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WorksheetsAvatar-adaptations, biomes, biogeochemical cycles, food webs
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 14mins
How is Jake able to become the avatar driver for his brother Tommy's Navi?
He went through training.
They shared similar experiences while growing up.
Their DNA is identical.
The avatar was left to Jake in Tommy's will.
In what biome does most of the story take place?
Grassland
Temperate Rainforest
Desert
Tropical Rainforest
Why can't humans breathe the air on Pandora?
High concentration of Carbon Dioxide renders them unconscious in 20 seconds, dead in 4 minutes.
Low concentrations of Oxygen will give them debilitating migraines.
High concentration of methane will cause bleeding.
The chlorine mixture is toxic to their lungs.
Describe the biome that the Navi Jake has befriended inhabit.
Cold, dry, has very little biodiversity, although it has many trees. The animals are specially adapted to live in and around the trees.
Warm, moist, high biodiversity, very tall trees. Animals are specially adapted to live in and around the trees.
Warm, dry, high biodiversity, lots of snakes. The few trees are populated with a variety of organisms.
Cool and wet, with many trees, few reptiles, many birds.
Choose an animal adaptation that helps it communicate with other species.
special vocalizations
neural whip/queue that can provide a link between species
Specific body language or mannerisms that can be interpreted
All of the above
Choose a plant adaptation that helps it to survive. Choose two answers.
Plants have a phosphorescent substance in the surface of it's 'skin' that warns off animals that would eat it.
Plants have an awful odor that keep animals from eating it.
Plants can react to touch in order to trap food/prey or avoid being eaten.
Plants can 'talk' to each other via the root system to warn against attack or simply share useful information. They can store memories.
Plants have spikes that can harm those that would eat or destroy them.
Which of the following would be a correct food chain on Pandora?
Fruit>>>prolemuris>>>banshee>>>toruk
Fruit>>>insects>>>banshee>>>toruk
Fruit>>>insects>>>snakes>>>toruk
Fruit>>>insects>>>snakes>>>Navi
Choose two examples of how humans are destroying Pandora.
Strip mining
Deforestation
Fossil fuel pollution
overgrazing
fertilizer runoff
How are the Navi specially adapted to live on Pandora?
They have a prehensile tale that can hold objects, their skin is poisonous to predators and the toxin can be used to coat their arrows.
Their ears swivel to hear sounds better, they can drink water that is poisonous to humans.
Their skin is naturally protected from the sun and the phosphorus in the skin helps them to see in the dark,
Their bones are reinforced with naturally occuring carbon fiber, they are tall because of low gravity, their lungs use the carbon in the air.
Name two other biomes shown in Avatar (toward the end).
Desert and deciduous forest
Grassland and desert
Ocean and grassland
Ocean and desert
