Sharks/ Predators
This reef shark is named for the dark tips on its fins.
Blacktip Reef Shark
This is the process where liquid water turns into water vapor because of heat.
Evaporation
YAYYYY
This is an area of land where all the water drains into the same river or bay.
Watershed
This large river in South America is the largest by water flow in the world.
Amazon River
This part of a shark’s body helps it breathe while swimming through water.
Gills
This is when water vapor cools and forms tiny droplets, creating clouds.
Condensation
This soft-bodied animal has no bones, and some live upside down!
Jelly fish
This is a place where freshwater from rivers mixes with salty ocean water.
Estuary
This orange fish lives safely among the stinging tentacles of sea anemones.
Clown Fish
This type of shark is known for resting on the ocean floor during the day.
Nurse Shark
Trash and chemicals entering water is called this.
This 8-armed animal can change color to hide from predators.
Octopus
These shellfish help clean water by filtering it.
Oysters
This bird spends most of its life at sea and “flies” underwater using its wings to swim.
puffin
This material makes up a shark’s skeleton instead of bone.
Cartilaige
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all types of this.
Precipiation
This animal is found in warm, wet environments like rainforests and is great with blending into the trees, making them hard to see
Green Tree Frog
When salt water and fresh water mix, it is called _______ water
brackish
This animal is a giant river predator related to crocodiles.
Caiman
This shark has a spotted pattern as an adult but striped patterns as a young.
Zebra Shark
Water stored underground in soil or rock layers is called this.
Ground Water
This ancient animal has blue blood and has lived for millions of years.
Horseshoe Crab
These wet, grassy areas along the shore help prevent flooding.
Wetlands/ marsh
The National Aquarium opened to guests in this year
1981 (accept plus or minus 3 years, 1978 to 1984)