What is an animal called that has hair/fur and gives live birth?
a mammal
100
What is the action called when two magnets push away from each other and are unable to touch?
Repelling. They repel from one another. When they pull towards one another, they are attracted.
100
Another word for characteristic is?
Trait
200
A fluffy cotton ball like cloud is called?
A Cumulus Cloud
200
What are the basic needs of animals?
Water, food, air (and shelter)
200
What are the 3 main body parts of an insect?
Head, thorax and abdomen
200
Materials that allow heat or electricity to flow/move are called?
Conductors
200
You pierce your ears, is this an inherited trait or an acquired trait?
Acquired. Inherited traits are things you are born with.
Example: your hair color, skin color, shape of you nose or eyes.
300
What tool would you use to measure temperature? A anemometer, thermometer or rain gauge?
A thermometer. An anemometer measures wind speed and a rain gauge measures the total amount of rainfall.
300
Where an animal lives is called?
A habitat
300
What is an offspring?
Adult’s baby/child
300
The path in which electricity flows is called?
A circuit
300
Energy is passed from the sun to producers (plants) to consumers (herbivores, carnivores and omnivores). What is this called?
A food chain.
400
The steps of a water cycle are evaporation (water vapor), condensation (clouds), precipitation (rain, sleet, snow) and collection. Which step would a puddle of water be?
Collection. Precipitation is also collected in groundwater, lakes, rivers, etc.
400
Is a spider an insect? Why or why not?
A spider is not an insect. Insects have six legs and a spider has eight. It is an arachnid.
400
What is an organism?
Any living thing; plant or animal.
400
A material that does not allow the flow of electricity or heat is called?
An insulator
400
To hide from it’s predators, an animal blends in with its surroundings. What is another word for blend?
Camouflage
500
A force is a push or pull. What force is pulling you down a slide?
Gravity
500
Soil is made of:
a. Pebbles, sand, organic matter and air
b. Pebbles, sand, air and glass
c. Sand, organic matter, large rocks and glass.
A:Pebbles, sand, organic matter and air
500
-Infant, toddler, teenager, adult
-Egg, larva, pupa, adult.
-Seed, sprout, seedling, adult.
These are examples of what?
Life Cycles
500
If you stop an object from _________, you stop the sound. Fill in the blank.
Vibrating
500
Everything on and around our Planet Earth is made up of these 3 states of matter. What are they?