Harvesting Hope
What was the family’s dream to someday do?
Buy back their ranch.
Monsters who eat children can be found in every forest.
who eat children
A __________ is something that helps an organism survive. Food, water, air, and space are some of these.
resource
There was a hero who would kill all the monsters.
hero
How did Sacagawea help the expedition?
She gathered plants and berries.
How much money did the whole family earn for a day’s worth of work?
30 cents
After eating children, the monsters need to exercise.
After eating children
A __________ is all the members of one kind of organism in an ecosystem.
population
The hero had a sword that could cut the monster’s tough skin.
sword
Who caused the boat to tip sideways?
Charbonneau
Why did a teacher hang a sign on Cesar at school?
He once broke the rule about speaking English at all times.
There are monster gyms because so many monsters need to go.
because so many monsters need to go.
___________ is the struggle among living things to survive.
Competition
A monster who lives in the wild forest is not afraid of a sword!
monster
What trouble did they encounter in June?
Big waterfalls
What grade did Cesar finish school?
eighth
Monsters like to lift weights when they exercise.
when they exercise
An organism is __________ when there are only a few living members of its kind left.
endangered
The dragons in the forest where the monsters live hate animals.
forest
How did they carry the boats?
They built wagons to carry the boats.
Why was lettuce the worst thing for Cesar?
It would make hot spasms shoot through his back.
Kids that want to escape monsters should run really fast!
that want to escape monsters
Imagine a community of eagles, coyotes, and prairie dogs. What could happen to the community if all the prairie dogs caught a disease and died?
If all the prairie dogs in the community died then the eagles and coyotes would lose their major food source and would have to move on or die from lack of food.
The dragon’s fire, which blazed terribly hot, burned the hut.
dragon's fire
What almost swept Sacagawea away?
A flash flood.