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Plant Animal Energy SkyThinking

needed

All organisms need food to survive. Animals

obtain food, and plants _________ ________.

make or produce own food.

What property of a dandelion seed makes it

easy to disperse by wind?

It is light weight.

Plants use water and carbon dioxide to

produce food. What is the waste product of the

food making?

Oxygen

In Florida, you buy an orange tree and bring it home to plant in New

York. Why does it die?

It can’t adapt to New York’s cold weather or it needs warm weather

to survive.

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Plants grow from different sources. Which one of these can’t a new plant grow from?

Flower petal

Summer heat will be here soon. How will a

rabbit adapt to this seasonal change?

It will shed its fur.

What do these have in common?

•bird’s wings•turtle’s feet•deer’s legs

They help them move to find food.

Which one of the organisms in this food chain is the producer?

The green plant

In this food chain, which one is the decomposer?

The fungus

Leafhoppers eat potato plants. If the population of leafhopper increases, what will happen to the

number of potato plants?

It will decrease.

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With a solar powered calculator, one type of energy is changing to another. What is the

change?

light to electrical

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What type of energy lets you see a yellow

daffodil?

light

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What type of energy is produced when a bell

rings?

sound

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Wind turbines are being used more and more to power our homes. Wind turbines change wind energy to __________ energy.

electrical

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When you ride a bicycle, what kind of energy is

being used?

mechanical

How long does it take Earth to revolve around

the sun?

One year

Every morning we see the sun rise. Why?

We see the sun rise because the Earth rotates on its axis.

Where does the puddle of water go that’s on the

driveway after a rainstorm?

It evaporates into water vapor.

When we look at the sky at night, the stars are tiny and the moon is

large. Why?

The moon is much closer so it only looks big compared to the far away stars. The moon is much smaller than any star.

If it is 25°F in Syracuse, what form of

precipitation should we expect ?

Snow

An oak tree produces many acorns, but only a few will grow into new trees. What will happen

to the rest?

The acorns will be a food source for squirrels

and other animals.

A class plants 2 bean plants in identical pots, with identical amounts of soil, and waters them the same amount each

day. They put one on the windowsill and one in the closet. What is the question the class is trying to answer?

How much light does a plant need?

How does the amount of light

change how a plant grows?

Both of these are good answers:

Mike found a rock in the woods. What physical properties could Mike tell by looking at it?

Shape and colorHe can’t tell size or weight because he doesn’t have tools out in the woods.

Annie takes a wooden handled spoon out of a pan of boiling

soup. She notices that on the wood in her hand is comfort-able, but where the metal screws attach to the wood it is

too hot for comfort. Why?

Metal is a good heat conductor. Wood is not a good heat conductor. Wood is an insulator.

There are 4 plants in one pot, and 1 plant in the same size pot. They are on the same windowsill, and get the same water. Why is the plant that is all by itself twice as big as the other plants?

The plant in the pot by itself is getting more

nutrients from the soil.