Animals
What Australian mammal has the broad bill of a duck, a flat tail of a beaver and lays eggs?
A duck-billed platypus
Name two gas giants in our Solar System
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune
What is another word for a snowstorm?
A blizzard
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
The Pacific Ocean
What gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
What is the highest mountain in the Solar System?
Olympus Mons
Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
Clouds
What is the longest river on Earth?
The Nile River
Bronze is an alloy of which two metals?
Copper and tin
What do you call a female deer
A doe
A person who studies stars is called ____________
An astronomer
What is a meteorologist?
A person who studies the weather
What is the smallest ocean in the world?
The Arctic Ocean
Name an animal that can cut down trees and build dams.
Beaver
What are a group of lions called?
A pride
What is the closest star to Earth?
The sun
What is a barometer?
To measure: temperature; hurricanes; air pressure
An instrument used to measure air pressure.
What is an oasis?
Water in the desert
What is the fastest growing plant in the world?
Bamboo
A "kid" is a baby ____
Goat
What is the name of the first man to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
A long period of time when there is little or no rain
A drought
What do we call it when water changes from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
What type of tree is the world's largest tree?
Giant Sequoia