and feed it royal jelly for 6 days instead of three, and then it becomes a queen!
400
When do corals spawn?
At a certain time of year, under a full moon
400
What is a beaver's house called?
A lodge
400
List 4 types of nests
Cup, pendulum, scrape, burrow, cavity, platform
400
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
A window!
500
How long does it take a bee to go from an egg to an adult?
21 days
500
What is the name of the algae that live in corals?
Zooxanthellae
500
Explain how a beaver changes the ecosystem it lives in
By building a dam it floods the surrounding landscape, changing forest and meadow into lake and wetland
500
How does a hornbill nest?
It chooses a cavity to lay its eggs, then the male uses mud to block in the female and brings her food until the chicks are grown and she breaks free
500
A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who will get the banana first, the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?
None of them, because you cannot get a banana from a coconut tree!