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Singleton/Bruce Class Quiz: Wonders Unit 2 Main Topic/ Key Details
Singleton/Bruce Class Quiz: Wonders Unit 2 Main Topic/ Key Details
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Wonders Grade 2 Unit 2
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Like many animals, mule deer are adapted to their environment by camouflage.
Reptiles are animals with backbones.
Camouflage makes animals hard to see.
Bones help give an animal shape.
Most amphibians begin their life in the water.
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Everyone knows the sound of a fire engine's siren. It warns drivers to move out of the way.
A route is a way to go from one place to another.
There may be a fire, or somebody may be stuck in a tree.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American justice.
A pie chart is a kind of chart that is drawn in a circle.
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Motion is the act of moving. Objects can move in different ways. Merry-go-rounds go around.
This bird's beak is like two levers.
Deserts can be cool at night.
A swing moves back and forth.
Many plants live in a prairie environment.
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Find the compass rose on the map. A compass rose shows directions on a map.
Retelling is putting it into your own words.
A grid is a pattern of lines that form squares.
A landmark is a building or place that is important.
N, S, E, and W stand for north, south, east, west.
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A model of Earth is called a globe. Globes show the continents and oceans of Earth.
A map key, or legend, is a box that is part of a map.
A shelter is a place where people live.
Color can make a map brighter and more interesting.
A globe can show how far apart the continents are.
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The governor is the leader of a state's government. The governor works with state leaders.
Independence means to be free from other people or places.
The citizens of each state vote for their governor.
A shelter is a place where people live.
The American flag is red, white, and blue.
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The Sun may look small, but it is really very big. The Sun is much bigger than Earth.
This line is called the axis.
The Sun looks small because it is so far away.
The Moon has mountains and deep craters.
The Earth is tilted on its axis.
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A thunderstorm can be one kind of bad weather. It has heavy rain with thunder and lightning.
Sometimes thunderstorms have hail and strong winds.
The air around you has matter.
The leaves have turned different colors.
Scientists who study fossils are called Paleontologists.
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Plants are a natural resource. People use plants in many ways.
Scientists at NASA study hurricanes.
Plants can be used to make food, shelter, and clothing.
Pollution is when something harmful is put into the earth.
Weathering is the breaking apart and changing of rocks.
10
Farmers have an important job! Some farmers work on farms that grow food.
The temperature tells you how hot or cold the air is.
Foresters have many jobs.
Look at this simple ocean food web.
Some farmers raise animals that give people milk and eggs.
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Weathering is the breaking apart and changing of rocks. Temperature changes cause weathering.
A Triceratops had three horns on its head.
The life cycles of insects are different from other animals.
Water can cause weathering.
Energy passes from sunlight to the kelp.
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Different kinds of matter have different properties. Property is something you can observe.
The Stegosaurus had a large body.
Gas is a kind of matter with no shape of its own.
Some properties of matter are color, shape, and size.
A hurricane is a large storm.
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Roots grow down into the soil. Roots take water and nutrients from the soil to the stem.
Many plants have flowers.
The stem holds up the plant.
Green leaves take in sunlight and air.
Roots hold the plant in place.
