Cartoons
This mystery-solving Great Dane is terrified of ghosts and travels around in a van called the Mystery Machine.
Scooby-Doo
This aircraft uses large, spinning overhead rotors instead of fixed wings to hover and take off vertically.
This universal seasoning and food preservative is chemically known as sodium chloride.
Salt
This kitchen appliance cooks meals at low temperatures over many hours.
Slow cooker or Crock-pot
This massive, shaggy prehistoric elephant lived during the Ice Age.
Mammmoth
This hit Australian preschool cartoon series follows a lovable blue heeler puppy and her family.
This specific type of unpowered aircraft relies on natural thermal columns of rising hot air to stay airborne for hours.
Glider (or sailplane)
This classic French pastry is named for his crescent-like shape and buttery, flaky layers.
Croissant
This is the slow, chemical breakdown of iron when exposed to oxygen and moisture, gradually turning your car's bumper a flaky, orange-brown color.
Rusting or oxidation
This is the biological term for a transformative process a caterpillar undergoes inside a chrysalis to become a butterfly.
Metamorphosis
This cartoon superhero team, consisting of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, was created in a lab using sugar, spice, everything nice and Chemical X.
Powerpuff Girls
This is the precise scientific term for a naturally occurring flying object from deep space that enters Earth's atmosphere and burns up, creating a "shooting star."
Meteor
This fermented Korean side dish is traditionally made from napa cabbage and radishes seasoned with chili powder, garlic, and ginger.
Kimchi
This is the slow geological process where wind, water, or ice gradually wears away rocks and soil over thousands of years.
Erosion
This is the scientific term for the physical, bending distortion of light rays that creates the optical illusion of pools of water on a hot desert.
Mirage
This mature animated series based on a superhero comic follows a teenager named Mark Grayson.
Invincible
In Harry Potter, this is the official name of the golden, winged ball that the Seeker must catch to end a game of Quidditch.
Golden Snitch
This is the name of the pungent subterranean fungus that is harvested using trained dogs or pigs.
Truffle
This unique marine animal uses a dorsal fin to propel itself upright through the water, making it the slowest moving species of fish in the world.
Seahorse
This is the name of the ancient king of Phrygia who was cursed so that everything he touched turned to gold.
King Midas
This award-winning Netflix animated series based on League of Legends lore centers on the tragic, fracturing relationship between sisters Vi and Powder.
Arcane
This unique species of mammals, native to Australia, has a membrane stretching from its wrists to its ankles and is named for its love of sweet eucalyptus sap.
Sugar glider
This fizzy, non-alcoholic beverage is made by fermenting sweetened tea with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast.
Kombucha
This slow-growing, icicle-shaped mineral deposit hangs from the ceilings of caves, taking up to a century to grow a fraction of an inch.
Stalactite
This country off the southeastern coast of Africa is famous for being the only native home of lemurs.
Madagascar