Life processes for animals and plants
What is the liquid that both a puppy and a sunflower must have to live and grow?
Water
Which group of animals has fur or hair, gives birth to live babies, and feeds them milk?
Mammals
Which state of matter keeps its own shape and doesn't change unless you break, bend, or cut it?
Solid
What is the giant, natural source of light in the sky that warms up our planet during the daytime?
The Sun
The Moon glows beautifully in the night sky, but it does not make its own light. Where does its light come from?
It reflects light from the Sun.
Plants cannot walk around like animals. How do they move to show they are alive?
They bend or turn their stems and leaves toward the light.
What special body covering can you look for to know right away that an animal belongs to the bird group?
Feathers
If you pour apple juice from a round cup into a square bowl, what happens to the shape of the juice?
It changes to take the shape of the square bowl.
What is the word used to describe what happens when there is a total absence or lack of light in a room?
Darkness
What phase is the Moon in when it looks like a big, bright, complete circle in the sky?
Full Moon
What gas do animals breathe out into the air that plants love to take in?
Carbon dioxide
Snakes, lizards, and turtles have dry, scaly skin and lay eggs on land. What group do they belong to?
Reptiles
When water boils in a kettle, what state of matter is the steam rising up into the air?
Gas (or water vapor)
How do you make a dark shadow on the ground when you are playing outside on a sunny day?
Your body blocks the straight path of the light.
What do we call the phase when the Moon looks completely dark and hidden from us at the start of its cycle?
New Moon
What do we call the process where living things make new babies or seeds so their kind keeps living?
Reproduction (or reproducing)
This animal group starts life underwater breathing with gills, but grows up to live on land breathing with lungs, like a frog. What is it?
Amphibians
If you take liquid water and put it in a freezing cold freezer, what solid matter does it turn into?
Ice
A clear glass window lets light pass right through, but a thick wooden door blocks it. What is the word for an object that blocks light completely?
Opaque
When the Moon looks like a thin, curved slice, similar to a banana, what is that shape called?
Crescent Moon
What is the scientific word for when a living thing gets rid of waste materials it does not need (like sweating or going to the bathroom)?
Excretion
Whales live and swim underwater like fish. Why do scientists classify them as mammals instead of fish?
Because they breathe air with lungs, give live birth, and feed their babies milk.
A rain puddle on the sidewalk disappears on a hot afternoon because the sun warms it up. What is this process called?
Evaporation
In the early morning, your shadow is very long. Why does your shadow become very short at lunchtime (12 o'clock noon)?
Because the Sun is directly above your head.
How long does it take for the Moon to go through all of its shapes and return to the same phase?
About 29 to 30 days (or about 1 month)