Science
Math
The Ocean
Riddles
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100

What is the process of liquid water warming up and turning into invisible water vapor?

Bonus points for an example!

Evaporation

ex: a puddle "disappearing" on a hot day

100

Skip count by 7s, starting with 7 and ending with 70.

7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 70

100

The ocean absorbs excess heat from the atmosphere, but what happens if it gets too warm?

The plants and animals must adapt or die.

100

What has a face and two hands, but no arms or legs?

A clock

200

Rain, snow, and hail are examples of ____?

Precipitation

200

1.5 ÷ 10 = ____

(We're dividing, so the numbers jump to the...?)

0.15

200
Is the ocean naturally acidic or basic?

It is slightly basic, or alkaline

200

What is something with the bottom at the top?

Your legs!

300

What is the process by which plants make food using sunlight, water, and CO2?

Photosynthesis

300

28.0 ÷ 10 = ___?

2.8

300

The ocean absorbs a kind of gas. What gas is it, and where does it come from?

CO2, or carbon dioxide. It comes from humans exhaling and burning fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas). 

300

This evil turtle is enemies with a plumber and loves a certain kind of fruit.

Bowser

400

What is the process of water vapor in the air turning from an invisible gas into a liquid? 

(Bonus points for an example!)

Condensation

ex: Morning dew

400

Ms. Kiyamawa has a box with a volume of 125in3. The square base has sides that are 5 inches long. What is the height of the box?

V=l x w x h

125= 5 x 5 x h

125= 25 x h

h=5

The height is 5 inches

400

The "Great Ocean _____ _____" refers to the major ocean currents that move warm water from the equator to the poles, and cold water from the poles to the equator.

Conveyor Belt

400

What has many keys but can't open a single lock?

A piano

500

List the planets in order.

(Hint: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos)

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

500

Ms. Kiyamawa's phone has 8,688 megabytes of memory for storing photos. She's used half of this amount taking selfies. Each selfie uses 12 megabytes of memory. How many more selfies can Ms. Kiyamawa's phone store?

8,688÷2=4,608

4,344÷12=362

Ms. Kiyamawa's phone can store 362 more selfies.

500
When the ocean gets too warm, algae cannot carry out photosynthesis. As a result, they either die, or the coral spits it out. When the coral loses their colorful food source, this sad event occurs: _____ _______

Coral bleaching

500

What is tall when it's young and short when it's old?

A candle

500

Ms. Kiyamawa's basketball team scored 282 points. Ms. Kiyamawa is super crazy good at basketball and scored half of them. Plus, all of her shots were 3-pointers. How many 3-pointers did she score?

282 ÷ 2 = 141

141 ÷ 3 = 47

She scored 47 3-pointers.

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