Birds
Trees
Marine
Plants & Flowers
Insects
100

What type of bird is this? 

Northern cardinal 

100

What is the outermost part of the tree? 

a. wood

b. xylem

c. bark 

d. phloem 

c. bark

100

What is a group of fish called? 

a school

100

What plant is needed to make a pickle? 

cucumber plant 

100

True or false. Spiders are insects. 

false 

200

What is the New York State official bird? 

a. American robin

b. blue jay 

c. Eastern bluebird 

d. Black-capped chickadee 

c. Eastern bluebird 

200

What type of tree is maple syrup made from? 

a. white pine 

b. sugar maple 

c. American beech 

d. mountain maple 

b. sugar maple 

200

What are the names of three of the great lakes? 

Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario 

200

What part of the plant grows underground to help it get water? 

the roots 

200

What is the name of the casing that surrounds a caterpillar as it becomes a butterfly? 

cocoon 

300

True or false. Birds are descendants of dinosaurs. 

true

300

What type of tree produces acorns? 

a. maple 

b. birch 

c. pine 

d. oak 

d. oak 

300

What is the largest animal in the ocean? 

a. blue whale 

b. Great white shark 

c. Goliath Grouper 

d. beluga whale 

a. blue whale 

300

What are the three basic things a plant needs to survive? 

sunlight, air, and water 

300

How many wings do bees have? 

4

400

What is the external covering on a bird called? 

a. fat

b. feathers

c. bones 

d. skin

b. feathers 

400

What part of the tree helps it anchor to the ground? 

a. bark 

b. leaves 

c. grass 

d. roots 

d. roots 

400

What percentage of the earths surface is covered in water?

~70%

400

What part of the plant can become a fruit? 

a. leaves 

b. flower 

c. stem 

b. flower

400

The study of insects is called ___________.

a. orinthology 

b. optomology 

c. entomology 

d. zoology 

c. entomology 

500

True or false. All birds can fly. 

false 

500

What is the name of the tallest known living tree? 

a. Hyperion 

b. Helios 

c. Joshua 

d. Christmas Tree 


a. Hyperion 

500

What is the name of the waterfall that connects Lake Erie and Lake Ontario? 

Niagara Falls 

500

What green pigment allows plants to capture light? 

a. carotenoids 

b. chlorophyll 

c. anthocyanins 

b. chlorophyll 

500

What is the official state insect of New York? 

a. spotted lanternfly 

b. nine-spotted ladybug 

c. monarch butterfly 

d. cicade

b. nine-spotted ladybug