Animal Behavior
Two or more individuals working together to help them survive.
What is a group?
A living thing that is no longer found alive anywhere on earth today.
What is extinct?
A large rotating storm with high wind speeds that forms over warm waters.
What is a hurricane?
The variations of weather conditions over long periods of time.
What is climate?
These are the five main senses.
Touch, taste, smell, hear, and see
Things that animals do with other animals that help them survive
What is group behavior?
An animal that eats plants.
What is an herbivore?
Any weather that falls outside the realm of normal patterns.
What is extreme weather?
A device that measures air temperature.
What is a thermometer?
The nearest planet to the Sun
What is Mercury?
An animal that eats other animals.
What is a predator?
An animal that eats meat.
What is a carnivore?
A metal rod mounted on or near a building that protects it against electrical surges
What is a lightning rod?
A scientist that studies the atmosphere in order to understand and predict the weather.
What is a meteorologist?
The largest known animal.
What is a Blue Whale?
An animal that is eaten by other animals.
What is prey?
An animal that eats both plants and meat.
What is an omnivore?
An extended period of extremely hot weather.
What is a heat wave?
A device used to measure the amount of rainfall over a period of time.
What is a rain gauge?
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is making an observation?
A person or animal stationed to keep guard and lookout for danger.
What is a sentry?
A scientist that studies fossils.
What is a paleontologist?
A name for a region in the middle of the US from Texas to North Dakota where large tornados are likely to occur.
What is Tornado Alley?
The weight of air above a given area on Earth's surface
What is air pressure?
This is the percentage of water that makes up the human body.
What is 70%?