Beetles vocab
Define destructive
What is able to ruin something?
As a group, beetles have survived for __________ of years.
billions, millions, thousands, hundreds
What is millions?
Define gravity
What is the force that attracts objects towards one another?
What did Isaac observe that made him research gravity?
What is an apple falling from a tree?
Define habitat.
What is the place in nature where an animal or plant lives.
Which part of a beetle allows it to live in different environments, such as underwater or in deserts?
What is shell?
Define observed
What is watched carefully?
Does an object weigh less on Earth or in space?
What is in space?
Define species.
What is a grouping of animals?
Tell one way some beetles are destructive, according to the article.
What is they damage crops?
Define maintain.
What is to stay or keep?
What is Isaac's last name?
What is Newton?
Define decaying
What is rotting?
Tell one way beetles help the environment, according to the article.
What is they pollinate flowers?
Define theorized.
What is offered a possible explanation after careful observation and thought?
During which time period did Isaac live?
1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s
What is 1600s?
Define variety
What is many different kinds?
What fraction tells how much of all the species in the world are beetles?
1/100, 1/10, 1/4, 1/2
What is 1/4?
Define determines.
What is decides or controls?
How does gravity help the moon?
What is it helps maintain its orbit?