Random Animal Trivia
How far away can a wolf smell its prey?
Almost 2 miles!
(3.2km)
What is a producer?
A producer is an organism that makes its own food!
What does every food chain start with?
The sun! :)
The first rule of particle theory is that all matter is made out of particles ..
Name the three (main) states of matter!
Solid, Liquid and Gas!
Which province in Canada is the smallest?
PEI!
What mammal has the mots powerful bite?
A hippopotamus!
What is a consumer?
A consumer is an organism that cannot produce its own food so it must eat other plants and animals for energy.
Describe what an omnivore is:
The particles are always moving!!!
Which state of matter do the particles move the least?! (They are said to vibrate in place.)
Solid!
Which province in Canada has the highest population?
Ontario!
14.45 million people
Where is the only place of their body that dogs have sweat glands?
The pads of their paws!
What is a decomposer?
A decomposer is an organism that consumes dead plants and animals!
What is the difference between herbivores and carnivores?
HERBivores eat only plants.
Carnivores eat only meat/animals.
Which two states of matter can change their shape?
Gas and liquid.
What is the largest continent on Earth?
Asia!
What male sea creature gives birth to its young?
Seahorse!
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a specific area where plants, animals and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life.
Ecosystems contain biotic or living parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts. Biotic factors include plants, animals and other organisms
Why are all food chains actually food webs?
Because animals eat more than one thing!
Usually most consumers in the food chain are eating more than one plant and/or animal.
Food chains are isolated parts of food webs that help us understand producers and consumers better.
The particles theory also states that the particles are attracted to each other!!
Which state of matter are the particles the LEAST attracted to each other?
GAS!!
Which ocean is the largest on Earth?
The pacific!
63 Million square miles!
What animals lay the largest eggs?
An ostrich!
15cm X 13cm
What is a biome?
A biome is classified as a set of related ecosystems.
Ex: Usually forests house similar animals.
Would a mouse ever be at the beginning of a food chain? Why or why not?
No. Food chains start with:
a) The sun
b) A producer, that uses the sun to create energy for itself.
A consumer (mouse) would never be at the beginning of a food chain.
What would happen to the particles of an ice cube, if you started heating it up on a stove?
The particles would start to move faster and faster the more they heat up.
The particles would also become less and less structured and move farther and farther apart!
The ice cubes (solid) would turn to water (liquid) and eventually evaporate (gas) into the air.
Which country on Earth has the most biodiversity?
(The highest number of different species.)
Brazil!
The highest number of species of mammals, and over 50,000 species of trees and bushes!