This flower is planted in the garden with stakes to climb for support, since this is how it grow best.
What is a morning glory?
100
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that uses "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
After breakfast, you can break me up and sprinkle me in the garden to prevent pests.
What are egg shells?
100
This group of insects, which undergoes complete metamorphosis, break down decaying living matter into important nutrients that enrich the soil.
What are decomposers?
100
There are four developmental stages in this type of metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
What is complete metamorphosis?
200
This is an herb we're growing to sprinkle on our pizza later.
What is oregano?
200
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
200
These can be recycled in Philadelphia, but rarely in other places. Because they are small and hard, they tend to jam up recycling machines.
What are plastic bottle caps?
200
This insect is responsible for pollinating about 90 common fruits and vegetables, including strawberries.
What is a honey bee?
200
There are three developmental stages in this type of metamorphosis: egg, nymph, adult.
What is incomplete metamorphosis?
300
These plants took more than a year to start producing fruit.
What are strawberries?
300
A color traditionally used to mean "sad." Example: as [blank] as a morning glory.
What is blue?
300
This material can be used to make mulch, compost, or fiberboard for furniture.
What are wooden crates?
300
A crustacean that helps the garden grow by eating and breaking down dead plants so their nutrients can return to the soil.
What is a rolly polly or a pill bug?
300
The immature form of insects that undergo complete metamorphosis. It is the developmental stage after the egg and before the pupa.
What is the larva?
400
A leafy plant best served well cooked with hot sauce and butter.
What are collard greens?
400
A color traditionally used in simile and metaphor to mean happy, embarrassed, or angry. Example: as [blank] as a strawberry.
What is red?
400
Because this material is shiny like other metals, many people think you can recycle it, but you can't. You should try to reuse it whenever possible.
What is aluminum foil?
400
This is the world's strongest animal, and can lift 850 times its own body weight.
What is a beetle?
400
This is the protective covering around the pupa of beetles, moths, and other insects. It hardens and protects the pupa during this stage of development.
What is the cocoon?
500
This plant is hanging upside down along the fence to our garden, but it likes the view just fine from there.
What is a tomato plant?
500
A color traditionally used to mean jealous or new. Example: as [blank] as a cucumber.
What is green?
500
This common household trash item can be recycled as paper, or it can be used to store earrings, ornaments, or seeds.
What is an egg carton?
500
A worm that can burrow down 6.5 feet into the soil, helping air and water get into the soil and adding nutrients.
What is an earthworm?
500
For insects, the process of shedding and replacing the exoskeleton between stages of growth.