Ponds
Name one animal that you might find living in a pond.
What is a duck, fish, turtle, frog, salamander?
A term that describes the flowing water of a river
What is current?
Name the three main differences between a lake and a pond
What is lakes are larger, deeper, and older?
The term for any body of water where living organisms are present.
What is an aquatic biome?
This pond animal has a large head and a fishlike tail and later turns into a frog.
What is a tadpole?
The process of soil and rocks being worn down or carried away by a river's current.
What is erosion?
What is an invasive species?
Name one aquatic plant that can be found in an aquatic biome.
What is, seaweed, water lilies, algae etc?
The way that most ponds are formed.
What is man-made?
What is the purpose of a dam?
What is generate electricity or control water flow?
The Great Lake that lies to the East of Cambridge
What is Lake Michigan
The largest aquatic mammal on earth
What is a Blue Whale?
The main source of water in a pond not including rain.
What is groundwater or spring water?
A natural disaster that can occur when a river overflows.
What is a flood?
The process of water evaporating from a lake, forming clouds, and then falling back to earth in the form of rain, sleet, or snow
What is the water cycle.
The main source of salt in the oceans
What is the erosion of rocks and volcanic activity underwater?
The area around a pond where the land meets the water.
What is the shoreline?
The gas that fish and other aquatic animals get from the water in rivers.
What is oxygen?
Why is it important to protect and preserve lakes?
What is because they provide drinking water, recreation, and habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals?
What is a salmon or other acceptable answer?