Monday 29 August 2022

Our Inquiry Questions now we have finished our experiments.

 

Darcy 

Question 1-  Why is the moon sometimes out in the daytime?

Answer

The moon is visible in daylight almost always but we just don't look or it is behind clouds.

The moon and the sun are only opposite each other in the sky one day a month - on a full moon!

On this day the sun is rising just as the sun is setting. That is not the case every other day of that month.

Willow 

Question 1- What are all the types of domestic cats you can get in New Zealand?

Answer 

WILLOW'S CAT BREEDS 🐈‍⬛🐈

Abyssinia 

American bobtail

American curl

American short hair

American wire hair 

Asian

Australia mist

Balinese

Balinese-Javanese 

Bengal

Birman

Bombay 

British short hair

Burmese 

Burmilla

Cymrics

Cornish Rex 

Chinchilla 

Devon Rex 

Egyptian Mau

Exotic short hair

Havana brown 

Himalayan

Japanese bobtail long hair 

Japanese bobtail short hair

Khao manee

Korat

La perms

Maine coon

Manx

Munchkin 

Norwegian forest

Ocicat

Oriental long hair 

Oriental short hair

Persian long hair

Pixie bob

ragdoll

Russian blue

Savannah

Scottish fold

Selkirk Rex

Siamese

Siberian forest

Singapura

Snowshoe

Somali

Sphynx 

Tiffane 

Tonkinese

Toyger

Turkish angora

Turkish van


Question 2 - 

How many wild cat breeds are there?


Answer

Lion

Leopard 

Jaguar 

Tiger

Snow leopard

Clouded leopard

Sunda  clouded leopard

Asiatic golden cat

Borneo bay cat

Marbled cat

Caracal

African golden cat

Serval

Geoffroy’s cat

Guina

Southern oncilla 

Northern oncilla

Andean cat

Colocolo

Margay

Ocelot 

Iberian lynx 

Eurasia lynx 

Canada lynx 

Bobcat

Mountain lion

Jaguarundi

Cheetah 

Mainland leopard cat 

Sunda leopard cat

Fishing cat

Flat headed cat

Rusty spotted cat 

Pallas cat

European wild cat

African wild cat 

Chinese mountain cat

Sand cat 

Black footed cat

Jungle cat

Pampas cat

Pantanal cat

Iriomote cat



Willow 

Question 3 - How many cats were around during the ice age? 


Beringiah Lion

American Scimitar Cat

Saber tooth Tiger.


Angus 

Question 1- Why do Zebra have black and white stripes? What good is that for camouflage?

I found out that zebra can camouflage unto the dry grass and the predators are colour blind so it will look black and white. they don't attack because they think that it is some sort of big animal. Zebra stripes can scare away flies.


Logan 

Question 1- Why do Chameleons need so many different colour changes for camouflage?

Chameleons do use camouflage the ability to blend int their surroundings to hide from predators such as snakes and birds, their natural colour is greenish brown to blend in.

She might also tune brown or white to indicate that she is not in the mood. 

The brown colour can mean lots of things. On reason why a chameleon turns brown is that it is depressed.

Chameleons are famous for their quick colour changing ability. It is a common mistake for people to think this is for camouflage but it can also be to show moods. 

Bradley 

Question1 - How many stars are in the Milky Way ? 

Answer - 100 Billion stars

 Question 2 - Mrs Maw says...How do they know that Bradley ?

Answer - We know it is 100 billion starts in the Milky Way because they found out that red, white and blue stars give give off different amounts of light. By measuring that starlight specifically its colour and brightness astronomers can estimate how many stars our galaxies hold.

Bradley 

3  - How many solar systems are in a galaxy ?

Our Planetary System is the only one official solar system but astronomers have discovered more than 3200 stars with planets orbiting them in our galaxy.


Noah - What were the first stars born in the whole galaxy? The first stars formed when the universe was about 100 million years old. The formation of the first galaxy . These stars were called Population 3 stars  and we don't know why. They have already classed the stars of the Milky Way as Population 2 stars. 

Thomas - What are the animals that can see colours that humans can't and what is it that they can see? How do we know that they can see them?


Dogs can only see the difference in light. Dogs can only pick up blue and yellow. There is 50000 different types of each colour which makes 10,000 altogether. Dogs can see in the dark better than their humans. 

Humans have 3 types of cones - red blue and green. Both the red and blue cones overlap, together with the rods which perceive black and white. This allows humans to see millions of colours.  However some animals have cones that are able to detect ultra violet wavelengths and others are able to detect infra red wavelengths.

Chameleons can see ultraviolet light. Additionally, some birds have cones other than those preciously mentioned meaning that they can see colours we cannot.


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