the place where an animal needs very little water such as a kangaroo rat
What is a desert
100
traits that help an organism survive in its environment
What is adaptations
100
a person that visits and explores a new place
What is an explorer
100
A German mapmaker drew a map of the new world and called it _____________ after Amerigo Vespucci
What is America
100
Believed he had discovered China when he died
Who is Columbus
200
an animal that has a hump made of fat to help when there is little food
What is a camel
200
when an animal's body slows down and lives off of body fat
What is hibernate
200
a Spanish explorer that grew up in Italy and became a sailor
Who is Christopher Columbus
200
a Spanish explorer who crossed into Panama. He saw the Pacific Ocean and called it the Ocean Sea
Who is Vasco Nunez de Balboa
200
started a school that trained young men to become sailors, his students learned to make maps and to navigate using the stars
Who is Prince Henry
300
obtain oxygen through their gills
What is a fish
300
the response of a plant to something in its environment
What is tropism
300
lived in Iceland and sent explorers almost 500 years before Christopher Columbus to visit North and South America
What are vikings
300
Columbus called the people who lived on the island __________ because he thought he was near India
What are Indians
300
the kings of England, France, and the Netherlands sent ships trying to find a ________ ___________ to China
What is a water route
400
furry animals that are often used as pets that obtain oxygen through their lungs
What are hamsters
400
when one living thing looks like another
What is mimicry
400
in 1492 he sailed the ocean blue from Spain with three ships and 90 men. He landed in the Caribbean, but he thought they were in Asia
Who is Columus
400
The number of trips that Columbus made to America
What is four
400
a form of camouflage that is different on each side of an animal (a penguin is an example of this)
What is countershading
500
an animal that changes its fur color as an adaptation
What is an artic fox
500
blending in with an environment
What is camouflage
500
an Italian who made several trips to the New World because he did not believe Columbus had found islands off of the coast of India.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
500
a Portuguese explorer found a new strait that took 38 days to pass. He was killed in this voyage but his men were the first to sail around the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
500
dots on an animal's skin that are a pigment of yellow, red, brown, or black and allows the animal to use certain colors at a time to blend into its environement