Fish/Amphibians
A famous green frog is known for his banjo skills and love of rainbows
Who is Kermit the Frog?
The home of a bird, generally made out of sticks and other plant materials
What are nests?
The outside part of a tree trunk that protects the inside of the tree
What is tree bark?
This arachnid is commonly mistaken to be an insect. It can bite and transmit many diseases to humans as it drinks their blood
What are ticks?
A method of keeping warm in cold winters used by many mammals where they go into a deep sleep until spring
What is hibernation?
Pellets of frozen rain that fall in showers at high speeds
What is hail?
A flat-leafed floating plant that frogs like to sit on
What is a lily pad?
An adaptation used by many birds to escape the harsh winters of the north, where they leave in large groups to go to warm places for the winter.
What is migration?
This is the pigment inside plants that allows them to photosynthesize. It also is responsible for making leaves look green
What is chlorophyll?
The organ through which a spider creates silk
What is a spinneret?
A form of visualizing the environment, used commonly by mammals such as bats, dolphins and whales
What is echolocation?
A greenhouse gas that's emitted by burning fossil fuels
What is carbon dioxide?
Despite its name, it is the largest fish in the world, with record sizes reaching over 60 feet long
What is a whale shark?
This family of birds is considered to be the smallest in the world, is the only species that can fly backwards and cannot walk despite having legs
What are hummingbirds?
The leafy part at the top of a tree
What is a crown?
The middle part of an insect where the legs and wings are attached
What is the thorax?
What is warm blooded/endothermic?
An instrument used to measure air pressure
What is a barometer?
A type of fishing that requires the fisher to stand in the middle of a fast-flowing river and continuously throw the line
What is fly fishing?
An adaptation by birds to make them weigh less, which helps them fly
What are hollow bones?
This is the dead, central part of the tree trunk that is darker in color and usually aromatic. It helps keep the tree tall and straight
What is heartwood?
A rigid external covering for the body of insects instead of bones
What is an exoskeleton?
What is an omnivore?
These are white, puffy, low-level clouds with flat bases. They are commonly considered "fair weather" clouds
What are cumulus clouds?
This is what the slimy coating on the skin of frogs and salamanders is made of. It keeps them moist and can sometimes cause rashes on humans.
What is mucus?
The study of birds, bird nests and bird eggs
What is ornithology?
The botanical name for trees that shed their leaves in the fall and regrow them again in the spring, opposite of conifers
What is deciduous?
This arachnid is the oldest living arachnid in the world - around 570 million years old (older than land vertebrates!), but is more commonly known as a biting pest that can cause allergic reactions
What are mites?
What is an echidna?
A land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt to bodies of water. It is filtered by trees and marshes, and can easily be polluted by human activity
What is a watershed?