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What is science? |
a search for the laws of nature and for ways to use them for the benefit of mankind |
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Describe what a scientist is like and what he does. |
Scientists observe and ask questions about nature and the world around them. They make sensible guesses, hypotheses, and do experiments. |
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Name four basic tools you have to investigate nature. |
Senses, Intelligence, Books, Equipment |
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What is the one sense you should not use? |
Sense of Taste |
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How is the brightness of the goldenrod helpful to insects? |
Helps insects find them easily |
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How is the goldenrod's brightness helpful to itself? |
Helps it to be pollenated easily by insects |
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How do honeybees survive in the winter? |
Honeybees stay awake in heir hives during the winter, keeping close together and moving their wings for warmth. |
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How should you pull out a bee's stinger? |
Carefully scraping it with you fingernail. |
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Which bees sting, male or female? |
female |
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Which stinging insect makes an underground nest of paperlike material? |
yellow jacket |
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Give two ways you can prevent bee stings. |
stay away from insect nests; Do not try to shoo insects away; Be careful while working outside; Do not go barefoot |
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Why does almost every food chain begin with a green plant? |
Green plants make their own food |
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Name two ways that God protects the viceroy butterfly. |
mimicry; larvae are protected in leaves while growing |
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How can you tell the difference between a monarch and a viceroy? |
The viceroy has an extra black line across the middle of each hind wing. |
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What is the protection of the American hover fly and the drone fly? |
They mimic honeybees |
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Name two characteristics of true bugs. |
cannot chew its food; two pairs of wings that form a V or X; the front wings have a hard base |
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Name two characteristics of spiders. |
has eight legs; has two body parts |
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What special protection has God given the goldenrod spider? |
camouflage |
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Name four characteristics of beetles |
have a straight line running down its abdomen; have tough wing covers; have chewing mouth parts; have tough armor |
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What are immature beetles called? |
grubs |
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I eat goldenrod pollen and nectar, but my grubs eat harmful insects |
locust borer |
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I keep my eggs safe during the winter b laying them in an egg case made of hardened foam |
mantis |
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I am a bee about twice the size of a honeybee |
bumblebee |
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I mimic the monarch butterfly |
viceroy |
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I mimic the yellow jacket, but I am really a fly |
drone fly |
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I attack honeybees from the air and suck out their body juices. |
bee killers |
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My eight legs and two body parts show that I am not an insect. |
spider |
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My sisters and I move our wings to keep each other warm during the winter. |
honeybees |
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My grubs are destructive to the black locust tree. |
locust borer |
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My capterpillar uses a leaf for a blanket |
viceroy butterfly |
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I am a true bug. I sit camouflaged on the goldenrod blossoms and grab nectar-feeding insects and suck out their insides. |
goldenrod soldier beetle |
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I keep my eggs safe through the winter by placing them in a silken egg sac. |
goldenrod spider |
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I make a paper nest underground. |
yellow jacket |
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I am a fly that looks like a honeybee drone. |
drone fly |
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I may look as if I'm ready to pray, but I'm really looking for prey. |
praying mantis |
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I can change from yellow to white to match my surroundings. |
goldenrod spider |
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a word that means "made of many parts" |
composite |
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the flowers in the center of the daisy |
disk |
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a composite that may look like a daisy but has more than one flower head per stem |
aster |
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the largest family of flowering plants |
composite family |
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a composite with yellow ray flowers and brown disk flowers |
black-eyed Susan |
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a prickly purple composite |
thistle |
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a composite whose pollen is carried b the wind and causes hay fever |
ragweed |
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an insect that is often called the thistle butterfly |
painted lady butterfly |
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a bird that makes its nest of thistle down |
goldfinch |
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the white flowers that surround the daisy's center flowers |
ray flowers |
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What is the largest family of flowering plants? |
Composite family |