Animal Groups and Relationships
Human Development
Native Species in Lawrence
Lawrence History
Soil and Planting
100

What is an invertebrate?

An animal or organism without a backbone. 

Animals without a back bone often have shells to protect their squishy bodies. 

100

What is this and what is it's purpose?


It is a Data Center. 

Data Center's purpose is to hold all information and data to power Artificial Intelligence. So every time you use AI, what you search is stored and the answers you receive are powered by these huge centers. 

100

TRUE OR FALSE: Plants can only grow in soil.

FALSE. Plants can grow in water, and on a variety of other surfaces like tree bark and rocks and in different substrates like sand, gravel, mulch, etc. 

200

What is the main difference between amphibians and reptiles?

Their skin! 

Amphibians have slimy wet skins so think of frogs, salamanders, axolotols. 

Reptiles have rough, dry, and scaly skin, so think of snakes, turtles, and bearded dragons.

200

What famous poet is known to be from Lawrence, MA?

Robert Frost


300

What does it mean when an animal is cold blooded?

Animals that are cold blooded cannot generate or make their own body heat. You can often find cold blooded animals in warm climates because the heat helps them survive. 

300

What is the state bird of Massachusetts called?

The black capped chickadee.


300
Name all three of the rivers that pass through Lawrence, MA.

The Merrimack River, The Shawsheen River, and The Spicket River.


300

Tell me the definition of the word: Photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis is the process in which LIGHT from the sun converts OXYGEN from the air and WATER from soil into ENERGY, SUGAR, and/ or GLUCOSE. Plants then release CARBON DIOXIDE as waste from this process. 

400

What is the Purpose of the Great Stone Dam?


The Great Stone Dam's purpose was to harness the power of the river's current to provide energy to the mill buildings built along the river.

500

Give an example of two organism's relationship for each symbiotic relationship:

1. Mutualistic 

2. Commensalistic 

3. Parasitic 

1. Examples of Mutualistic relationships are....

flowers + bees; large mammals + oxpeckers; wooly bats + carnivorous pitcher plant.

2. Examples of Commensalistic relationships are...

The remora fish + Large Fish; Orchids + Trees; Burdock Seeds + Animal Fur.

3. Examples of Parasitic Relationships are...

Whales + Barnacles; Aphids + Plants; Ticks + Humans.

500

What are the top three reasons as to why deforestation happens?

Order doesn't matter.



500

What is this plant called?


This is a milkweed plant!

It is essential for pollinators like monarch butterflies and bees!