Space Basics 🚀
The closest star to Earth
What is the Sun?
The part of a plant that absorbs sunlight to make food
What are leaves?
This animal is famous for carrying its home on its back (not a turtle!)
What is a snail?
A turtle’s hard outer “armor” is called its…
What is a shell?
Fish breathe using these
What are gills?
The planet known as the Red Planet
What is Mars?
The tiny particles you can’t see that everything is made of
What are atoms?
This animal can change color to blend in
What is a chameleon?
This famous video game team includes four turtle brothers
What are the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? (or Leonardo, Donatello, Michael Angelo, Rafael)
The spiky fish that can puff up to look bigger when scared
What is a pufferfish?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun
What is gravity?
This gas makes up most of the air we breathe
What is nitrogen?
The only mammals that can truly fly
What are bats?
Turtles that live mostly on land are often called…
What are tortoises?
The biggest animal on Earth—even bigger than dinosaurs
What is the blue whale?
The name of our galaxy
What is the Milky Way?
Electricity that builds up and can shock you after walking on carpet
What is static electricity?
This sea animal has three hearts
What is an octopus?
Many turtles lay their eggs in this: sand, dirt, or…
What is a nest? (or a hole / a burrow)
This fish can produce a mild electric shock to defend itself and find food
What is an electric eel?
A rock from space that survives the trip through the atmosphere and lands on Earth
What is a meteorite?
A mixture where one substance is completely dissolved in another (like salt in water)
What is a solution?
This animal can regrow a lost tail (and sometimes other parts)
What is a lizard? (or gecko)
The part of a turtle’s shell on the bottom
What is the plastron?
A group of fish swimming together is called a…
What is a school?