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Animals of North America
NASA
The Human Body
Under The Sea
Minerals
100
This animal has a concave face, a distinctive hump on their shoulders, and long claws about two to four inches long. Both the hump and the claws are traits associated with a its exceptional digging ability. They are often dark brown, but can vary from very light cream to black. They need to eat a lot in the summer and fall in order to build up sufficient fat reserves to survive the winter denning period.
What is A Grizzly Bear
100
A large system of stars
What is a Galaxy
100
The ____________ joint is one of the strongest and most important joints in the human body. It allows the lower leg to move relative to the thigh while supporting the body’s weight. Movements at the __________ joint are essential to many everyday activities, including walking, running, sitting and standing.
What is Knee
100
____________ __________ need warm water year around. They also must be close to the ocean's surface, where plenty of sunlight can reach them.
What is Coral Reefs
100
__________ is a soft mineral composed of hydrated magnesium silicate with the chemical formula H2Mg3(SiO3)4 In loose form, it, along with corn starch, was one of the most widely used substances known as baby powder.
What is Talc
200
They are the largest of all the deer species. Males are immediately recognizable by their huge antlers, which can spread 6 feet from end to end. They have long faces and muzzles that dangle over their chins. A flap of skin known as a bell sways beneath each of their throat's.
What is a Moose
200
During the _____________ Missions between 1969 and 1972, 12 American astronauts walked on the moon!
What is Apollo Missions
200
The ___________ ___________, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in vertebrates. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored before being removed.
What is Large Intestine
200
Edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
What is Oyster
200
The ______________ mineral, it plays a significant role in helping to fight tooth decay.
What is Flourite
300
They range in color from grizzled gray or black to all-white. As the ancestor of the domestic dog, it resembles German shepherds or malamutes. Though they once nearly disappeared from the lower 48 states, today they have returned to the Great Lakes, northern Rockies and Southwestern United States.
What is a Wolf
300
Human Eyes can only detect: A: X Rays B: Infrared Rays C: Visible Light D: Radio Waves
What is Visible Light
300
The ___________ __________ is a tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends from the pinna to the eardrum and is about 2.5 centimeters (1 in) in length and 0.7 centimeters (0.3 in) in diameter.
What is Ear Canal
300
______________ are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.
What is Tides
300
______________ is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale.
What is Emerald
400
The ______________ is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make it, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
What is Turkey
400
_______________ are the different shapes the moon seems to have when it is viewed from Earth.
What is Phases
400
_____________ protect the eye from debris and perform some of the same function as whiskers do on a cat or a mouse in the sense that they are sensitive to being touched, thus providing a warning that an object (such as an insect) is near the eye (which then closes reflexively).
What is Eyelash
400
_______________ are softbodied, free-swimming aquatic animals with a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
What is Jellyfish
400
The mineral iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2. Also known as:
What is Fool's Gold
500
______________ have a cone-shaped nose with a pink tip, a long hairless tail, and white, gray and black fur. They are the only marsupial found naturally in North America.
What is a Possum
500
Because Earth rotates, locations on its surface move from daylight to ____________ and then back to ______________again.
What is Daylight to darkness and then back to daylight again.
500
Different areas of the _______________ control different functions; thus, damage to a given area causes a specific loss of function!
What is Brain
500
________________ is a common name that is applied to a number of different medium to large-sized sea snails or their shells. The term generally applies to large snails whose shell has a high spire and a noticeable siphonal canal.
What is Conch
500
_________________ is a violet variety of quartz often used in jewelry.
What is Amethyst