🐦 Backyard Birds
This tiny bird can hover in place while drinking nectar.
What is a hummingbird?
These flowers turn to face the sun.
What are sunflowers?
Birds do this to keep their feathers clean and waterproof.
What is preening?
This process allows plants to make food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
Cacti store this resource to survive in deserts.
What is water?
This bird is famous for saying "hoot."
What is an owl?
This flower is a symbol of love and comes in many colors.
What is a rose?
Traveling long distances with the seasons is called this.
What is migration?
These trees keep their needles all year long.
What are evergreen trees?
Ducks have these special feet that help them swim.
What are webbed feet?
These birds are known for their bright pink color because of their diet.
What are flamingos?
Bees are especially attracted to these purple, fragrant plants.
What is lavender?
Many geese fly in this letter-shaped formation.
What is a V formation?
Acorns come from this type of tree.
What is an oak tree?
Plants that eat insects are called these.
What are carnivorous plants?
The fastest bird in the world.
What is the peregrine falcon?
This flower's name comes from the Greek word for "rainbow."
What is an iris?
Birds use these to attract mates with songs and displays.
What are courtship behaviors?
The oldest living trees belong to this species.
What are bristlecone pines?
Penguins use this layer beneath their skin to stay warm.
What is blubber?
This large flightless bird is native to Australia.
What is an emu?
This giant flower from Indonesia is known for smelling like rotting meat.
What is the corpse flower?
This bird is famous for collecting colorful objects to impress females.
What is a bowerbird?
This layer beneath tree bark carries nutrients throughout the tree.
What is the cambium?
This tropical plant closes its leaves quickly when touched.
What is the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)?