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100 Pet's Names - Meanings
Thursday, March 26, 2009Names - Meanings
Aaron - Meaning 'mountain of strength' (Hebrew)
Aasha - Meaning hope.
Aazan - Meaning prayer
Abbielea - Meaning 'exalted father'
Abbot - Meaning 'priest' (Old English)
Abbra - Meaning example lesson
Abe - Meaning father of multitudes
Abia - Meaning 'great' (Arabic)
Abner - Meaning 'father of light' (Hebrew)
Abracadabra - Magic formula.
Abraham - Male equivalent of Abra Meaning 'father of
multitudes'
Abril - Meaning April
Akiva - Meaning 'one who trips up another and takes his.
place' (Hebrew)
Baast - Egyptian cat goddess; Alternative spelling: Bast
Baba - Meaning 'baby'
Babydoll - Meaning cute, fragile, gentle
Baldwin - Meaning 'brave friend' (Ancient German)
Calamity - Disaster.
Caleb - Meaning 'devotion' (Hebrew); Alternative spelling:
Kaleb
Callie - Meaning 'lovely' (Greek); Alternative spellings:
Calee Calie Callee Cally.
Fame - Reputation.
Faye - From the Old French fei meaning 'fairy' (Old
French); Alternative spelling: Fay
Freya - Meaning 'lady' (Old Norse); Alternative spellings:
Freia Frejya.
Furze - Gorse.
Hanky - Handkerchief
Hanky Panky - Talk manipulation, trickery deception
Hannah - Meaning 'favored grace' (Hebrew); Alternative spellings: Hanna
Happy - Meaning 'smiling' 'pleased' (English)
Hari - Meaning god lion.
Harlequin - In varied colors; Alternative spelling: Harlyquin.
Harley - Meaning 'hare wood' (Old English); Meaning athletic.
Harlow - Meaning 'rocky hill' (Old English)
Harold - Meaning 'army commander' (Old English); Meaning brave; Celebrity owners: Horace Walpole (Author)
Kitty - Meaning pure (Greek); Another name for cat
Kwame - Meaning 'boy born on Saturday' (Akan)Legacy - Inheritance
Lion - Known as the 'king of the beasts'
Lola - Meaning sorrow
Madison - Meaning 'person from Magdala' (French); Meaning
warriors son; Alternative spelling: Maddison
Negus - The title of a ruler of Ethiopia; A
beverage of hot water wine and lemon juice sweetened and spiced
Oedipus - In Greek legend the son of Laius and Jocasta king
and queen of Thebes who
abandoned by his parents at birth because of the prophecy of an oracle was
raised by the king of Corinth
Pal - Friend
Radinka - Meaning hard-working (Slavic)
Rhonda - Meaning 'good lance' (Welsh); Alternative spelling:
Ronda Rhondda
Vienna - The source of this name is unknown
Xenia - Meaning 'guest stranger' (Greek); Alternative
spellings: Zena Zenia Zina Xena
Zero - Nought
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100 All About Insects
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The following is a sampling of insects:
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Anatomy: Label the Insect Printout Read the definitions, then label the insect diagram. | Insect Report Chart Printout A chart to help with an insect report with areas to fill in the insect's common name, scientific name, anatomy, lifecycle, diet, enemies, protection, habitat, range, classification, endangered status, interesting facts, and a drawing of the insect. | Ant Ants are social insects. | Ant Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the ant. Answers |
Ant Life Cycle Ant larva hatch from tiny eggs, then pupate and metamorphosize into adults. | Ant Life Cycle Sequencing Cards Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the ant life cycle. | Assassin Bug Assassin bugs are insects that eat other insects. | Bee Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive. |
Bee (Simple version) Bees are flying, social insects that live in a hive. | Beetle Anatomy Printout Label the beetle's external anatomy on this printout. Answers | Beetles Beetles are the largest group of insects. Some beetles include the ladybug, scarab beetle, firefly, and the goliath beetle. | Blue Morpho Butterfly A brilliant blue butterfly from rainforests of South and Central America. |
Find Eight Bugs Find and write eight bugs. Sample answers: fly, ant, bee, roach, ,butterfly, moth, dragonfly, cricket. | Butterflies and Moths Printouts about these beautiful flying insects. | Butterfly: Printable Read-and-Answer Worksheet A printable worksheet on butterflies, with a short text to read, an anatomy picture to label, a life cycle diagram to label, and questions to answer. Or go to the answers. | Butterfly Anatomy: Label the Diagram Read the definitions, then label the butterfly anatomy diagram. |
Butterfly Life cycle See how a butterfly starts out as an egg, hatches into a caterpillar, becomes a pupa, then emerges as a fully-grown adult. | Butterfly Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a butterfly, with pages on the egg, caterpillar, pupa (chrysalis), and adult. | (Painted Lady) Butterfly Life Cycle Book A Printable Activity Book A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs). | Symmetrical Butterfly Life Cycle Pictures: Finish the Drawing Worksheet Finish each of the four drawings around the line of symmetry. The butterfly life cycle pictures are a egg, larva or caterpillar, pupa, and adult. Or go to the answers. |
Butterfly Life Cycle in French Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in French. Answers | Butterfly Life Cycle in German Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in German. Answers | Butterfly Life Cycle in Italian Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in Italian. Answers | Butterfly Life Cycle in Spanish Label the egg, caterpillar, pupa, and butterfly in Spanish. Answers |
California Dogface Butterfly: Printable Read-and-Answer Worksheet A printable worksheet on the California Dogface butterfly, with a short text to read, pictures to label, a life cycle diagram to label, and questions to answer. Or go to the answers. | Cicada Cicadas are flying insects that emerge periodically and simultaneously. | Cicada Sequencing Cards Put the cicada life cycle cards in order, from egg to adult. | Cicada Printout - Simple Version A coloring printout picturing the life cycle of the cicada. |
Cicada Book A short book about the life cycle of the cicada to print (for early readers). | Cicada Label the anatomy and life stages of the Cicada. Answers | Cricket Crickets are jumping insects. | Cricket Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the cricket. Answers |
Darkling Beetle Life Cycle The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor). | Darkling Beetle Life Cycle Label Me! Printout Label the life cycle of the yellow mealworm, from egg to larva to pupa to adult. Or go to the answers. | Dragonfly The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen. | Dragonfly Simple Version The dragonfly is a flying insect with a long abdomen. |
Earwig An earwig is an insect with long pincers at the tip of its abdomen. | Firefly The firefly (also known as the lightning bug) is a luminescent flying insect. | Grasshopper Grasshoppers are insects that can hop, walk, and fly. There are about 10,000 different species of grasshoppers. | Grasshopper Anatomy: Label Me! Label the external anatomy of the grasshopper. Answers |
Green Darner Dragonfly A blue and green flying insect with transparent-to-yellow wings. | Harlequin Bug This small agricultural pest is brightly-colored. | House Fly The common house fly is a small, flying insect. | Insect Anatomy: Label the Insect Printout Read the definitions, then label the insect diagram. |
Insect Math-Code Games Do simple math problems, then do a substitution code to answer insect questions. Or go to the answers. | Insects in French A Label Me! Printout Label the insects in French, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna. Answers | Insects in German A Label Me! Printout Label the insects in German, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna. Answers | Insects in Italian A Label Me! Printout Label the insects in Italian, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna. Answers |
Insects in Portuguese A Label Me! Printout Label the insects in Portuguese, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna. Answers | Insects in Spanish A Label Me! Printout Label the insects in Spanish, including the fly, bee, ant, dragonfly, grasshopper, ladybug, mosquito, butterfly, caterpillar, and antenna. Answers | Jumping Bean Moth A brown moth that spends its larval stage inside a seed pod. | Ladybug Tiny flying insects that eat garden pests. Go to a simple version (just the image). |
Ladybug Life Cycle Sequencing Cards Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the ladybug from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis. | Ladybug Life Cycle A short printable shape book for early readers about the life cycle of a ladybug, with pages on the eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug. | Leafcutter Ant Leafcutter ants are fungus farmers - they grow their own food. | Lightning Bug The lightning bug (also known as the firefly) is a luminescent flying insect. |
Luna Moth A green moth with long hindwing tails and distinctive eyespots. | Mealworm Life Cycle The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor). | Mealworm Life Cycle Label Me! Printout Label the life cycle of the yellow mealworm, from egg to larva to pupa to adult. Or go to the answers. | Mosquito A small flying insect that is a carrier of disease. |
Mosquito Lifecycle Printout A printout on the mosquito's life cycle to read and color. | Mosquito Life Cycle Label the mosquito life cycle diagram. Answers | Mosquito Life Cycle Sequencing Cards Cut out the four scenes and arrange them so they show the life cycle of the mosquito from egg to adult as it undergoes complete metamorphosis. | Moth Life Cycle in English Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in English. Answers |
Moth Life Cycle in French Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in French. Answers | Moth Life Cycle in German Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in German. Answers | Moth Life Cycle in Italian Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in Italian. Answers | Moth Life Cycle in Spanish Label the egg, caterpillar, cocoon, and moth in Spanish. Answers |
Oregon Silverspot Butterfly A brown and orange butterfly that lives in humid coastal salt-spray meadows and fields in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. | Painted Lady Butterfly A very widespread and common butterfly. | Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle The life cycle of this common butterfly. | Painted Lady Butterfly (Simple version) A very widespread and common butterfly. |
Painted Lady Butterfly Life Cycle Book A Printable Activity Book A short, printable activity book on the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly for fluent readers (with tabs). | Pond Skater A bug that walks on water. It is also called the water strider. | Praying Mantid Predatory insects that eat garden pests. | Praying Mantis (Mantid) Label the anatomy of a praying mantis on this printout. Answers |
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the biggest butterfly in the world. Its wingspan is about 1 foot (30 cm) wide. | Silkworm The silkworm moth is an insect (not a worm) that produces a silken cocoon. This cocoon is harvested to make silk thread. | Ulysses Butterfly The Ulysses is a spectacular swallowtail butterfly from Australia. | Viceroy Butterfly The Viceroy is an orange and black butterfly from North America. |
Walkingstick The Walkingstick (also called the laboratory stick insect) is a long, slow-moving, plant-eating insect that looks like a twig. | Wasp Wasps are insects with 2 pairs of wings and strong jaws. Many wasps sting. | Water Strider A bug that walks on water. |
Yellow Jacket A yellow jacket is a type of social wasp, a flying, stinging insect. | Zebra Longwing Butterfly The Zebra Longwing is a small, black-and-yellow striped butterfly from warm areas. | Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly The Zebra Swallowtail butterfly is a common butterfly with distinctive black and white markings. |
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