Pond Creatures
This animal has a shell, moves slowly, and can live in or near ponds.
What is a turtle?
You drink it, swim in it, and it’s made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
What is water? (H2O)
What goes up must come down, thanks to this force.
Gravity
This black-and-white bird can’t fly but is a great swimmer and lives in icy places.
What is a penguin?
This tool helps you measure how long something is in inches or centimeters.
What is a ruler?
These tiny creatures were seen under the microscope. They swim using little hairs or tails.
(Accept: protozoa, microbes, or pond critters)
When a solid turns into a liquid—like ice turning into water—this kind of change is happening.
What is melting?
This simple machine has a wheel and a rope and helps lift heavy things.
What is a pulley?
These animals use echolocation to “see” in the dark.
What are bats?
This part of a plant holds it in the ground and soaks up water and nutrients.
What are roots?
This slippery fish is often found in ponds and can be orange or gray.
Koi or goldfish
What are the ingredients for elephant toothpaste?
Hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, yeast, water.
If something moves faster, it has more of this.
What is speed or energy?
This bird can rotate its head almost all the way around.
What is an owl?
This U.S. state is famous for Disney World and alligators.
What is a Florida?
This round, green microorganism lives in pond water and makes its own food using sunlight.
What is algae?
What atoms make up water?
Two hydrogen and one oxygen
Light bounces off shiny things. This is called what?
What is reflection?
This jungle animal hangs upside down from trees and moves very slowly.
What is a sloth?
This is the name for a word that means the same thing as another word.
What is a synonym?
What did we use to scoop up the pond water and microorganisms?
Pipette (or syringe)
What atoms make up carbon dioxide?
One carbon and two oxygen
This invisible force can push or pull and is used in magnets.
Magnetism
This strange-looking animal has a pouch for its babies, plays dead when it’s scared, and is the only marsupial that lives in North America.
What is an opossum?
When the Moon blocks the Sun and it gets dark during the day, this is happening.
What is a solar eclipse?