FACTS+FOR+SCI+HW8

__These are my facts for pgs 271-274 in our science book__
 * **2,000 years ago the Greek philosopher Aristotle divided all organisms into 2 main groups, plants and animals.**
 * **Scientists don't classify by color because they would have to consider the black widow spider, the black bear, and the black bird all similar creatures.**
 * **A domestic cats scientific name would be //Felis domestica.//**

__Task Box On pgs 281-282__


 * My animals are the sea tutles. They are endangered because of the fishing industry, people killing them for meat and their shells, and pollution which weakens the turtles immune systems. We could help by have an annual beach clean up where sea turtles usually nest. We could also go to a beach were sea turtles will hatch and on the night they hatch go to the beach and guide them to the ocean with flashlights. We helpped by adopting a leatherback sea turtle, Bimini. **
 * My animal is the Quagga it is half zebra, half horse and it was extinct by 1883!!! They became extinct because of being hunted for their meat and hides. We could of saved this animal by ranging our killing of this animal. We could of hunted 2 Bufflo then we could hunt 2 Quagga's, instead of hunting 4 Quagga's!!!! **
 * My animal is the Quagga it is half zebra, half horse and it was extinct by 1883!!! They became extinct because of being hunted for their meat and hides. We could of saved this animal by ranging our killing of this animal. We could of hunted 2 Bufflo then we could hunt 2 Quagga's, instead of hunting 4 Quagga's!!!! **
 * __Animals With Misleading Common Names__ **
 * My animal is the slowworm. Slowworms are not a worm, they are lizards. People think slowworm are snakes when they see them, but they are legless lizards. You can tell it is a lizard because they have eyelids, snakes don't have eyelids. Slowworms are typically 30cm long. They go into hibernation for they winter and emerge around late March and April. **

__Questions for pgs 598-618__
 * 1) ﻿What causes seasons?
 * 2) What produces the "phases of the moon"?
 * 3) Describe a lunar eclipse. What is happening?
 * 4) Describe a solar eclipse. What is happening?
 * 5) Describe the shape of the earth. Why did ancient Greek scientists first begin to believe that Earth was shaped like a ball?
 * 6) Describe how the earth moves. Use the words revolution and rotation.
 * 7) What causes tides?

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