Bridges
States of Matter
The Animal Kingdom
Plants
Hands-On Discovery
100

This shape is very strong and often used in building bridges

Triangle

100

When ice melts, it changes from a solid to this state of matter

Liquid

100

What type of vertebrate lives in water, breathes through gills, and has fins for movement

Fish

100

Plants need these two things to grow

Water and sunlight

100

Who did we design and build monster trucks for

Steve the Frankenstein

200

True or false: The deck is the part of the bridge we walk and drive on

True

200

In which state of matter are the molecules packed tightly together in neat rows

Solid

200

A snake is an example of this type of vertebrate

Reptile

200

This part of the plant takes in water and nutrients from the soil

Roots

200

A sled will travel faster down a steep or gentle slope

A steep slope

300

Strong bridges (bridges that can hold heavy weight) are made of what types of materials

Steel, cement, stone, wood

300

When you punch a bowl of oobleck, does it behave like a solid or a liquid

Solid (oobleck is solid when under pressure and becomes a liquid when at rest)

300

Three traits mammals share:

They have fur, give birth to live babies, and produce milk to feed their young

300

How does pollen travel from flower to flower?

Animals and insects transfer pollen (also wind and water)

300

True or false: If bees disappeared from the Earth, nothing would change

False

400

This is one type of bridge

Suspension

Arch

Truss

Cantilever

Beam

Cable-stayed

400

This state of matter takes the shape of its container

Liquid and gas

400
In order to be considered a bird, an animal must have these three characteristics

Have feathers, beaks, and lay eggs

400

Plants breathe in harmful carbon dioxide and breathe out this gas

Oxygen

400

All snowflakes have this many sides

6 (they are hexagonal)

500

Why do we need bridges?

Bridges allow us to travel over bodies of water or wide spaces safely

500

When water is heated and turns to steam it becomes which state of matter

Gas

500

This vertebrate has thin moist skin and lives its life both on land and in the water

Amphibians

500

This part of the plant contains new seeds to grow more plants when they are scattered on the ground after being eaten

Fruit

500

The Wampanoag people use this to hollow out tree trunks to make their mishoons (canoes)

Fire and sticks to scrape out the charcoal