Science Lesson #11 Old World Swallowtail Pupa camouflage like tree bark. Caterpillars only have 6 true legs! The rest are mid-abdominal prolegs. Butterflies taste with their feet. Butterfly Pupa blend into their surroundings.
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Science Lesson #175
Floating Forests Project My Answers Scientists are trying to figure out how Kelp grows and changes over time. Scientists are using the current location of the Kelp from satellite images. The Landsat satellites take the pictures. We classify the images and mark the kelp.
Science Lesson #165
University Of Wyoming Raccoon Project My Answers Scientists are trying to learn about the behavior of raccoons. The scientists are using mammal classifications to learn about raccoons. The scientists have cameras set up and they give us pictures for us to classify and send in. We give the scientists the classifications they need to learn …
Science lesson #135: Mammal Research Project
Rabbits This essay is going to be divided into parts, in the list below. Domestic Rabbit Classification Habitat Diet Predators Features Method of reproduction My Image Gallery (we own rabbits) Domestic Rabbit Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Lagomorpha Family: Leporidae Genus: Oryctolagus Species: O. cuniculus My source for this section is Wikipedia.org …
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Fire & Tiger Salamanders!
Fire Salamanders Fire Salamanders get their name from people thinking that they had some sort of power and were able to live in fire. We know now that they were just in the wood, and didn’t want to get burned. Lives in Europe. Lives underground. Eats anything that fits into their mouths. Tiger Salamanders Get …
The Difference Between A Common Snapping Turtle And An Alligator Snapping Turtle
Common Snapping Turtle Alligator Snapping Turtle Smooth Big ridges Extendable Neck Stationary Neck Swims Ambushes (more below) Not Endangered Endangered
🦈Sharks🦈(Part B) Basking Sharks, And Whale Sharks
Basking sharks and Whale sharks are filter feeders. This means that they move through the water, and it goes through the mouth, and the plankton (Which they eat) gets caught by a filter, before the water exits through the gills. (More on the way fish eat here.) These sharks are the biggest fish in the …
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🦈 Sharks!🦈(Part A) General
Sharks have at least three rows of teeth (going up into the upper mouth area). Sharks have a great sense of smell, being capable of smelling blood from a far distance. Sharks have great eye-sight. They can see very well at night and have color vision, at lest in the daytime.
Science lesson #67
Hagfish Note: I scanned my essay after writing it on paper. If the writing is too hard to read, you can complain here: https://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/members/forum/openthread.cfm?forum=59&ThreadID=448049
Info on fish eating
🟠How fish eatðŸ Fish have a vacuum-like system that pulls the food into the mouth, so the fish doesn’t have to propel itself forward. It sucks the food in and, get this, the jaws launch forward out of the mouth! The way the vacuum-like system woks pulls water through the mouth and out the …