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science chapter 1
3rd grade
| 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 |