Spring Weather
Plants & Animals in Spring
Earth Day!
Earth Landforms
Fun Facts!
100
What is Spring weather like?
Some days it is sunny, and other days it is rainy.
100
What are some things a plant needs to grow well?
1) Light
2) Water
3) Clean Air
4) Proper Temperature
5) Space / Room to Grow
6) Nutrients
100
Fill in the blank:
"Earth is the __ planet closest to the sun."
"Earth is the 3rd planet closest to the sun."
100
What is this body of water? Where was this picture taken?
A bay!
Potato harbor on Santa Cruz island!
100
What instrument do we use to measure 'temperature'?
A thermometer!
200
Is Spring weather warmer or colder than winter?
WARMER!
200
What is the hard, sturdy part of a plant called?
The stem!
200
Scientists have studied the Earth and estimate that it is about:
a) 450 years old
b) 45 years old
c) 4.5 billion years old
d) 45 million years old
4.5 BILLION years old!
200
What landform is this and how was it created?
A canyon is created by a river that erodes particles away and moves them from one place to another!
200
What year did Rio del Sol officially open?
2018!
300
As the days get longer in Spring, what kinds of things happen with:
-the Earth's temperature
-plants
-animals
As the days get longer in Spring, the sun warms our area of the Earth and the weather feels warmer.
Plants start to grow new buds and blossoms. New growth begins and the Earth looks green and beautiful.
Animals wake up from their winter sleep. They build nests and find food.
300
What are some things that animals do in the Spring time?
- Build nests
- Wake up from hibernating
- Find food
- Some animals migrate to warmer areas
- Young animals are born or hatch from their eggs
300
How long does it take the Earth to rotate once?
24 hours or 1 day!
300
What body of water is this? What landform is in the middle?
A lake and an island!
300
What is the largest animal that lives on Earth?
A blue whale!
400
In Spring, there are sometimes lots of storms.
How are these storms created?
The clash of cold and warm air in spring brings storms.
Lightning flashes.
Sometimes frozen rain falls as hail stones.
Other times swirling wind touches the Earth as tornadoes.
400
What part of plant am I describing?
"A small shoot on a plant that grows into a leaf or flower"
A bud!
400
How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the Sun?
365 days or 1 year!
400
What landform is this and how was it created?
A mountain is created when pieces of the Earth's crust bump into each other. One part goes up and the other goes down.
400
What is your favorite thing about Rio del Sol?
😀
500
What causes the seasons to change?
(Hint: sun, orbit, tilt)
Light and heat hit Earth as it orbits the sun.
Earth is tilted.
The amount of daylight changes during the year because of the tilt.
It changes the seasons.
500
What does it mean to 'migrate'?
To move from one place to another when seasons change or to find food
500
When is Earth Day officially celebrated?
Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year.
The first Earth Day was held on April 22nd 1970!
500
This is Surfer's Point in Ventura. It is a beautiful beach that is right near the Ventura Rivermouth.
How do you think the sand got to the beach?
The sand comes from the river!
Rocks and boulders high up in the mountains tumble and break apart when it rains and the water starts rushing.
As water tumbles the rocks down the river, they break into smaller and smaller pieces.
Eventually, only the smallest pieces of rock (sand) get carried out to the ocean through the river mouth.
The small, sand-sized pieces of rock get deposited along the beach.
500
What is one way that you can be kind to someone today?
