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This former U.S. vice president worked under Bill Clinton in 1993.
Who is Al Gore?
This special prize was created by a well-known chemist and engineer named Alfred, who invented dynamite, in order to honor those who accomplished extraordinary feats in science, peace, and writing.
What is the Nobel Prize?
Turtles go to the beach to lay eggs and then those baby turtles do the same after some time.
What is "Turtle Watchers?"
This fruit is technically radioactive and can kill you if you eat too much of it.
What is a banana?
Makes use of the words "like," and "as," when making comparisons.
What is a simile?
This American poet was famous for staying indoors and reading books all day.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
These animals will return to the beach from whence they came to make their nests and begin the next generation before returning to the ocean.
What are sea turtles?
Some old guy goes on for ages about how we need to help the planet get better or else we'll be really sad later.
What is "Nobel Speech?"
This word is the shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word in the English language.
What is I?
The art of convincing someone, or a group of people, to agree with your claim.
What is persuasion?
This environmental scientist has degrees in marine biology and zoology.
Who is Rachel Carson?
Originally from England, this animal was brought over in the 1800's where it has now spread all over the continent, pecking at windowsills and singing us morning songs.
What is a sparrow?
A town is blighted with maladies, resulting in its abandonment. This was the result of a chemical which layers the town in the hopes of keeping its crops from being ravaged by bugs and other animals.
What is "Silent Spring?"
This letter doesn't appear in any state name in the United States of America.
What is the letter Q?
Taking the complex version of a text and condensing it into a smaller, more easy-to-digest version that's quick to read.
What is a summary?
Son of a former slave who wrote poetry from a young age at the behest of his mother. Wrote in support of civil rights.
Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar?
This chemical was widely used in the mid-19th century and was believed to be something 'healthy' for the environment. Parents would even encourage their children to run behind the vans that sprayed this chemical over the neighborhood.
What is DDT?
Bird taps on a window.
A person ignores the bird.
The bird feels neglected and flies away.
What is "The Sparrow?"
The most popular educational app in education.
What is Kahoot?
This punctuation symbol is used when citing evidence and also when writing dialogue.
What is a quotation mark?
Environmentalist, Chickasaw novelist, and essayist, this woman specialized in writings that brought attention to the environment and Native American history.
Who is Linda Hogan?
Greek, English, Japanese, and many more cultures have all tried to capture the beauty of this concept in their writing.
What is nature?
Speaker talks about all they see and hear while they're outdoors. Like hills, eclipses, and thunder! BRING ON THE THUNDAAAH!
What is "Nature" is What we see?"
This popular children's toy was originally used to clean wallpaper.
What is Play-doh?
These defining terms separate the generic from the specific in writing and tell us when to capitalize.
What are common and proper nouns?