SCIENCE WORLD: JELLY FISH PIE

No Mow May pg. 9

1. According to the article, why is May the month many people choose to stop mowing their lawns?

• More weeds than grass grow during may.

• People want to reduce their water use as the weather gets hotter.

• Flowers growing on unmowed lawns can provide food sources for hungry bees emerging from hibernation.

• In May, bees are just starting to hibernate and need tall grass to hide in.

No Mow May

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Why is a grass lawn described as a monoculture?

• It is made up of just one type of plant..

• It requires only one resource to maintain.

• It does not include native plants

• It provides good habitat for most living things.

No Mow May

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What is the purpose of herbicides?

• to help grass grow faster

• to kill plants

• to get rid of insects

• to help plants bloom.

One Jellyfish pizza, coming up

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What are adult jellyfish called?

• ephyrae

• larvae

• medusae

• polps

One Jellyfish pizza, coming up

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Why are jellyfish that are going to be eaten treated with alum?

• to cook the jellyfish

• to preserve the jellyfish

• to make the jellyfish more tender

• to remove toxic venom.

One Jellyfish pizza, coming up

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Why of the following statements are true about jellfish? chose all that apply.

• They are invertebrates

• they are a type of fish

• they are mostly made of water

• they spend part of their life attached to the seafloor.

Mary Anning: Fossil hunter

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Which of the following is the BEST example of fossil?

• An organism that lived thousands or millions of years ago.

• The bones of an organism

• Remains of an animal or plant that has died

• Preserved remains of ancient organism

Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter

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Which of the following is not true about plesiosaurs?

• They lived on land

• They were able to swim

• They lived millions of years ago

• They had long necks.

Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter

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Which of the following statements about Mary Anning are true? Choose all that apply

• She sold fossils she found to help support her family.

• She had formal training s a scientist from her time attending a university

• She and her brother found the first fossil of an ichthyosaur

• She found the first skeleton of a plesiosaur.

• She was always given credit by male scientists who purchased the fossil discoveries.

Name that element

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If an atom of gold (Au) were o lose two protons, it would have the same atomic number as ___

• Boron (B)

• Cesium (Cs)

• Silver (Ag)

• Iridium (Ir)