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4th Grade Daily Scie
Big Idea 1- week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Habitat | A place where a plant or an animal naturally live. |
| What do Beavers build their habitats with? | Trees and water |
| Where do beavers run for safety? | The forest |
| What does a beaver use to cut down a tree? | They use their teeth. |
| What do beavers build out of sticks and logs. | They build dams. |
| What does a dam do to water? | Blocks the water to make a deep water hole. |
| What is a lodge? | The dome shaped home that beavers build of mud, sticks, and logs. |
| A moat around a castle is like a... | Pond around a beaver's lodge |
| Where is the entrance to a beaver's lodge? | Underwater |
| What animals hunt beavers? | Foxes, bobcats, and coyotes |
| Why do beavers need trees? | They use trees to survive. |
| What is erosion? | The moving of rocks and soil by moving water and wind. |
| Name two positive effects of and two negative effects of beaver dams? | Positive Effects: Create new habitats, slow soil erosion Negative Effects: Destroy Trees, Cause silt to build up and flood the land |
| What is silt? | Small particles of soil deposited by water |
| What is a wetland? | A habitat where shallow water to cover most of the ground. |