Creature November
This creature has a wingspan of 3 1/2 - 6 1/2feet and has no hair on its head so as not to get any disease.
What is a turkey vulture?
This layer of the atmosphere is where most water vapor and dust exists.
What is the troposphere?
This is how many gallons of water are on the Earth.
What is 370 quintillion gallons?
In this process, heated water turns from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
This creature is neither of the the animals its name comes from. It also has urine that smells like popcorn.
What is a bear cat or binturong?
This creature lives in the warm water of Florida and other places. It's biggest threat is humans.
What is a manatee?
This layer of the atmosphere touches outer space and is where the satellites fly.
What is the exosphere?
This is the percent of Earth's water that is fresh?
What is 3%?
In this process, melted snow and excess rain water can move down a mountain or flow into rivers and streams.
What is run off?
This cute little fuzz ball lives in the mountains and needs it to be cold. They are more closely related to rabbits and hares than rodents.
Hint: There is a Japanese cartoon named from this animal.
What is a pika?
This marine animal is in the same family as a shark, is flat and has no stinger. The stinger is what separates it from a ray.
What is a skate?
This layer of the atmosphere is the coldest and most dense.
What is the mesosphere?
What percent of the Earth's water is held in the oceans?
What is 97%?
This is infiltration.
What is water soaking into the ground?
This little furry marsupial isn't as cute an cuddly as one would think (they eat lizards and sometimes birds). They don't fly but can use skin flaps to move in the air from tree to tree.
What is a sugar glider?
This cute little feathered creature has bright yellow and orange on its beak and one of the largest flocks or colonies lives in Iceland. It's food source, the lance fish is going extinct causing the colony to skip breeding.
What is a puffin?
This layer of the atmosphere is where the jets fly and where the world record sky diving record was set.
What is the troposphere?
This is how the water on Earth moves.
What is a continuous cycle or what is the water cycle?
This is precipitation.
What is rain, sleet, hail or snow?
This bird of prey is common in the United States and can be seen right here at the JJC. They have curved beaks and spotted or banded feathers.
What is a red-tailed hawk?
This furry creature is part of the weasel family and its favorite prey or food is porcupines. When they were over hunted, the porcupine population caused much damage to all the trees in the area.
What is the Fisher?
When the solar winds throw out high energy particles, the molecules in the thermosphere show a beautiful display of greens, reds, and purple lights at the poles.
What are the auroras?
This is where the largest portion of fresh water is stored.
Hint: This water is in a solid form.
What is glaciers and ice?
This is the process of water filtering through the soil into aquifers and springs in the ground.
What is percolation?
This is the largest flying mammal and native to Australia. Some species are diurnal as opposed to many of their cousins who are nocturnal. These guys favorite food is fruit.
What is a flying fox or fox bat?