Wild Animal Facts
Science Potpourri
100

Despite its coat being white, this mammal's skin is black in order to help insulate and keep the animal warm.

Polar Bear

100

The Periodic Table has 118 of these on it, including hyrdrogen, oxygen, gold, xenon, and more.

Elements

200

In addition to its lungs, this animal also breathes through its skin.

Frog

200

Charged particles from solar winds that slow down when they reach our atmosphere and create incredible colored lights in the sky are called this.

Auroras

300

A cob and a pen are the male and female names for this beautiful waterfowl, respectively.

Swan

300

The world's largest desert is on this continent, despite the unusual temperature there, because it gets less than 6 inches of rain per year.

Antarctica

400

This nectar-loving animal is the only one that can fly backwards and upside down!

Hummingbird

400

Pick it up off the floor! Incredibly, this muscle is the most powerful in the entire human body, being able to exert 200 pounds of force!

Jaw

500

The gender of this animal is determined by the temperature during the egg's incubation.

Sea Turtle

500

This unit, equivalent to approximately 3.26 light years, has a name derived from a portmanteau of “parallax in one second.” 

Parsec