Scientific name: order: didelphimorphia
Opossums are a small to medium sized, common creature that has spread from the western United States. They have a varied diet and are successful breeders. They are the only marsupial found outside of the Australian area.
A pendulum is something heavy suspended from a fixed point on the end of a long, thin rod. Pendulums are swung backwards and forwards, and are commonly seen in old fashioned clocks like grandfather clocks.
Scientific name: Pt
Platinum is a corrosion-resistant precious metal. It is mainly used in jewellery, electronic components and laboratory equipment but it has other uses as varied as the automotive industry and dentistry.
Scientific name: prunus domestica
Possums are fairly small creatures that live in trees in Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. Possums usually sleep during the day and come out at night. Possums eat leaves, flowers and sometimes insects, eggs and meat.
The possums in the photo are trichosurus vulpecula, the common brush-tailed possum.
A slum is a place where very poor people live. Slums are usually filled with rubbish and have a very large number of people living in them.
Scientific name: sorghum bicolor
A spectrum is the range of colors of light that we can see, in order. The order of colors is seen in a rainbow.
A spectrum can also be used to describe a range of related things, such as a "spectrum of religious beliefs".