Animals
What is the largest land animal in the world?
The African elephant.
What gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide
What is the closest star to Earth?
the Sun
What percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered by water (approximately)?
70%
Give an example of a marsupial
Kangaroo
What is the process by which plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
the Pacific Ocean
What do we call animals that eat meat?
Carnivorous
What is the term for plants that do not lose their leaves in autumn?
evergreen trees
What is the name of our galaxy?
the Milky Way
What is the term for animals or plants that are at risk of extinction?
Endangered species.
What is the process by which a caterpillar becomes a butterfly called?
Metamorphosis
What is the plural form of 'cactus'?
cacti
What do we call a rock that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere?
a meteor
What is the name of the layer of gases surrounding the Earth?
The atmosphere.