Cycles on Earth

Earth Cycles

100

The rotation of the earth on its axis tells us what? 

a) time of day

b) what season it is 

a) time of day 

200

When Montana is facing toward the sun it is _______

a) daytime 

b) summertime

a) daytime 

300

When the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun it is what season for us? 

a) Summer 

b) Winter 

a) Summer 

400

When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun it is what season for us? 

a) summer 

b) fall 

c) winter 

c) winter 

500

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate one time around its axis? 

a) 365 days 

b) 24 Hours 

b) 24 Hours 

Plant Life Cycle

100

Plants begin their life cycle as a what? 

a) seed 

b) seedling 

c) flower 

a) seed 

200

When plants sprout, the process is called what?

a) seedling 

b) germination 

b) germination 

300

When a plant is mature that means that it is fully grown and is now able to ________. 

a) smell good 

b) reproduce 

b) reproduce 

400

What is the name of the animal or insect that helps plants reproduce? 

a) pollinator 

b) pollen 

c) bee

a) pollinator 

500

When seeds come off of a plant and fall to the ground by the wind or other causes, this is called what?

a) seed confetti 

b) seed dispersal 

c) pollination 

b) seed dispersal 

Chicken Life Cycle

100

Chickens start their life cycle as ________. 

a) an egg 

b) a chick 

c) a chicken 

a) an egg 

200

While chickens are in the egg, they are able to eat the ______ to gain nutrients. 

a) egg white 

b) egg yolk 

b) egg yolk 

300

Chicken eggs can only become chicks if they are _______. 

a) cool enough 

b) fertilized 

b) fertilized 

400

Chickens can only lay eggs when they are _______. 

a) a rooster 

b) a hen 

b) a hen 

500

Chickens are able to hatch from their eggs after ______ days. 

a) 21 

b) 22 

c) 100 

a) 21 

Tree Life Cycle

100

Trees are covered in a hard outside called what? 

a) armor

b) bark 

b) bark

200

Do trees die in the winter? 

a) yes 

b) no

b) no

300

How do trees get food? 

a) from the sun 

b) from a chef 

c) from their mom 

a) from the sun 

400

Trees start out as what?

a) roots 

b) leaves 

c) seeds 

c) seeds 

500

When do the leaves fall off of trees? 

a) summer 

b) winter 

c) autumn 

c) autumn

Butterfly Life Cycle

100

Butterflies are an example of __________ that help plants reproduce. 

a) insect 

b) pollinator 

b) pollinator 

200

Butterflies start their life cycle as a what? 

a) caterpillar 

b) egg

c) cocoon 

b) egg

300

Caterpillars go through a process called ________ when they change into a butterfly. 

a) transformation 

b) metamorphosis 

b) metamorphosis 

400

Monarch butterflies live up to _________. 

a) 1 year 

b) 5 years 

a) 1 year 

500

Caterpillars are born on _______ so that they have something to eat right after they are born. 

a) grass 

b) leaves 

b) leaves