penguin dragonfly

human goldfish
1
 root pollen

carpel stamen
2
 toddler child

elderly
baby
person
3
 diamond glass

stone water
4
 dissolve evaporate

filter sieve
5
 rusting melting

burning baking
6
 Moon Mercury

Venus Mars
7
 new full

crescent cross
8
 Neptune Jupiter

Mars Saturn
9
 air
gravity
resistance

twist friction

10
 a b

c d

11
 nail
see-saw
clippers

door
crane
handle
12
 lemur tortoise

macaw ant
13
 heart artery

colon vein
14
 fins heart

gills blood
15
 offspring characteristics

inheritance estate

16
 store fat long
in hump eyelashes

white fur wide feet

17
 high visibility
cat’s eyes
jackets

double
road signs
yellow lines
18
 brow cornea

retina lens
19
 watch sundial

wall clock water clock

20
 battery motor

bulb buzzer
21
 a b

c d

22
 a b

c d

23
 pie chart bar graph

photograph line graph

24
 variable prediction

equipment calendar

25
 Answers

1) dragonfly. The others do not undergo metamorphosis during their lifecycle.

2) root. All the others are part of a flowering plant's reproductive system.
3) elderly person. All the others describe children.
4) stone. All the others are transparent materials.
5) dissolve. All of the others are methods for separating mixtures.
6) melting. All the others are irreversible changes.
7) Moon. All the others are planets.
8) cross. All the others are phases of the moon.
9) Mars. All the others are gas giants.
10) air resistance. All the others are pulls.
11) d. All the others are examples of unbalanced forces.
12) crane. All the others are levers.

Can your children find reasons why different answers may be the odd one out?
 Answers

13) ant. All the others are vertebrates.

14) colon. All the others are part of the circulatory system.
15) fins. All the others are part of a fish's circulatory system.
16) estate. All the others are associated with evolution.
17) white fur. All the others are ways camels are adapted to live in the desert.
18) double yellow lines. All the others use reflective materials.
19) brow. All the others are found inside the eye.
20) sundial. It is the only one that uses a shadow to tell the time.
21) battery. It is the only source of electricity.
22) d. All the others are symbols used in electrical circuits.
23) a. All the others are above freezing.
24) photograph. All the others are ways of showing data.
25) calendar. All the others are needed to plan an experiment.

Can your children find reasons why different answers may be the odd one out?