| Question |
Answer |
| group of the same the kind of fish that live together |
school |
| group of animals that live together |
herd |
| cattle, elephants, deer, whales |
examples of herds |
| group of the same kind birds that live together |
flock |
| area where prairie dogs live |
prairie dog town |
| group of the same kind of animal living in an area |
animal population |
| schools, herds, flocks, prairie dog towns |
types of animal populations |
| where do prairie dogs live? |
western part of North America |
| small underground rooms connected by tunnels |
where prairie dogs live |
| why are there mounds on top of prairie dog tunnes |
when the dogs dig the tunnels they leave dirt on top |
| types of tunnel rooms |
nest, storing food, sleeping, guard room |
| how do prairie dogs recognize each other |
by kissing |
| how do prairie dogs kiss |
by touching their front teeth together |
| a group of insects that live together |
insect colony |
| insects that live in colonies |
ants, termites, honey bees, hornets |
| honey bee colonies live in nests called what |
hives |
| three types of bees in a honey bee colony |
queen, worker, drone |
| queen's job |
to lay eggs |
| three jobs of the worker bees |
help build the hive, make and store the honey, care for the young and the queen, look for food |
| male bees that mate with the queen |
drones |
| sets up bee hives and collect honey from them |
beekeeper |
| what is beeswax used to make |
candles, crayons, lipstick |
| why do fish swim in schools |
for protection, to find food |
| where are caribou found |
alaska |
| why do caribou travel in herds |
to find food in the winter |
| harmful organism that lives on or in another organism and get food from it |
parasite |
| a living thing that a parasite lives on or in |
host |
| a parasite that lives on a dog or cat |
flea |
| the host that a flea lives on |
dog or cat |
| fleas |
sucks blood from their host in order to get food |
| a type of fish that attaches itself to a shark |
remora |
| remora |
eats scraps of food left by the sharks but do no harm to the sharks |
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