Water
Blue CoLab
Choate Pond
Marine Animals
The
Hudson River
100

What is the chemical compound of water?

What is H20?

100

Who is the director of the Blue CoLab?

Who is Professor Cronin?

100

What university is Choate Pond located at?

What is Pace University - Pleasantville?

100

What animal lives in ponds and uses their teeth to build dams?

What are beavers?

100

How long is the Hudson River (in miles)?

What is 315 miles?

200

Where are 3 places can we find liquid water in nature?

What are oceans, lakes, and rivers? (Other accepted answers: streams, clouds, fog, mist, falling rain, sleet, snow, hail)

200

Who is the program coordinator of the Blue CoLab?

Who is Professor Leanne Keeley?

200

True/False: Choate Pond’s water measuring systems are named after 2 people.

True

200

What type of fish are descendants of carp and have been selectively bred for their size and color variations?

What are koi fish?

200

Where does the Hudson River originate from?

What are the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York?

300

True/False: About 97% of Earth’s water is saline water.

True

300

How many credits is the Blue CoLab offering?

What is 1, 2, or 3 credits for both fall and spring semesters?

300

What year was Choate Pond rebuilt?

What is 2017?

300

What animal builds their homes 20 feet underground as tunnels and are also nocturnal hunters?

What are moles?

300

Where does the Hudson River drain?

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

400

What kind of water is in our rivers and streams?

What is fresh water?

400

Who are the 2 Choate Pond water stations named after and what were their professions?

Ada Lovelace - 19th century mathematician and the first programmer
and  
Alan Turner - computer scientist who broke the Nazi Enigma  

400

Since what year has the Blue CoLab monitored Choate Pond?

What is 2018?

400

What animal hunts for fish as their main form of food and are about 30-60 inches in size?

What are otters?

400

Who is the Hudson River named after?

Who is Henry Hudson?

500

What temperature is water near the bottom of the ocean?

What is 32° Fahrenheit?

500

What is the mission slogan of the Blue CoLab?

What is “You have a right to clean drinking water”?

500

What are the 2 bodies of water that Choate Pond is connected to?

What are the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Aqueduct?

500

What animal feeds on many water creatures and is also considered a threatened species?

What are snapping turtles?

500

When did Henry Hudson find the Hudson River?

When is 1609?

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