. I grow in warm climates world-wide.

My flower changes color within a day

from white to yellow to pink and, finally
to dark red or purple. Then I produce
a round ‘boll’ which has soft white
fibers inside. The fibers have been
made into cloth by cultures around the
world since 5000 B.C. Every person in
your class is probably wearing
something made from me. Do you know
me?

cotton
cotton

I am a large grass--I can grow as tall

as 20 feet (6 meters). People turn my
liquid insides into a grainy substance
that makes food sweet. My leaves and
stem are sometimes used to make
paper. Who am I?

cotton
sugar cane
 sugar cane
sugar cane

There are a lot of us in Washington.

Our straight trunks make valuable
lumber. We stay green all year
because our special needle leaves have
a chemical that keeps them from
freezing. We can also live in cold
places where other trees would die.
Which one am I?.

douglas fir (pseudotsuga menziesei)

douglas fir (pseudotsuga menziesei)
 .
My ancestors were huge! During the
Devonian Period, their dead bodies made
much of the coal that you burn for fuel. We
are easy to spot because we look like a tail
that is made in sections. Our roughness is
handy for scrubbing dirty dishes, and some
people eat us and use us for medicine. Other
people think I’m a weed because I grow
where they don’t want me to. What is my
name?

douglas fir (pseudotsuga menziesei)

horsetail (equisetum)

horsetail (equisetum)
horsetail (equisetum)
 .
My roots, which look like sweet
potatoes, provide the main food for
many people in tropical regions. They
contain enough poison to kill unless you
cook them before eating. Often I am
ground into a flour called farinha after
cooking. You may know a food that
comes from me, called tapioca. Who
am I?

manioc
manioc

manioc
Trumpeter swan
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 .
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Trumpeter swan
Trumpeter swan

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




Manatee
Manatee
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Manatee
Shrimp

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












Shrimp
Shrimp
 .






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





Coelacanth
Coelacanth

Coelacanth
Western hemlock (tsuga heterophylla)
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













Western hemlock (tsuga heterophylla)

Western hemlock (tsuga heterophylla)

Red fox
Red fox
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











.

Red fox
redwood

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
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





redwood
redwood
 .


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









Sitka spruce
Sitka spruce

Sitka spruce
Saguaro cactus
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
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
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


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




Saguaro cactus
Saguaro cactus

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squirrel
squirrel
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class Aves. I eat nectar and small
insects. My wings go so fast, you
can hear them hum when I hover
like a helicopter in front of a flower.
I am the only member of Aves who
can fly backwards. What is my
name?
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bee hummingbird
bee hummingbird

Unlike most in my class, I swim very

well and do not fly at all. My head,
flippers, tail and feet are small so
they don’t freeze in my Antarctic
home. I also have three layers of
feathers over a layer of fat called
blubber. Instead of building a nest, I
keep my eggs on top of my feet
until they hatch. Who am I?

bee hummingbird
king penguin
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king penguin
king penguin

I live in great swarms in many

oceans, but especially near
Antarctica. I emit a bright blue-
green light. My feathery legs help
me get the tiny diatoms which
make up my diet. Fish, birds, and
especially whales, depend on me
for food. Which one am I?

krill
krill
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I use speed and poison to catch
birds, frogs, small mammals, and
other reptiles for food. It can take
half an hour for me to swallow my
prey, but then I may not need to eat
for weeks, or even months. Do you
know me?

krill
eyelash viper

eyelash viper
eyelash viper
 My name is Malaysian for “man of
the forest”. My 200 pound body
requires lots of food, but I am an
herbivore. I can swing easily in the
trees and my call can be heard a
mile away. I frequently live to be
fifty years old, but my species is
endangered because of hunting and
habitat destruction. Who am I?
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orangutan
orangutan

When the earth was young, my kind

grew to weight 700 pounds, but
today, I usually weigh about 60
pounds. (That is about the same
weight as some 10-year-old
humans.) I am one of nature’s
primary architects: I cut down trees
to build dams, sometimes changing
the course of a river or creating a
pond where there used to be none.
Much of my work helps prevent
forest fires. Who am I?

orangutan
beaver
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beaver
beaver

The Chinese have been cultivating

me since 2750 B.C. Today, I am
one of the most economically
important plants in the world. I
grow in very wet fields called
‘paddies’. I am a member of the
grass family. What is my name?

1. rice
2. rice
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I am native to many parts of the
United States, including the Pacific
Northwest. My leaves stay green all
year, and many people like to have
me in their yards. I have many
varieties, some of which grow like
trees and others like bushes. I am
the Washington and West Virginia
State flower. Who am I?

1. rice
3. rhododendron

4. rhododendron
5. rhododendron
 I eat algae off of coral reefs. My
second set of teeth, behind the gills,
grinds the coral into sand which I
spit out. Do you know me?

1. parrotfish
6. parrotfish

I may seem like a whale, but I am

more closely related to the fishes.
My structure is made of cartilage
instead of bones. Cartilage is a
more rubbery substance like that in
the human ear. We first appeared
during the early Devonian period.
My species can grow up to 40 feet
long and I eat people! You had
best learn my name!

7. parrotfish
8. great white shark
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great white shark

great white shark

Arctic wolf
Arctic wolf

I live with others like me in a pack.
We team up to hunt for fox and
hare. Our leader is called the
Alpha, and each of us knows our
place in the pack. You may think
we look like somebody’s pet, but if
you tried to get friendly with us, we
would all think we were your boss.
Which one am I?
Arctic wolf
9. Beavertail cactus
My family is native only to the
Americas. Many of us have fleshy
stems that carry on the work of
photosynthesis instead of leaves.
This allows us to live in very hot
climates and withstand up to
several years without moisture. Our
fruits can often be eaten, and
people around the world collect us
for our beauty. Who am I?
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1. Beavertail cactus
10. Beavertail cactus
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My leaves usually start out as

tightly coiled “fiddleheads”. The
underside of the leaves hold spores
which will create more of me. Many
of my relatives have been used to
treat various ailments. We are also
commonly chosen as houseplants.
Who am I?

Swordfern Swordfern

My kind can be found on every

continent except Antarctica. I never
drink water; I absorb it through my
skin. For part of my life, I breathe
with gills and live in the water. As an
adult, I live on land. Pollution has
gotten so bad in many places, my
kind is being born with an extra leg
or other strange malformations.
That may be good news for the
people who like to eat my legs: it is
bad news for everyone else.

Swordfern
frog
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frog
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