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Super Awesome Animal Video Quiz time. (This is not proper English). Video 1 https :// www.youtube.com/watch?v=99bMSSJZTZY. . (1:50) How long can the inland Taipan wait between meals?. A) hours B) days C) weeks D)months.
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Super Awesome Animal Video Quiz time (This is not proper English)
(1:50) How long can the inland Taipan wait between meals? • A) hours • B) days • C) weeks • D)months
(3:30)How many men (or women) can the inland Taipan kill with one bite? • A) 200,000 • B) 250,000 • C) 255,000 • D) 245,000
(3:30) The venom has paralyzing components, what does this mean? • A) Partly or completely unable to move • B) It makes you dance • C) You will die of a heat attack • D) All of the above
(14:20) ants that scavenge and harvest use what method primarily to get food? • A) Being Independent (working alone) • B) Mind reading • C) sheer numbers (working together) • D) Telling other ants to do the work for them
Video 2 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne69kcoMdfw
(2:10) When does most lion activity occur? • A) During sunrise • B) During sunset • C) During the day • D) During the night
What is the main reason for this? • A) They don’t feel pretty so they want to stay in the dark • B) They want to stay cool at night • C) To improve the likelihood of successful hunts as they have better night vision than their prey • D) They smell better at night, so they can follow their prey more easily
(5:15) What is a thermal imaging camera? • A) Detects heat ( used to see heat from animals bodies) • B) Releases heat to see animals • C) A camera that can only be used when the moon is out • D) A cheap camera
Which of these animals uses thermal senses (like the camera)? • A) Lion • B) Bat • C) Rat • D) Rattlesnake
(8:25)When does sound (that animals make) travel best? • A) During the day when the air is warm • B) At night due to cool dense (heavy) air • C) At sunrise when the air is a little cool • D) At sunset when the air is a little warm
(2:05) The greatest proliferation (growth) and diversity (difference) of life on the Earth occurs in the tropical rainforest, this is because it is: • A) Warm and wet • B) Dry and cold • C) Hot and then cold • D) Sunny
(4:30) The Kapok tree is the tallest tree in this jungle that grows to over 200 feet high. What is the benefit for the tree being so tall? • A) It can cast shadows on the tree below them, killing the competition • B) It has access to more sunlight (for energy) and wind to disperse (spread) its fluffy seeds • C) It is too dangerous to cut down a big tree so humans leave it alone • D) lots of animals live in it which protect it
. 26:00 - cool clip of leaf cutter ants eating a plant at the same rate as a single cow!
(32:00) Why do the fire ants build an impressive raft from their own bodies? • A) To survive frequent (often) flooding’s of the amazon rainforest • B) They feel lonely so they like to cuddle together • C) They use this as a method of transportation to get from one place to another • D) There is not enough space on land so they live on the water
Do the ants at the bottom die? If not how do they breathe? • A) Yes, they die for the greater good of the colony (group of insects) • B) No, they breathe through the water • C) No, the ants on top give them air to breathe • D) No, they trap a layer of air around their body
(49:40)Why are ants important? • A) They fertilize the soil by lifting nutrients from underground • B) They encourage plants to grow • C) They increase the diversity (different number) of animals around them • D) All of the above
Why are eusocial (social- grouped) insects important? • A) We wouldn’t be able to grow enough food without them • B) They teach us to be social (friendly with others) • C) They help make lots of pretty flowers • D) They help flowering plants reproduce (grow new plants) • E) A and D
BEES ARE IMPORTANT!!!! • WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD LOSE 1/3 OF ALL OF OUR FOOD!!!
Now for some riddles • http://funhuh.com/funny-riddle/simple-riddles-257
Let’s test your critical thinking! • 1. What can you catch but not throw? • 2. What belongs to you but others use it more than you do? • 3. What is full of holes, but can still hold a lot of water? • 4. The more you have of me, the less you see. Who am I? • 5. Why can't a man living in New York be buried in Chicago? • 6. If you have me, you want to share me. If you share me, you haven't got me. What am I?