Ecosystems
Give an example of a consumer
animals
When water is warmed by the sun and turns into a gas, it is called...
Evaporation
Name one thing that taxes pay for
Public schools, roads, post office, fire department, police department, military
What's one reason why people left on the Oregon Trail
Who is the main character in "The Birchbark House"
Omakakiins
An oak tree is a type of...
Producer
Rainfall to which step of the water cycle?
Precipitation
Define gross income
What is one danger a traveler may face on the trail?
Animal attacks, sickness/diseases, food and water shortage, Native American attacks, hunting accidents
Bears
What did decomposers "eat"?
Dead organic matter
What stage happens after the evaporation stage of the water cycle?
Condensation
When you use your debt card, where does the money come from?
Your bank account
When in the year would a settler leave to go on the trail?
Spring- April and May
Smallpox
Water being absorbed into a plant is called...
transportation
What is Social Security?
When money is taking out of someone's pay check so they can use that money later when they are older and cannot work.
What did California become a state so quickly?
After Niiwo's death, Omakakiins decides she wants to become a....
Healer
Nothing hunts the deer, the deer overpopulate and eat all the berries, which means too many deer, not enough berries and the deer die too.
Think back on the sky and ground experiment when the sky could be warm or cold, and the ground cold be warm or cold. Which combination will make the most rainfall?
Name one positive and one negative thing about credit cards?
Positive- good for emergencies when you need money that you don't have. Negative- you have to pay it back plus extra (interest)
Why did people stop traveling on the Oregon Trail
The Trans Continental Railroad was created
What is the significance of the last line of the book- "Omakakiins tucked her hands behind her head, lay back, closed her eyes, smiled as the song of the white-throated sparrow sank again and again through the air like a shining needle, and sewed up her broken heart."
It shows that Omakakiins has healed through the pain of losing Niiwo. She is happy because she is smiling but she still remembers the sadness and pain it brought.