Weather & Space
fall/autumn, winter, spring, summer
Seeing what type of bird is a sign that spring is near?
a robin
How can you tell how old a tree is?
by counting its rings
What river runs along the Eastern edge of Iowa?
the Mississippi River
What is a common natural disaster in Iowa?
What is the most hunted animal in Iowa?
white tail deer
Iowa was once covered in what type of grassland?
prairie
Name one state that borders Iowa.
South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, and Nebraska
Name a kind of body of water that can be found in Iowa.
river, lake, pond, creek, wetland, groundwater
In what month does Iowa get the most snow?
February
What is the only mammal that can fly?
a bat
Name a type of pollinator.
bees, butterflys, birds, bats, beetles
85% of Iowa's land is used for what?
Name one type of owl that lives in Iowa.
Barred, barn, screech, great horned, saw-whet, long eared, short eared, burrowing, boreal
Estherville is known for this thing that fell to Earth from space in 1879.
a meteorite
What kind of amphibian is a spring peeper?
a frog
What is Iowa's state flower?
the prairie rose
What county in Iowa is the largest?
Kossuth
What is it called when the Earth casts a shadow on the moon?
a lunar eclipse
What is Iowa's state bird?
the Eastern Goldfinch
Name a type of milkweed.
common, swamp, butterfly, rose, whorled, narrowleaf
What is the name of Iowa's one National Park/Monument?
Effigy Mounds
What is a kind of lizard that lives in Iowa?
a skink, glass lizard, or racerunner