Octopus
Escape Artist of the Sea
Escape Artist of the Sea
What is the name of the special bumpy skin that helps the mimic octopus to hide?
Papillae
say: [puh PILL uh]
What is the name of the groups that scientists put animals into?
Each animal belongs to one.
class
or
classification
What do we need to dig up out of the ground to make atomic (nuclear) fuel? It's a rare kind of rock. Starts with a letter "U."
Uranium
Name two things that appear as a waveform.
Sound, light, or water (like a tsunami)
Name three features that describe an octopus.
Say, "An octopus is a creature that has__________, _________, and _____________.
You can include:
siphon, mantle, beak, eight arms, suction cups
Dishonest people sometimes made fake creatures to sell to gullible people. For example, they would sew fins onto a monkey's body and claim it was a "mermaid."
Could we live in the suburbs like Apple Valley, use large amounts of electricity like we do, drive in cars and other vehicles, get food from the grocery store, all WITHOUT fossil fuels?
Yes or No ?
NO.
Don't let anyone tell you that we can power the grid with "green energy."
What do tsunameters measure to detect tsunamis?
Tsunameters measure water levels to detect a tsunami.
What kind of animals are slugs, snails and octopuses?
What is this class of animals called?
mollusks
Why did George Shaw from the British Museum cut into a dead platypus' bill with a pair of scissors?
Because he thought the platypus might have been a hoax and he was trying to find out if it was real or not.
Does atomic power use ELECTRONS of an atom or does atomic power use the NUCLEUS of an atom to make energy?
Atomic power uses the NUCLEUS to make energy.
Why are tsunami waves so deadly.
There are two reasons.
Their wide wavelengths and their fast speed.
cephalopods
To which class of animals does the platypus belong?
It belongs to the monotremes.
Only one other animal is in the class with the platypus: the echidna.
Why are fossil fuels considered NONrenewable sources of energy?
Since fossil fuels formed in the ground over millions of years, once you burn them, they are gone. Then you have to go and find new sources somewhere else. Fossil fuels can run out of supply.
What are you going to do then? Wait another million years for plant and animal material to turn into coal and oil?
Beside the high speed and wide wavelengths, what else makes tsunami waves so deadly?
It is the shallow water of the coastline that ramps up the waves higher.
All octopuses use this to stun their prey.
What is it?
venom in their saliva
Name FOUR unusual features that the platypus has.
1) Lays leathery eggs (even though its a mammal).
2) Has a bill (even though its a mammal and not a bird).
3) Its babies drink the mother's milk by licking the milk off of the mother's fur on her stomach. Milk seeps out through pores on her stomach.
4) Has poisonous spurs on its back feet.
If I have solar panels on my house for electrical energy, will I STILL need ANOTHER source of electricity, or can I just use solar panels alone?
You will probably need ANOTHER source of energy.
Solar panels alone probably won't be enough, especially if you live in Minnesota.
Amplitude (volume) is measured from ____________.
a) the distance from peak to peak of a waveform.
b) the height from the middle of a waveform to the peak
b) the height from the middle of a waveform to the peak