What I need
What are three things animals need to stay alive?
Food, air, water
What does a fish breathe with?
Name two amphibians
Frog and salamander
Name the five classes of animals
Fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals
Can rocks burn? If so give an example.
Yes! Coal!
Coal can heat homes, run machines and some transportation
What importance do flowers have?
Flowers attract pollinators that seeds can form inside.
How can kids take care of their environment?
Kids can dispose of the litter properly, recycle, create a garden, care for plants and trees in their neighborhood, bike or walk when possible, keep waterway is clean and free of trash.
What do plants need to stay alive?
Food, water, air, (also but this isn't a characteristic shared by animals)
Name some adaptations which healthy survive in their environment and why are they helpful?
Scales to glide through the water and escape predators
gills to breathe,
cold-blooded to help them live in cold water
eggs so they have multiple offspring
camouflage
Explain why the metamorphosis of amphibians is like having two lives
First they are born in water and live breathing through gills. Second they grow legs and lungs to live the rest of their life on land.
They are cold-blooded
I have slippery scales, gills, lay eggs and I'm cold blooded what am I?
fish
Describe how coal is made.
Water, sand and mud press down on layers of dead plants. The sand and mud change to rock. The layers of plants change to coal.
What kind of seeds do evergreens have?
What is our charter school mascot?
Mustang!!!
What does a plant need to make its own food?
Soil, air, water, sunlight
What are some adaptations that help reptiles survive?
Longs, camouflage, scales, size, venom, cold blooded
What is the name of the young frog?
Tadpole
sometimes froglet
Name very important characteristics and adaptations of a mammal
Give birth to live young, feed young milk, breathe from lungs, I have hair or fur
What is the liquid form of fuel called? How is it made?
Petroleum! Dead plants and animals in the sea are covered by sand, mud and shells. Sand, mud and shells become rock. Dead plants and animals became petroleum inside the layers of rock.
Some plants don't have fruit or flowers… Meaning one and how does it reproduce?
Ferns! They have spores!
Is a rock a living thing? Why?
No! A rock is not a living thing because it does not need food water or air. It also cannot reproduce.
What do green plants need besides sunlight, soil and water to make their own food?
Chlorophyll that's found in their leaves
What are some adaptations and characteristics that help bird survive?
Breathe from lungs, feathers, structure a beak, warm-blooded, sticky tongue, some fly and some are aquatic
Can you find a salamander?
pond, stream, under wet leaves
What is a vertebrate? And which of the five classes of animals are vertebrates?
Having a backbone! All five are vertebrates!
Can you find petroleum out in a field or just in the ocean?
You can find petroleum both on land and under the ocean. This is due to the fact that some areas that are now in land once used to be oceans.
Name two types of organisms that don't have chlorophyll and used to be grouped with the plant, but now they are totally separate group from plants and animals. What is their group name? how do they get food? how do they reproduce?
Mushrooms and mold!'s Both are fungi. They absorb their food. They reproduce through spores.
Besides rocks, name other nonliving things in your world.
Dirt, water, buildings, furniture, books, etc.
How are water and nutrients carried in most plants?
Through tubes
Name some adaptations that insects have that protect them from predators
Camouflage, bad taste, bright colors, stinger
Name three reptiles
Turtle, snake, lizard,
Name examples of invertebrates. Which are aquatic?
Mollusks (clams), snails, ringworms (earthworms) c
Clams are aquatic!
Name a gaseous type of fuel and name where it is found.
Natural gas! Natural gas is found in the layer above the oil.
What is the energy from the sun called? What does the energy provide for our planet earth?
Solar energy! Solar energy provides light and heat.
What are some alternative forms of energy which are a renewable?
Solar, wind, steam (from hot rocks & water underground)
What two functions do veins in the leaves have?
Support and carry water
Give examples of how birds beaks help them adapt to their environment
Short & strong can crack seeds
Tiny & can suck liquid example hummingbird
Long & strong for example wetland /grassland birds to get insects, fish or frogs
Long & hard with sticky tongue example woodpecker
How do reptiles reproduce? What is the difference between fish and reptiles when it comes to reproduction?
Eggs! Reptile eggs are like leather, but fish eggs are soft and sit in a jelly like substance
Name some insect characteristics. Are spiders an insect?
All insects have six leg and three body parts.
Spiders are not insects because they have eight legs. They are part of the arachnid family.
Fossil fuels renewable? Why or why not.
No! Fossil fuels were created over millions of years are considered non-renewable resources.
Find a green plant that grows on the surface of a pond. Does it photosynthesize? Does it have tubes?
Moss!
Moss does photosynthesizes because it's green… It does not have tubes because it grows close to the water.
How do windmills and running water make energy?
Wind energy from moving air turns windmills that change it to electricity Running water can turn wheels that turn machines that make energy.
Can you name a plant that photosynthesizes but does not have tubes?
Moss
Name 2 insects and explain how their mouths are adapted to help them survive
Mosquito needle mouth
Grasshopper tough biting parts
So what type of body covering do some reptiles have that is the same as fish? What's the difference between the fish covering and the snake covering? Which kind of battery covering is different?
Scales, they are dry not slippery, plates of a turtle
Name other adaptations that animals can have.
Claws, speed, Street, teeth, burrow underground, coat, hibernate (some mice, frogs, turtles and bears), migration, camouflage, odor, prickly parts
Name for types of fuel. Which are fossil fuels?
Wood, coal, petroleum, natural gas. All of these are considered fossil fuels, except for wood. Fossil fuels come from plants or plant/ animal fossils.
It's a negative impact (bad result) of cutting down many/most of the trees in the forest?
There are many problems to deforestation. Some are loss of animal habitats, erosion from soil being washed away, and flooding.
Who is the best most awesome Nature Bowl coach of all time?
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