Life Cycles
What is germination?
When a seed gets wet enough, the seed coat gets soft, the roots grow down and the stem grow up towards the sun.
Seed turns to a sprout.
What is camouflage? Why is it important?
Helps animals hide from predators.
Who am I?
1) I have craters and orbit the earth?
2) I have a big red spot
3) I am the brightest planet named after the Greek god of love and beauty.
4) I spin on my side
5) I am the red planet covered in rock and dust.
6) I am farthest from the Sun
1) Moon or Mercury
2) Jupiter
3) Venus
4) Uranus
5) Mars
6) Neptune
What does the word extinct mean? What is something that is extinct?
The species does not exist anymore, not longer alive.
Dinosaurs are extinct.
A scientist makes a hypothesis before an experiment. Then they make observations after.
What is the hypothesis?
What is an observation?
Scientists will start with a question and make a hypothesis to answer that question. It is what they predict will happen. What they guess is going to happen during the experiment.
An observation is something they notice during the experiment. The observation helps the scientist make a conclusion. A conclusion is the result or what actually happened during the experiment and what the scientist learned from it.
Sing one of the Water Cycle songs. (With hand movements!) :)
Nice Singing!!
What is an amphibian? Give an example.
Frogs. Live on both land and water.
What is a constellation?
BONUS: Can you name one?
A group of stars in the night sky, that create a shape.
BONUS: Orion, Leo, Big Dipper, etc
When a liquid turns into a gas it is called _______?
How/Why does a solid turn to a liquid?
Evaporation
Melts because of heat. When a solid gets hot it melts.
What is the difference between a tornado and a hurricane?
Tornado: When hot and cold air mix, a storm cloud that touches the ground. Go to the basement or a room with no windows.
Hurricanes: Form in the ocean and cause flooding. A hurricane has an eye which is calm.
What is a frogs life cycle?
Use the words: gills, lungs, back and front legs, tail
Egg to Tadpole
Tadpole grows back then front legs
It loses its tail and becomes a frog
A tadpole has gills, a frog has lungs
Name 4 different habitats and one animal or plant that lives in each.
Desert - cactus
Arctic- Polar Bear
Ocean- Sharks
Rainforest- Toucan
(Answers may vary)
What does the word orbit mean?
What does the word rotate mean?
BONUS: Which creates day and night, which is responsible for seasons.
Orbit: To go around something else. (the earth orbits the Sun) SEASONS
Rotate: To spin on its axis. DAY/NIGHT
Like poles REPEL or ATTRACT
Opposite poles REPEL or ATTRACT
Like poles repel
Opposite poles attract
What are the R's? Explain each.
Reduce: To use less
Reuse: To use something again
Recycle: To take something and turn it into something else.
What is pollination?
When bees and butterflies carry pollen from one plant to another. This helps them grow.
Name one animal or plant adaption?
Can mention camouflage, migration,
Example: Camel store fat in their humps...
(Answers vary)
What does the word Atmosphere mean?
A blanket of gas that is around the earth.
A rock that forms when lava cools down on the surface of the earth is called:
A) Sedimentary Rock
B) Metamorphic Rock
C) Igneous Rock
Igneous Rock
Someone who studies rocks is called a _____?
and someone who studies fossils and dinosaurs is called a _______?
Geologists study rocks.
Paleontologists study fossils and dinosaurs.
When plants make their own food.
Plants use oxygen, carbon dioxide, and water to make oxygen and sugar.
2 part question:
1) List these words in the order they go in the food chain: Decomposer, Producer, Consumer. (Hint: Start with the Sun)
2) Give me one example of a predator and its prey.
1) Sun, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
2) Answers vary
Name the planets in order from closest to farthest from the sun.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Which Ancient Civilization do these structures belong to:
Ziggurat
Pyramids
Colessuem
Parthenon
Ziggurat= Ancient Mesopotami
Pyrimads = Egypt
Colessuem= Ancient Rome
Partenon = Ancient Greece
What does hygiene mean? What does hydration mean?
To be clean and healthy.
To have enough water.