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Marine Mammals
Reptiles and
Amphibians
Birds
Insects and
Non Insects
Potpourri
100
What is the largest mammal in the world?
The Blue Whale
100
Are reptiles and amphibians warm blooded or cold blooded?
Cold Blooded
100
Why do hummingbirds flap their wings so fast?
So the can stop in midair and fly backwards. This helps them eat nectar in flowers.
100
How many body parts does an insect have? Name the parts.
3 main body parts: Head, Thorax, Abdomen
100
Why do you use a microscope?
To look at and study objects very closely.
200
How are marine mammals born and what do the babies eat?
Life birth The babies nurse milk from their mothers.
200
How are reptiles and amphibians born?
Eggs
200
Name one reason birds have feathers?
Tossible answers: To keep warm, to fly, to keep dry
200
How many legs do arachnids have?
8
200
What does the word Characteristic mean?
Characteristics are things that make an animal unique.
300
Why do marine mammls have hair?
Hair is insulation to keep warm.
300
What body part to snakes and lizards use to smell?
Their tongues
300
Name a special characteristic of owls.
They keep their eyes open for hours to watch for prey.
300
What do insects have on the outside of their bodies?
Exoskeleton
300
How do male penguins keep their eggs warm?
They rest the egg on their feet.
400
Are marine mammals warm or cold blooded?
Warm blooded
400
Describe metamorphisis in frogs.
Egg > Tadpole >Adult Frog
400
Why do birds migrate?
They migrate to go where there are longer days, and there is more food available in warmer climates
400
Why do bees dance?
To tell other bees in the colony where to find pollen!
400
What are adaptations?
Characteristics of animals that help them (eat, protect themselves, stay warm)
500
Name one difference between a Seal and a Sea Lion.
Possible answers: SEA LIONS: Earflaps, long hairless foreflippers, hindflippers rotate underneath to allow them to walk on land, swim underwater using foreflippers like wings of a bird, long smooth whiskers SEALS:Earholes, short, hairy foreflippers & long claws, move on land by wiggling on belly & keep hindflippers straight out, swim by steering with foreflippers and powering with hindflipers, whiskers are crimped
500
What is one way lizards protect themselves?
Possible Answers: tail, teeth, claws
500
Name one type of beak and why it is shaped that way.
Examples: Hummingbirds-long and skinny to suck up nectar like a straw. Pelican- Big to scoop up fish in water Finch- Short and strong to crack seeds and nuts
500
What is the process called when butterflies change from a catepillar to an adult butterfly.
Metamorphisis
500
Describe would happen to a cold blooded animal in the snow.
The temperature of its blood would become much colder.