FAUNA
FLORA
H.I.
TEXAS
XTREME WEATHER
100
These, typically ocean dwelling, aquatic mammals have pink cousins that inhabit the rivers of the amazon:
What are dolphins?
100
Not fine-felines, but flowering plants, whose seeds are carried wide and far on winds, often blown with a wish:
What are dandelions?
100
These are the types of fumes emitted from our vehicles, machinery and factories, that over time impact the changing of Earth's climate:
What are greenhouse gases?
100
The year of the longest number of consecutive 100+ degree Fahrenheit days:
What is 2023?
100
The weather phenomena that occurs when a region endures a long period without the typical rainfall(precipitation) that nourishes that ecosystem:
What is a drought?
200
These mammalian herbivores are the heaviest, and widely considered the most intelligent/wisest of nonhuman land animals:
What is an elephant?
200
These are slow-growing, thorny, flowering plants that typically grow in the chaparral or the desert:
What are cacti/is a cactus?
200
These energy producing structures are widespread throughout western Texas, in places like Lubbock:
What are windmills/wind turbines?
200
Lacking a region with permafrost and a region with equatorial weather, these are the two types of biomes, not found in Texas.
What are Tundra and Tropical Rainforest?
200
The term characterizing the season of greater rainfall, often in torrential downpours, in tropical regions:
What is a monsoon?
300
Called man's best friend:
What are dogs?
300
These carnivorous plants secrete a sweet sap that attracts small insects:
What is a Venus Fly Trap?
300
This process happens as a result of deforestation, taking nutrients from the plants and soil of the jungle, leaving a barren, infertile landscape:
What is desertification?
300
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The national bird across the southern border, that can also be seen here in Texas!
What is Caracara/Mexican Eagle?
300
Devastating funnels of wind and debris created during storms when cloud cyclones connect with the land:
What is a tornado?
400
Changing the coloration of their skin, cuttlefish use this type of adaptation to avoid predators and appear intimidating:
What is camouflage?
400
The state flower of Texas, you're likely to see these blooming around Austin in the spring time:
What are/is the Blue Bonnet?
400
Fission and Fusion of this type of energy happen on a cosmic scale, creating interstellar phenomena and galactic bodies like our sun. Here on earth, when there is a meltdown or the power is misused, the consequences can be devastating:
What is nuclear energy?
400
Characterized by horns that grow upwards of 8ft across; University of Texas's mascot:
What is the Texas Longhorn?
400
When this occurs, a plume of ash, creating clouds that can block out the sun, can be flung into the atmosphere, along with lava/magma flow:
What is a volcanic eruption?
500
These rainforest dwelling mammals, cousins to the racoon and the coati, are also known as the "honey bear":
What is a kinkajou?
500
This plant, also know as water lentils and bayroot does not in fact quack or grow with a similar root system to weeds:
What is duckweed?
500
Designed to collect their own energy, most of which comes from the sun and wind, these types of homes aim to make a positive impact on the surrounding environment:
What are Earthships?
500
Feb. 12th, 1899: The coldest temperature ever recorded in Texas was negative 23 degrees Fahrenheit; a mild winter day for this biome found in the arctic?
What is the Tundra?
500
The Japanese word meaning "Harbor Wave":
What is tsunami?