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Trees 1
Birds
Trees 2
The Earth
Mammals
100

What part of the tree is underground and absorbs  water and minerals? 

The roots
100
When the falconer came, how many of the birds that he showed us were actually real falcons?
1
100

What do we call a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree?

A twig
100

Mountains are most often formed by movement of sections of the Earth's surface.  What do we call these sections?

Tectonic plates
100
What is the fastest mammal?
The Cheetah
200

Which section of the tree trunk can contain poisons to protect the tree from insects? 

The bark
200

The fastest animal in the world is the Peregrine Falcon, how fast can he fly?

200 miles per hour
200

The section of the twig just below the lateral bud where a leaf used to be attached before it fell off in the Autumn is called what?

A Leaf Scar
200
What do we call the study of the Earth?
Geology
200
How fast can the Cheetah run?
62 mile per hour
300

Which part of the tree can be compared to a factory where certain raw materials are converted to other materials and the whole process is powered by sunlight? 

The leaves
300

What type of bird is big and completely black and can be heard making a "caw, caw" call in the Valley?

The crow

300

The bud at the very end of the twig is called what?

The terminal bud
300
Which volcano in the United States had a major eruption on May 18, 1980?
Mount St Helens
300
What do female mammals produce that makes them unique among animals?
Milk
400

What do we call the dead sapwood in the center of the trunk?

The Heartwood
400

What type of bird that we studied has a red crown and nape and can stick his tongue out 2 inches beyond his long beak?

Red-bellied Woodpecker

400

The tree in the valley had the green tennis-ball sized fruits that we cut open last fall?

The Walnut
400
When does the "death zone" elevation of a mountain begin (i.e., when there is not enough oxygen in the air to breath)?
26,000 feet
400
About how many different orders of mammals are there?
26
500
What part of the tree creates the new cells that cause the tree to grow wider each year?
The cambium
500
Which bird that we studied is mostly gray, black, and white and is often seen feeding or foraging upside down?
The White-breasted Nuthatch
500

What do we call the part of the trunk that is in the center and is where you would begin counting the oldest growth rings?

The pith
500

Seasons occur on Earth because of what?

the tilt of the Earth’s axis and the orbit of the Earth around the sun

500
"Mammal" is a type of which category of taxonomy?
Class