How did plants and animals arrive in our Hawaiian Islands?

From our reading on plants, we learned that plants are very old. In fact they are 420 million years old. That’s older than our Hawaiian Islands, which are 1-5 million years old!! I posed a question to you yesterday. I asked you to suggest or imply 3 ways that plant, and even animals, may have arrived in our Hawaiian Islands without the help of humans.

Here’s your task:
1. Select one of your suggestions and post it in the comment box.
2. Read the other comments posted.
3. Select one comment posted by another student and write a reply.
Remember to use COMPLETE SENTENCES in your posting and replies to other posts.

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43 Responses to How did plants and animals arrive in our Hawaiian Islands?

  1. Leiloa4A says:

    I think that since the ocean came first and the sea creatures and plant had children that were on land had to grow until able to go on there own.

  2. Nalu4A says:

    I think that wind brought seeds so plants grew.

  3. Kahuwai4A says:

    In the Kumulipo the plants were born because the plants grew at the bottom of the sea but the coral was born first and the plants on land came second.

  4. buddy4A says:

    I infer that the birds flew over here and stayed here.

  5. travis 4A says:

    I think that the birds flew here with seeds stuck on them. when the birds saw this place they landed and lived here. The seeds came off and then the grew here

  6. Cuinn4A says:

    I think coconut trees floated in the water. I also think that birds carried seeds here. Maybe even animals swam and plants got stuck on their foot when they were swimming.

  7. Jenny4A says:

    I think when the oceans waves cary the seeds and animals swam. I think this because the waves can cary things very far.

  8. Nalu4A says:

    I think that is a good thinking Leiloa.

  9. Naniloa 4A says:

    I think the plants came from the 5 W’s. The wind could have lifted seeds to come to our islands.

  10. Kyra 4A says:

    I believe that the pioneers brought over the plants and animals. I believe this because the seeds probably got stuck on there shoes and maybe they brought animals for food.

  11. Cuinn4A says:

    That could happen. What about plants?

  12. Paige4A says:

    the plants came by current because the current pulls or pushes the seed then the seed washes up on the shore and grows.

  13. Davin4A says:

    It think the plants grew in the water and they washed up on shore.

  14. Cherelle4A says:

    I think the animals arrived in our hawaiian islands by the hawaiians. This suggestion might be correct because when the hawaiians needed food, they would eat the animals, And the hawaiians were here first.

  15. Kyra 4A says:

    Wow! I was thinking that too for one of my suggestions.

  16. kaai4A says:

    They will floote in the water like a coco nut.

  17. Jake4a says:

    The wind carry the seed to where the wind stops. After it grow it multiplies.

  18. Jenny4A says:

    What about the animals?

  19. Jenny4A says:

    I never think of that Jenny! that is good thinking

  20. Xian4A says:

    Birds.
    These suggestions are correct because at imiloa astronomy center a worker told me that birds had seeds stuck in there feathers & they flew here.

  21. Aleiya 4A says:

    maybe the ocean made a plant and like a chain the plant had its child and so on then after all the plants were mad e the plants gave birth to the animals.

  22. makaala4A says:

    I think fish went on land and it made moss.

  23. Kanekoa 4A says:

    I think plants got hereby sea. They also could have gotten here because birds brought them.Other plants could have brought them.

  24. chris 4a says:

    i infer that the plants were on the the other islands that got drowned by the waves in the scientific theory.The plants might have been on those kupuna islands.

  25. Auliilani4A says:

    It floated over the water. I think this is right because I saw it on the science channel.

  26. blake4A says:

    I think birds brought the seeds for the plant to grow.

  27. Auliilani4A says:

    I think that is right Chris!

  28. makaala4A says:

    Why arent animals involved.

  29. Mia4A says:

    One explanation is that the water carried it there.

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