09.30.06
Posted in Books at 11:15 am by Meg
Study questions.
Short Answers
- What do you use to find things out about the outside world?
- How do your eyes move?
- Explain the following terms: iris, cornea, pupil, lens, and retina
- What is the difference between rods and cones?
- What is the difference between the fovea and the optic disc?
- Explain the following terms: auricle, ear canal, ear drum, ossicle, oval window and cochlea
- What are the three bones that are the ossicle?
- Your skin can sense more than “touch,” what else is it sensitive to?
- How do you keep your balance?
True or False
If it is false, please explain why.
- All animals have senses.
- The brain processes what you see and hear in the same location.
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09.29.06
Posted in Books at 11:15 am by Meg
Study questions.
Short Answers
- What are the 4 oceans?
- How much of the earth is cover by oceans?
- Where does the salt in the ocean come from?
- Where does sand come from?
- What causes the tides?
- What is the intertidal zone?
- What causes waves?
- What is a continent and how many are there?
- What is the land called that is on the edge of a continent, but covered by water?
- Do fish need oxygen?
- What are the characteristics of a “true” fish? Give me an example of a “true” fish and an animal that is called a fish, but isn’t.
- How many kinds of plankton are there, where are they found and what size are they?
- Explain an ocean food chain.
- Do sharks have bones?
- Why are islands like mountains?
- What do fish on the deep ocean floor eat?
- What is a hot-water vent?
- Is coral a plant or an animal?
- What are three kinds of coral reefs?
- What is an ocean current?
- Why do waves “break” near shore?
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09.28.06
Posted in Specials and opportunities at 4:29 pm by Meg
On September 30, 2006, for one day only, museums across the country will join the Smithsonian Institution in its long-standing tradition of offering free admission to visitors.
A fascinating journey allowing visitors to see historic artifacts of the nation’s transportation system and of the business, social, and cultural history of the country.
Venues that agree to participate will extend free admission for two people when presented with a Museum Day Admission Card.
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Posted in Books at 11:14 am by Meg
Study Questions
Short Answers
1. Where do the rocks that we see come from?
2. What are rocks made of?
3. What is soil?
4. What are the earth’s layers?
5. Is the rock under the ground different than the rock under the ocean?
6. How old are most rocks?
7. How are sedimentary rocks formed?
8. What are fossils and why are they in sedimentary rocks?
9. How are limestone caves formed?
10. True or False – Stalactites form on the ground and stalagmites hang from the ceiling.
11. How are metamorphic rocks formed?
12. How are igneous rocks formed?
13. How many different types of volcanoes are there?
14. What are some uses for different kinds of rocks?
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09.27.06
Posted in Books at 11:14 am by Meg
Study Questions
Short Answers
- What is your body made up of?
- What are 3 types of cells?
- Are all taste buds the same?
- What does digestion mean?
- What is an esophagus?
- What makes your stomach growl?
- Put in order:
- Stomach
- Large intestine
- Small intestine
- Esophagus
- Mouth
- How does food get into the blood vessels?
- What is in blood?
- What does blood do for the cells?
- How does the blood get fresh oxygen?
- What does circulate mean?
- What does your brain control without you thinking about it?
- What does each part of your brain control?
- Cerebral cortex
- Cerebellum
- Brain stem
- How do messages get from your brain to your toes?
- Why do you need muscles?
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