Weird Animals
The part of the cell that contains DNA
nucleus
The bubbles in soda are made of this gas.
carbon dioxide
In Finding Nemo, Nemo is this kind of fish.
clownfish
Your body produces about a liter of this sticky liquid per day.
saliva
I’m light as a feather, but even the strongest person can’t hold me for long.
breath
These are the “building blocks of proteins.”
amino acids
This vitamin in oranges helps prevent scurvy
vitamin C
In Frozen, Elsa’s powers let her manipulate this state of matter.
Solid ice
The loudest sound your body can make (other than screaming).
sneeze
The more of me you take away, the bigger I get.
hole
This animal can survive being frozen solid and then “come back to life.
wood frog
Popcorn pops because of this inside each kernel.
water
In Wall-E, humans live on this kind of spaceship.
Axiom
This creepy crawly insect can live for weeks without its head.
cockroach
I go up but never come down.
your age
This system in the human body pumps blood.
circulatory system
This food doesn’t spoil, even after thousands of years.
honey
In Interstellar, the astronauts travel through this kind of cosmic shortcut.
wormhole
Your skin sheds about this many pounds of dead skin cells each year
1–2 pounds
Forward I’m heavy, backward I’m not.
“ton”
This animal has 3 hearts and blue blood.
octopus
This spice was once so valuable it was traded like gold
black pepper
In Avatar, the alien moon where humans mine for unobtanium is called this.
Pandora
This tiny creature lives on your eyelashes.
mites (Demodex)
What has hands but cannot clap?
a clock