Beneath the Sun
A Nest is Noisy
As An Oak Tree Grows
Bill Martin, Jr
Nerdy Birdy
100
It is the number of hearts that an earthworm has.
What is 5?
100
This bird makes a tiny nest that is the size of a golf ball.
What is a bee hummingbird?
100
When planted, this will grow into an oak tree.
What is an acorn?
100
It is the number of brothers that Bill Martin, Jr has.
What is 4?
100
It is the bird that was obsessed with worms in the story.
What is the robin?
200
The horned lizard puffs up and squirts this out of its eyes when an enemy gets too close.
What is blood?
200
This is what determines if an alligator egg will hatch as a boy alligator or a girl alligator.
What is the temperature of the nest?
200
By counting these on the stump of a cut tree, a person can tell the age of the tree.
What are the rings on the tree stump?
200
It is the number of books that Bill Martin Jr has written.
What is over 300?
200
In the story, it is the bird that is good at fishing.
What is the eagle?
300
This animal's body loses heat through the thin skin of its ears.
What is a jackrabbit?
300
It is an animal that eats other animals.
What is a predator?
300
It is what caused the oak tree in the book to die.
What is a storm (lightning)?
300
It was one of the jobs that Bill Martin Jr had before he became an author.
What is a teacher, a newspaper editor or a elementary school principal?
300
This is what the vulture eats.
What are dead animals?
400
The Herring Gull (a bird) pants like this animal to cool itself.
What is a dog?
400
This reptile lays her eggs in a hole on the beaches of the Gulf Coast.
What is a sea turtle?
400
It is the age of the oak tree in the story.
What is 200 years old?
400
It is the state where Bill Martin Jr was born.
What is Kansas?
400
Nerdy Birdy is allergic to this.
What is birdseed?
500
It is a bug that squirts milky white goo from its abdomen and whips it into a bubbly froth where the bug stays to keep safe from its enemies and the sun.
What is a spittlebug?
500
A cave swiflet bird uses this to make its nest by swinging its head from side to side.
What is spit?
500
It is a trail of condensed water from an airplane that looks like a white streak against the sky.
What is a contrail?
500
It is a building on the Texas A&M University that is named in his honor.
What is a library?
500
Cardinal was always doing this so he didn't have any friends.
What is showing off?
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