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100

What was Maria's favorite thing to catch and watch grow?

Caterpillars 

100

What color does the mineral Lapis Lazuli make?

Blue

100

What kind of fruit has a blossom inside of it?

an apple

100

What 3 gifts did the wisemen bring Jesus?

Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh 

100

What's a baby frog called?

tadpole

200

Where in South America did Maria go and study and collect specimens? 

Surinam

200

What is one difference between a moth and a butterfly?

Moths have featherlike antennae. Butterfly antennae are stringlike, with knobs at the ends.


Moths have thicker, furrier bodies than butterflies.


Moth pupae are usually wrapped in a cocoon of silk threads. Butterfly pupae hang from twigs uncovered, but are often textured or colored for camouflage. 

200

How many times does a Century Plant bloom?

usually only once

200

Name one book of the Bible that contains the Christmas Story (Jesus' Birth). 

Matthew & Luke

200

Which type of root has just one main root that grows straight down?

taproot

300

What is one of Maria's daughter's names?

Johanna & Dorothea

300

What is "spontaneous generation?"

Something living coming from something dead. 

300

In the last story we read, who did the Bumble Bee think was ugly? 

Dragonfly

300

Try to finish this popular Christmas song lyrics: “I’m dreaming of a ______ ______.”

White Christmas

300

What were the fist museums called?

Curiosity Cabinets 

400

What was the most expensive type of parchment that Maria like to paint on? (hint: it's made out of calfskin)

vellum
400

What kind of leaves to silkworms eat?

Mulberry Leaves
400

Which way does a Gold-Rod flower always point? 

North

400

What is a traditional sweet, white Christmas drink?

Eggnog

400

Name one type of habitat?

Marine, grassland, mountain, polar, marsh, desert, city, jungle/rainforest

500

Where was Maria born?

Frankfurt, Germany

500

What is the furthest south that a monarch butterfly will migrate to in the winter? 

Mexico

500

What kind of animal is this paragraph about? 

"But this little minister of whom I am going to tell you looked just as cheery and bright as though the sun had been shining. In fact, he was so very unlike most reverend gentlemen that I must tell you about him. In the first place, he dressed very differently, Instead of a long black coast or a white surplice, he wore a coast of shaded brown, and just the prettiest rad waistcoat, and on his feet were something you and I have never seen in the pulpit - bright brown shoes. "

a Robin

500

Name one of Santa's reindeer, besides Rudolph

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen

500

Where is the cupule on an acorn?

it's the cap