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Answer: Falcon ↔ Birds, Dabb lizard ↔ Reptiles, Arabian oryx ↔ Mammals, Frog ↔ Amphibians
💡 Birds have feathers, reptiles have scaly skin, mammals nurse their young, and amphibians' young live in water and then move onto land.
Answer: Leaflets (khus) ↔ Making baskets and mats, Palm fiber (lif) ↔ Making ropes, Trunk ↔ Pillars and roofs of houses, Date pits ↔ Animal feed
💡 Our ancestors made use of every part of the palm tree, so almost nothing from it was thrown away.
Answer: We put it in the recycling bin, then It is collected and sorted with similar items, then It is shredded and melted at the factory, then A new product is made from it
💡 The recycling journey starts with us at home, then the materials are sorted at factories and processed to become raw material for a new product.
Answer: Egg, then Tadpole swimming with its tail, then Young frog with legs and a tail, then Adult frog
💡 Frog eggs hatch in water into tadpoles that breathe with gills, then they grow legs and their tails disappear until they become adult frogs.
Answer: Busr (firm, colored dates), then Rutab (soft, moist dates), then Tamr (fully dried dates)
💡 After the fruit grows big and green, it changes color and becomes busr (firm), then softens into rutab (soft and moist), then dries and reaches full sweetness as tamr (dried dates).
Answer: The camel, The Arabian oryx, The dabb lizard
💡 The camel, the oryx, and the dabb have adapted to the desert's heat and lack of water, while the penguin comes from the cold south and the kangaroo from Australia.
Answer: Paper and cardboard, Glass, Aluminum cans
💡 Paper, glass, and aluminum are among the easiest materials to recycle, but used diapers are not recycled because they are soiled.
Answer: Sunlight, Water, Carbon dioxide
💡 Plants make their food through photosynthesis, using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide from the air.
Answer: Taking quick showers, Fixing a dripping faucet, Watering plants early in the morning or in the evening
💡 Watering when it is cool reduces evaporation, and a dripping faucet wastes a large amount over the course of a day.
Answer: Turning off the lights when leaving a room, Setting the air conditioner to a moderate temperature, Unplugging devices we are not using
💡 Every device running when it is not needed uses electricity, and leaving the fridge door open makes it work harder to cool what is inside.
Answer: Sukkari, 'Ajwa, Khalas
💡 Sukkari, 'Ajwa, and Khalas are among the most famous dates, while Gala is a variety of apple and Cavendish is a variety of banana.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The dabb gets most of the water it needs from the plants it eats, which is why it can endure thirst in the desert.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The cactus is a desert plant that stores water, and too much watering can rot its roots.
Answer: True ✔
💡 A falcon's eyesight is very sharp, so it can spot small prey from a great height.
Answer: True ✔
💡 Used glass is melted and reshaped again and again, so recycling it saves sand and energy.
Answer: False ✖
💡 The polar bear lives around the North Pole, and almost all penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, so they never meet in the wild.
Answer: True ✔
💡 The male palm produces pollen, and the female is the one that bears dates after being pollinated.
Answer: False ✖
💡 Bats see with their eyes, and many of them also use echoes (echolocation) to find their way and their prey in the dark.
Answer: False ✖
💡 A desert is defined by little rain, not by heat, and Antarctica is a very cold desert.
Answer: False ✖
💡 This is a common mistake: the hump is a fat store, while the camel keeps water in its body and reduces how much it loses.
