Ocean Animals
What are the two types of whales?
Baleen and Toothed
What land animal kills the most on average, eats the most on average, and is the most destructive to its environment?
Humans
Name an animal that lives in the desert biome.
Snakes, scorpions, jack rabbits, falcons, lizards, mice, camels.
What three ways do hurricanes cause damage?
Rain, flooding, and strong winds
Name one thing you can do to combat climate change
Reduce food waste, use less plastic, reuse things instead of throwing them away, grow plants, support your public library and parks, and take care of outdoor spaces you visit
What animal kills more humans each year? Sharks or Bees
Bees
Name one animal descended from dinosaurs
Chickens, raptors, gila monsters, kimono dragons, crabs, sharks, star fish, sea urchins, sand dollars, alligators
Name an animal that lives in the woodlands
Deer, songbirds, fox, falcons, vultures, geckos, bears, wolves, raccoons, possums, skunks, snakes
What are the two differences between a hurricane and a tornado?
Hurricanes have water and tornados do not, their shapes are different in that tornados are thin but tall and hurricanes are very wide but don’t touch the ground
Why is the earth’s temperature getting warmer in the summer and even colder in the winter a problem?
Animals, plants, and humans have not evolved to survive in those conditions, and it’s happening too fast for us to change in time. If we can’t stop it, the planet will become unlivable and everything will die.
Dolphins and whales use echolocation to help them navigate. What is echolocation?
Echolocation is using sound, specifically how sound bounces off of things around you, to sense where those things are.
Name a species of big cat
Jaguar, Leopard, Lion, Cheetah, Panther, Tiger
What is the two biggest threats to the tundra biome?
Climate change, overfishing
Name at least six out of the nine planets in our solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto
Why is learning about the earth and climate change important?
If you don’t know about it, you can’t care about it. If you don’t care about it, you can’t protect it. We must protect our planet and our future, so we must learn about it.
What is one way we can help sea turtles?
Keep beaches safe for baby turtles, stop using plastic, stop eating fish to reduce overfishing and fishing-industry pollution.
A prey animal primarily or exclusively eats plants, and predator animal primarily or exclusively eats other animals.
What biome is Charlotte, NC in?
Woodland
What do most plants need to grow? (Hint: There are 4 things)
Sunlight, soil, water, and air
What is one thing we do AT MOSAIC that helps the planet and our environment?
Reduce food waste, use less plastic, reuse things instead of throwing them away, grow plants, support your public library and parks, and take care of outdoor spaces you visit
EWhy are coral reefs important?
They provide homes and food for fish and other ocean animals and protect land from storms.
Name ANY land animal and explain why they are important to their environment.
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Turtles, frogs, river dolphins, manatees, river otters, any specific species of freshwater fish, alligators, snails, etc.
How do hurricanes form?
Water heats over the ocean, it rises into the air, then the ocean breeze starts to spin it. It then grows and grows into a massive storm!
How is climate change already impacting us?
More and worse storms, more flooding and more droughts, more extreme weather, colder winters and hotter summers, plants dying bc of those temperatures or blooming at the wrong time, animals losing habitats and dying, food becoming harder to grow so there is less so prices go up, air conditioning is required more which causes worsening global warming and the cycle continues, animal extinctions, chemicals in our food to keep it growing make us sick