Survival
What is the most important thing to find first if you're lost in the wilderness -- food, water, or shelter?
What is shelter
What is the process by which animals or plants change over time to survive in their environment?
What is adaptation
What do we call the natural world around us, which includes air, water, and living things?
What is the environment
This frozen biome experiences extreme cold, permafrost, and very little vegetation.
What is the tundra
This giant mammal, closely related to elephants, went extinct about 4,000 years ago.
What is the woolly mammoth
What natural direction-finding tool can help you tell which way is north during the day?
What is the sun
Why do camels have humps?
What is to store fat for energy and water
What layer of gases protects Earth from the Sun's harmful rays?
What is the ozone layer
Animals in deserts often come out only at night to avoid this extreme daytime element.
What is heat/high temp.
When a species' population becomes so small that it's at risk of disappearing forever.
What is endangered
What should you use to clean water in the wild before drinking it?
What is boiling it
How do polar bears keep warm in freezing temperatures?
What is thick fur and a layer of blubber
What is the name of a large region with specific plants, animals, and a climate like a desert or a rainforest?
What is a biome
This mountain range, home to Mount Everest, presents extreme altitude and thin air.
What are the Himalayas
The black rhino and the orangutan are both critically endangered due to this illegal activity.
What is poaching
This ancient skill involves creating a spark or friction to produce heat and light, essential for warmth and cooking in the wild.
What is making fire
What adaptation helps desert plants like cacti survive with rainfall?
What are thick stems and spines to reduce water loss
What term describes the gradual warming of Earth's atmosphere due to human activities?
What is global warming/climate change
This term describes plants that can store water to survive in dry environments, like cacti.
What are succulents
This bird, once found on the island of Mauritius, went extinct in the 1600s after humans arrived.
What is the dodo
What is the body's main method of staying warm in cold weather by tightening blood vessels and creating movement?
What is shivering
Some insects look like leaves or sticks to hide from predators. What is this kind of adaptation called?
What is camouflage
What is the term for all living and nonliving things that interact in one area, such as a pond or a forest?
What is an ecosystem
Some microorganisms, known as these, can survive boiling water, radiation, or even outer space.
What are extremophiles
This process, involving cloning or selective breeding, aims to bring extinct species back to life.
What is de-extinction