Fish
Oceans
Vocabulary
States of Water
Our Experiment
100

Can some fish survive in both freshwater and saltwater?

Yes.

100

What type of water is found in the ocean?

Saltwater.

100

What do you call the up-and-down movement of water?

Wave.

100

Where would you find water in a frozen state?

Glaciers, ice.

100

What two ingredients did we put into our cups?

Water and salt.

200

True or False: More brightly colored fish are usually freshwater fish.

False, they are usually saltwater fish.

200

What do you call the rise and fall of ocean levels?

Tide.

200

What is water that is soaked into the soil to be used by plants, or travel underground?

Soil water.

200

What are the three different states that water can be in?

Solid, liquid, and gas.

200

Is there ANY salt in rainwater?

Yes, there is a small amount of salt in rainwater, but not very much.

300

Can a piranha bite harder than a shark?

Yes.

300

True or False: The moon affects the tides.

True.

300

What do you call the protective layer surrounding the Earth?

Atmosphere.

300

In what state is water in rivers and streams?

Liquid.

300

What did the salt look like in the cup at the end of the experiment?

Hard, stuck together, crystallized, dry.

400

True or False: An eel can knock a horse off of its feet.

True.

400

What is a current?

A large stream of water that flows in the ocean.
400

What is the difference between a glacier and an ice cap?

A glacier is shaped like a mountain and floats in the water. An ice cap is a wide sheet of ice that covers a large part of land. 

400

Where could you find water in two states at once?

A glass of water with ice cubes in it.

400

How many days did we record our observations for?

5 days.

500

True or False: Seahorses don't eat seaweed.

False, they DO eat seaweed.

500

What do you call the very top of a wave?

Crest.

500

What do you call water stored in the cracks and spaces of underground rock?

Groundwater. 

500

Where would you find water in the gas state?

Air, clouds, and steam.
500

Why is rain water not salty?

Salt does not evaporate with the water.