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Housatonic River Unit

 

Shapes in Nature Quiz (spelling counts )             

 

Name:__________________________________

 

 

1-6) Name the 6 basic shapes found in nature.

1.                     2.                     3.                    4.                     5.                  __ 6.                  __


7) Snowflakes have the basic form of a _________________________________________.


8) Small drops of water are almost perfect _______________________________________.

 


9) How many crowded bubbles share a common meeting point? ______________________

 

 

10) What shape is formed, on top of the water, by a rower's oar? _____________________


11) What shape is formed below the surface of the water, by a rower's oars? ____________

 


12) A river seldom travels straight for a distance of __________ times its width.


13-16) Name the four different structural branching patterns

      13. _________________________          14. __________________________

      15. _________________________          16. __________________________


17-18) Name two factors that affect the design of a snowflake.

      17. ____________________________________________

      18. ____________________________________________


19) What one factor causes very ornate (fancy) snowflakes?
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(Complete 20-23 using full sentences)

20) Why is an egg shell hard to crack from the outside but a chick can break out easily from the inside?
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21) When you blow soap bubbles, spheres are formed that float in the air. Why spheres?

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22) What factors allow birds to fly?

      ____________________________________________________________

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23) What is the reason for different shaped seedpods?      

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