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| Science is a search for the _____of nature and for ways to use them for the benefit of ______. |
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| A scientist is like a ___________searching for law and ___________ |
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| Science is possible because we live in an ___________ world that operates according to a well-designed _______ |
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| As we study science, we are really studying the works of whom? |
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| 4 Tools you use to carry out your detective work |
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Senses intelligence books equiptment
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sight hearing touch smell taste
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| Type of books you can use for your investigating:" |
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| Some of the pieces of equiptment that would help when investigating nature: |
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telescopes for stars recording devices -capture sound of bird and insects magnifying lens
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| A plant that holds a thousands of "pots of gold" is the |
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| Goldenrods depend mostly on _____to move life-giving pollen from the flowers to the male parts or____ to the female parts called____ |
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insects stamen (male part) pistils (female part) |
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The transfer of pollen from male parts to female parts of the plant is called _____________ |
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| After the flower is pollinated, tiny sperm cells in the pollen _________the female part |
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| _____________ is the yellow "dust" that flowers use in producing seeds. |
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| _____________is a sweet liquid that flowers make in order to attract insects. |
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| __________is probably the chief source of pollen and nectar for insects in the fall. |
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| One of the first insects you spot on the goldenrod will probably be the _________ |
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| The honeybee has ______on her hind legs |
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| The male bees are called________ |
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| The _____ lays eggs and ____ live through the winter. |
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Twice the size of a honeybee is the slow-moving ___________ |
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Only the fertilize ______ of the bumblebee survives the winter. |
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Each queen bumblebee finds a hole in the ground and __________ for the winter |
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You will recognize the slender ___________by her bright yellow and black stripes |
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| The yellow jacket is a kind of _____wasp. |
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Yellow Jackets make their home ________ |
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Like the bumblebee the yellow jacket queen_______during the winter |
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Only the ______stings. This stinger is a specially designed __________or egg laying part. |
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An animal that feeds upon other animals is called a ______________ |
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An animal that a predator eats is called its ________ |
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A _______ is a series of plants and animals, each depending on the next for food. |
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| The food chain almost always begins with a ______________ |
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Only _____ can make thier own food. |
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| ______________is when one plant or animal resembles another |
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The viceroy butterfly mimics the __________ |
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The larvae of butterflies and moths are called _____________ |
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A _______is an immature insect that does not look like the adult |
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___________ means to move from one place to another with the changing of seasons. |
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Larvae of flies are often called _____________ |
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A robber fly is called a _________ |
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T The ambush bug has the gift of ________(the ability to blend in with the background. |
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A ____________cannot chew its food |
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A true bug is designed with _________ |
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| piercing-sucking mouthparts |
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You can usually tell a true bug by its ____ |
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wings They have two pairs of wings that cross to form a large V or X |
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A spider is an _________(without backbone) and has ___________legs |
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Insects have ___ legs and ___ body parts |
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six legs three body parts |
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The ____ spider can slowly change color to match its surroundings |
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Young praying mantis look like their parents when they hatch. They are called _______ |
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One quarter of all animals in the world are____ |
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If an insect has a straight line running down its abdomen it probably is a _______ |
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Beetle have very tough ___ which often comes in beautiful colors |
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| The word _____ means "biter" |
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Beetles have _____mouthparts. |
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Beetle larvae are often called _______ |
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The ______ is a beetle that is considered harmful, because its grubs feed on the sapwood of teh black locust tree. |
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The goldenrod slodier beetle is a _______ insect because the grubs eat ___________ |
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beneficial grasshopper eggs |
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Goldenrod belongs to the largest family of flowering plants called the ______family |
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The ____ name comes from the Old English words for "days eye" |
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_____________means "made of many parts" |
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The center of the daisy is called the _____ |
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Surrounding the disk of the daisy is are its white ______________ |
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| ____ flower got its name from the Greek word for star |
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Asters look like a daisy but they have _________________________________ |
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| More than one flower head per stem |
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| Maryland's state flower is the __________ |
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| The painted lady butterfly is often called the ______butterfly because it often lays its eggs on this plant |
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