Vegetables?
What is a fruit?
A fruit is a part of a plant that has seeds.
Name 4 animals that you would find in a desert
Any of the following: Scorpions, coyotes, dingoes, rattlesnakes, burrowing owls, bearded dragons, tarantulas, camels, leopard geckos, dung beetles
What does biology mean?
The study of living things
What is classification?
Arranging things into categories based on what they have in common
Name 3 animals that are herbivores
Rabbits, Guinea pigs, Gorillas, Hippos, Giraffes, most Iguanas, Cows, Deer, Caterpillars, Pandas, Bison, Zebras, Blue tangs
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
It's both!
In the garden it is a fruit but in the kitchen, it is a vegetable.
What is the most biodiverse ecosystem?
Bonus: What's the most biodiverse country
The Amazon Rainforest which is (mostly) in Brazil
What is a vertebrate?
An animal that has a spinal column
What animal are humans most closely related to?
Chimpanzees and bonobos
What type of animal has the most bones?
Bonus: Name the species
Large pythons specially a Burmese or Reticulated python
Name a vegetable that is NATIVE to the Americas
Corns, beans, squash, and tomatoes are all native here
What is the environment type that has the least biodiversity?
Bonus: Name the location on the planet with the least biodiversity
Deserts and more specifically Tundra's like Antarctica
What does endangered mean?
Bonus: What does the acronym HIPPO stand for?
It means they are at risk for going extinct.
HIPPO stands for habitat loss, invasive species, population, pollution, overexploitation
What group of animals do guinea pigs and chinchillas fall into, be specific?
(hint: this group does not include rabbits)
Rodents
What is an example of an animal that is endangered and an example of an animal that is invasive?
Endangered - rhinos, sea turtles, snowy owls elephants, giraffes, gray reef shark
Invasive - cats, lanternflies, jumping worms, Burmese pythons
What is ethnobotany?
The scientific study of the way people traditionally use plants in their region
Define native
Bonus: Name 3 animals that are native to NYC
Belonging to a particular region
Native animals include: squirrels, racoons, robins, bluejays, garter snakes, ants, monarch butterflies, bullfrogs
Define biodiversity
The variety of life in an environment (including plants and animals but also microbes, bacteria, fungi, etc.)
What is an animal?
(What are things that almost all animals have in common?)
Almost all animals:
- Breathe oxygen
- Are able to move
- Eat organic material
- Can reproduce
Put the following animals into categories:
Gorilla, Great white shark, Human, Hippo, Bullfrog, Dog
The categories are herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
Herbivore - Gorilla, Hippo
Omnivore - Human, Dog
Carnivore - Great white shark, Bullfrog
What group do each of the following go into:
Acorns, Broccoli, Basil, Figs, Carrots
The groups are Vegetable, Fruit botanical, Fruit culinary, Herb
Vegetables - Carrots & Broccoli
Fruit botanical - Acorn
Fruit culinary - Fig
Herb - Basil
What is ecology?
The study of the relationship between animals and their environment
How would you describe evolution?
Survival of the fittest
If it is a good adaptation then it continues and if its a bad adaptation it will end or the organism will go extinct
What is a plant?
(What are things almost all plants have in common?)
Most plants are:
- Photosynthetic
- Multicellular
- Produce seeds
Roughly how many species of insects have been discovered?
Bonus: How many insects are estimated to be on the planet
~ 900,00 species have been discovered
~10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) insects