Chapter 1 - Investigating Nature

Question 1

What is a sensible guess?

Answer 1

hypothesis

Question 2

What is science?

Answer 2

a search for the laws of nature and for ways to use them for the benefit of mankind

Question 3

What are the five senses?

Answer 3

sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste

Question 4

Which sense should you probably not use while investigating nature?

Answer 4

taste

Question 5

What is integlligence?

Answer 5

the ability to think

Question 6

What are books that show pictures and give information about the trees, birds, insects, rocks, shells, stars, mammals, flowers, and other objects of nature?

Answer 6

field guides

Question 7

What do range maps do?

Answer 7

show the the continent a plant or animal is found on

Question 8

What is the most helpful tool for a detective?

Answer 8

a magnifying glass

Question 9

Name the four basic tools you have to investigate nature.

Answer 9

senses, intelligence, books, equipment

Question 10

What is a goldenrod?

Answer 10

a plant that holds thousands of “pots of gold”

Question 11

Describe pollination

Answer 11

The transfer of pollen from male parts to female parts of plants

Question 12

After a flower is pollinated, tiny sperm cells do what with the undeveloped seeds at the base of the female plant?

Answer 12

fertilize

Question 13

What is the yellow “dust” that flowers use in producing seeds?

Answer 13

pollen

Question 14

What is a sweet liquid that flowers make in order to attract insects?

Answer 14

nectar

Question 15

What is probably the chief source of pollen and nectar for insects in the fall?

Answer 15

goldenrod

Question 16

What is one of the first insects you will likely spot on a goldenrod?

Answer 16

honeybee

Question 17

Where do the honeybees pass the pollen back to?

Answer 17

pollen baskets

Question 18

Define queen

Answer 18

female bees that lay eggs

Question 19

define pollen

Answer 19

the yellow “dust” that flowers use in producing seeds

Question 20

Define worker

Answer 20

female bees that do no mate and lay eggs

Question 21

define nectar

Answer 21

a sweet liquid that flowers make in order to attract insects

Question 22

define pollination

Answer 22

the transfer of pollen from male parts to female parts of plants

Question 23

define drone

Answer 23

male bees, have no stinger and do no work

Question 24

How is the goldenrod’s brightness helpful to itself?

Answer 24

it attracts insects

Question 25

How do honeybees survive in the winter?

Answer 25

They keep close together and move their wings for warmth. They survive off the pollen and nectar gathered in the fall

Question 26

What happens to the drone bee after it mates with the queen bee?

Answer 26

it dies

Question 27

How does the queen bumblebee survive the winter?

Answer 27

It hibernates in a solitary hole in the ground

Question 28

define hibernate

Answer 28

sleeps through the winter

Question 29

How can you recognize a yellow jacket?

Answer 29

her bright yellow and black stripes

Question 30

Why does the yellow jacket chew pieces of wood and other plants

Answer 30

to make paper for building her nest

Question 31

define oviposter

Answer 31

egg laying part, also the location of the stinger

Question 32

Which bees sting, male or female?

Answer 32

female

Question 33

Which stinging insect makes an underground nest of paperlike material?

Answer 33

yellow jacket

Question 34

What happens to a honeybee after it stings someone?

Answer 34

it dies

Question 35

How should you pull out a bee's stinger?

Answer 35

scrape it off

Question 36

What are some ways to avoid bee stings?

Answer 36

stay away from insect nests; do not try to shoo insects away; be careful while you are mowing the lawn, pulling weeks, or cutting vines; do not go barefoot