The Amazon
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Desert Drift
100

This slow-moving mammal, famous for spending its time hanging upside down, is a viral internet favorite

What is sloth?
100

The world’s largest land mammal, native to African plains, weighing in at roughly 11 tons.

What is the African Elephant?

100

The natural light display, caused by solar particles colliding with Earth’s atmosphere, is seen in the Arctic

What is the Aurora Borealis/ Northern Lights?

100

This famous arm-shaped peninsula in Massachusetts is known for being a home to populations of harbor seals, humpback whales, and great white sharks.

What is Cape Cod?

100

This desert animal stores fat in a hump on its back that gets converted into energy, allowing it to walk far distances without resources.

What is a Camel?

200

Because it produces roughly 6% of the world’s oxygen and absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide, the Amazon is frequently given this nickname.

What are Lungs of the Planet/Lungs of the Earth?

200

The character trait amongst male lions represented by the length of their manes.

What is dominance?

200

The name of the frozen layer of soil that covers the majority of the Arctic region.

What is Permafrost?

200
Three Common trees native to New England. 

What are Maple, Pine, Beech, Oak, Birch, or Balsam Fir?

200

The name of the largest hot desert in the world. 

What is the Sahara Desert?

300

This predatory, spotted big cat is the largest feline species in the Americas and holds a spot at the top of the Amazon food chain.

What is Jaguar?

300

This animal spends most of its life standing up, even sleeping and giving birth while standing.

What is giraffe?

300

Female narwhals generally give birth to this many calves during each pregnancy.

What is one?

300

The largest land mammal in New England, surprisingly able to dive up to 20 feet deep and hold their breath for 30 seconds.

What is Moose?

300

This type of desert mouse can jump as high as two feet and far as 8 feet.

What is a Kangaroo Mouse?

400

These are the three leading threats to the survival of the Amazon Rainforest

What are agriculture, wild fires, and illegal mining?

400

Savannas only have 2 seasons—wet and dry. This is the name for the 6-month long wet period.

What is Monsoon Season?

400

The largest island in the world and has about 80% of the surface covered by an ice sheet.

What is Greenland?
400

The official Massachusetts state flower. 

What is the Mayflower?
400

This animal, also featured on Emily’s notebook, has oversized ears that allow it to cool off and listen for underground prey.

What is a Fennec Fox?

500

The Amazonian Duroia tree often grows in mysterious, isolated areas where no other plant species can survive because THIS ant named after a fruit, lives in the tree’s stems and kills all surrounding plants.

What is the lemon ant?


500

The Serengeti is home to the largest animal migration in the world. Animals like gnus, antelopes and zebras migrate clockwise around the whole savanna for better grazing land. This is the total number of animals taking part in this migration.

What is 2 million?

500

The number of months of continuous light experienced in the Arctic. 

What is 6 months?

500

The periodic element found in the protective enamel of beaver teeth that contributes to their orange-ish color.

What is Iron?

500

Three adaptations animals that live in the desert have needed to take on in order to survive.

What are water conservation, reduced water loss, lower metabolism, behavior adaptations, or specialized diets?