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Earth Day
Animals
Plants
Fish
Birds
100
What day is earth day on?
What is April 22nd.
100
This animal is known as the pink bird
What is the flamingo
100
Name the three basic things plants need to survive.
What is water, sunlight, and soil.
100
True or False: Most fish reproduce by laying eggs
What is True
100
All birds reproduce by ________________
What is laying eggs.
200
What government agency first sponsered Earth Day.
What is the EPA
200
Animals get energy from _______.
What is food.
200
Plants get energy from ________.
What is the sun.
200
One such group of fish are the Cartilaginous Fishes (Chondrichthyes). Name one example of a fish from this group.
What is sharks, skates, rays, and chimeras.
200
_________ are unique to birds, and allow them to fly.
What is feathers
300
Many schoolchildren in the US celebrate Earth Day by ___________.
What is planting trees.
300
All animals belong to what kingdom?
What is Animalia
300
This is the name of the menbrane bound green organell that helps plants in the process of photosythesis.
What is chloroplasts.
300
True or False: Fish were the first to evolve backbones.
What is True.
300
True or false: birds are the only animals that can fly.
What is False (the bat can fly but bats are mammals)
400
In 2009, the name of Earth Day was officially (and technically) changed to International _______ Earth Day (though everyone still calls it Earth Day).
What is Mother.
400
This particular group of animals cares for their young and produce milk.
What is Mammals
400
During the process of photosythesis plants take in _______ and produce _______.
What is Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen.
400
This is the largest species of fish on earth.
What is Whale (grow to be as much as 50 feet long)
400
What is the largest bird?
What is the ostrich. (Ostriches are flightless birds that have a large body, small head, long legs, and a long neck. Although they cannot fly, they are remarkable runners, able to run at speeds of up to 45 mph for half an hour. Adult ostriches weigh between 220 and 350 pounds and measure between 7 and 9 1/4 feet in height.)
500
Earth day was created to create awareness about a particular pesticide that was killing bald eagle popualtions known as _______. And was successfull, just 5 years later the pesiticide was banned in the US.
What is DDT
500
Animals that get their energy from eating other animals are called _________.
What is carnivores.
500
This pigment gives plants their green color.
What is chlorophyll.
500
How many hearts does an octopus have?
What is 3
500
True or False: No species of bird has teeth.
What is true.