Maria
What was Maria's favorite thing to catch and watch grow?
Caterpillars
What color does the mineral Lapis Lazuli make?
Blue
What kind of fruit has a blossom inside of it?
an apple
What 3 gifts did the wisemen bring Jesus?
Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh
What's a baby frog called?
tadpole
Where in South America did Maria go and study and collect specimens?
Surinam
What is one difference between a moth and a butterfly?
Moths have featherlike antennae. Butterfly antennae are stringlike, with knobs at the ends.
Moths have thicker, furrier bodies than butterflies.
Moth pupae are usually wrapped in a cocoon of silk threads. Butterfly pupae hang from twigs uncovered, but are often textured or colored for camouflage.
How many times does a Century Plant bloom?
usually only once
Name one book of the Bible that contains the Christmas Story (Jesus' Birth).
Matthew & Luke
Which type of root has just one main root that grows straight down?
taproot
What is one of Maria's daughter's names?
Johanna & Dorothea
What is "spontaneous generation?"
Something living coming from something dead.
In the last story we read, who did the Bumble Bee think was ugly?
Dragonfly
Try to finish this popular Christmas song lyrics: “I’m dreaming of a ______ ______.”
White Christmas
What were the fist museums called?
Curiosity Cabinets
What was the most expensive type of parchment that Maria like to paint on? (hint: it's made out of calfskin)
What kind of leaves to silkworms eat?
Which way does a Gold-Rod flower always point?
North
What is a traditional sweet, white Christmas drink?
Eggnog
Name one type of habitat?
Marine, grassland, mountain, polar, marsh, desert, city, jungle/rainforest
Where was Maria born?
Frankfurt, Germany
What is the furthest south that a monarch butterfly will migrate to in the winter?
Mexico
What kind of animal is this paragraph about?
"But this little minister of whom I am going to tell you looked just as cheery and bright as though the sun had been shining. In fact, he was so very unlike most reverend gentlemen that I must tell you about him. In the first place, he dressed very differently, Instead of a long black coast or a white surplice, he wore a coast of shaded brown, and just the prettiest rad waistcoat, and on his feet were something you and I have never seen in the pulpit - bright brown shoes. "
a Robin
Name one of Santa's reindeer, besides Rudolph
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen
Where is the cupule on an acorn?
it's the cap