Nature provides many wonderful lessons for each one, whether we're young or older.
It is our desire that each one becomes acquainted with the Creator, for we can learn much from the lessons He has for us.
In this thread, we will have questions, some more difficult than others. And there will be answers too.
Keep "the" faith!
Br. Laurie
45 QUESTIONS FOR 'US' TO THINK ABOUT!!
1) WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME for "pussy willows"?
2) WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT to grow vigorous shrubs and flowers on the north side of a house?
3) WHAT DOES THE NAME "Lagomorpha" refer to?
4) SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Is there hidden beauty to be found in YOUR daily mission?
5) HOW AND WHEN did the poison get into mushrooms?
6) HOW DO THE EARTHWORMS get into the rain barrel under the barn's downspout? Does it rain worms?
7) WHY DOES A TREE eventually die if a wire is left around the trunk?
WHY WOULD A MALE ROBIN dart at a shiny hubcap?
9) WHAT COMES TO MIND when pondering this statment: "The stomata (leaf' mouths) are vital avenues of exchange..." See Jeremiah 17:7
10) A MATTER TO PONDER: When you are on top of a mountain, why is the sky such a deep, dark, almost blue-black?
11) WHAT HAPPENS TO 'Old Blossom's' milk (Old Blossom is a dairy cow) after she has pastured on lilies (Allium) all day?
12) WHAT FEATURE ENABLES SQUIRREL'S to descend trees headfirst?
13) HERE'S A RIDDLE FROM THE PLANT KINGDOM: What 2 organisms live together, one furnishing the house and all the conveniences, and the OTHER the food supply for both?
14) ARE YOUNG HUMANS precocial or altricial? WHAT DOES PRECOCIOUS MEAN?
15) WHAT CAUSES CLOUDS to appear, then suddenly disappear, IN A MATTER OF MINUTES?
16) WHAT DO YOU THINK: Does your dog see in color?
17) DID GOD HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND (beside punishment) when he cursed the ground and made Adam's bread come by the sweat of his brow?
18) FIGURE IT OUT: What feature of owl wing feathers allows it to fly silently?
19) HOW DID quack grass get its name?
20) WHAT SERIES OF ACROBATICS are involved when a fly lands on the ceiling? A somersault? A belly-over? A loop-the-loop?
21) WHAT DO YOU THINK: In what position does a woodpecker sleep?
22) COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE: All forms of life depend ultimately upon the ability of ------ ------ to convert radiant energy (sunlight) into the chemical energy of carbohydrates.
23) DO YOU KNOW: What prompts the workers to groom (clean and stroke) the queen ant?
24) WHAT IS THE PUREST SOURCE OF WATER: a large river plunging down numerous cascades, a spring high on a mountain, or meltwater directly from an Alaskan glacier?
25) IS MAN an unguligrade, a digitigrade or a plantigrade creatrue?
26) WHAT CAUSES A ROOT to grow down instead of up as it sprouts from a seed?
27) IS PHOSPHORESCENCE also a form of cold light?
28) WHY DO SOARING BIRDS such as hawks and cranes migrate along mountain chains?
29) WHAT DO YOU THINK: In the beginning of Creation, did leaves die and fall from the trees?
30) DOG TRACKS: Can you tell a front paw track from a rear paw track?
31) AN EXPENSIVE LESSON: Look up "Dust Bowl" in an encyclopedia. What caused it? Has there been a restoration?
32) WHAT TREE SEED weighs only 1/6000 ounce, but produces a tree weighing over 2000 tons?
33) WHAT VITAMIN is associated with carotene?
34) DO YOU KNOW how the flow of the heavenly River of Life differs from rivers we know at present?
35) HERE's ONE (or two or three): Botanically- is an almond a nut...or something else? HOW about the banana? IS that head of cauliflower a fruit or a vegetable?
36) WHAT IS THE LARGEST seed of all?
37) ARE THE OCEANS becoming more salty due to continual runoff from the land?
38) ONE TO LOOK UP: What small owl of the West has "eyes" on the back of its head?
39) EVER THINK OF IT BEFORE: Why is 'snow' white?
40) LOOK IT UP: Why was mistletoe (of all plants) brought in to help celebrate a Christian holiday?
41) DO BIRDS HAVE DECORATING TASTES: Why do nuthatches put shiny beetle wings in their nests? Why are fresh flower petals found in flycatcher nests?
42) CUT A STALK OF CELERY: Do you see the 'single' clockwise spiral and the 'double' counterclockwise spiral?
43) IS THERE SUCH A THING AS SUMMER HIBERNATION? Look up the word "estivation".
44) HOW MANY YEARS does a pine needle remain on the tree? Can you tell by studying a twig?
45) QUICKLY NOW: Looking up at the North Star, which direction around it (clockwise or counterclockwise) do the constellations rotate during the course of a day or night?
[This message has been edited by Laurie Mosher (edited 06-25-2000).]