Animals
Animals that eat only plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
Lush, warm, wet habitats containing more than half of the world’s animals.
What is a rainforest?
Trees help clean the air by taking in carbon dioxide and releasing this.
What is oxygen?
Name 3 ways we can help the Earth every day.
Turning lights off, walking/biking instead of driving, use less water, etc.
What date is Earth Day?
April 22
Active at night instead of during the day.
What is nocturnal?
Beavers build these as protection from predators and serve as a storage area for winter.
What is a dam?
This process involves plants making food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
This energy comes from the sun.
What is solar energy?
This natural resource comes from the ground and is used for gasoline.
What is oil (petroleum)?
This word describes animals that eat both plants and other animals.
What are omnivores?
Vast, open ecosystems dominated by grasses rather than trees, covering roughly 25-46% of Earth's land surface. The largest is the African Savanna.
What are grasslands?
This part of the plant absorbs water from the soil.
What are roots?
Food scraps can turn into this helpful soil material.
What is compost?
About what percent of Earth is covered in water
What is about 70%?
This is the top predator in a food chain.
What is an apex predator?
Extremely dry ecosystem that occurs on all seven continents and is home to well-adapted plants and animals.
What is a desert?
This plant has thick stems that store water and often has spines instead of leaves.
What is a cactus?
This is planting trees again in an area that was cut down.
What is reforestation?
This is the invisible layer of gases surrounding Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The largest land animal.
African bush elephant
A cold, treeless region in Arctic and Antarctic climates.
What is a tundra?
This process is when seeds begin to grow into plants.
What is germination?
Long-term shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns, primarily driven by human activities.
What is Climate Change?
This layer protects Earth from harmful rays of the sun.
What is the ozone layer?