What does it mean?
Define It!
Brain Break Trivia
100

What does the prefix "Mis" mean?

What is "Wrongly".

100

What is a closed syllable?

What is a syllable that ends in a consonant.  The vowel sound is usually short.

Example: Mag/Net

100

How many hearts does an octopus have?

What is three hearts 

200

What does the prefix "un" mean?

What is "Not"

200

What is the final stable syllable in the word EXAMPLE.

Tell how you would separate this word and why you choose to do it that way.

What is LE. 

EXAM/PLE

200

Are seahorses good or bad swimmers?

What is bad.  They are not good swimmers and have to hold on to seaweed so they don't float away.

300

What does the prefix "Re" mean?

What is "Again"

300

What is an open syllable?

What is an open syllable ends in a vowel with the vowel sound is long.

EXAMPLE: Pilot

300

True or False: The longest mountain range is located underwater.

What is True. The Mid-Oceanic Ridge is nearly 35,000 miles long and wraps around the Earth like the seams on a baseball.

400

What does the prefix "Dis" mean?

What is "not" or "opposite of" 

400

Define a schwa sound?

What is any word that ends in -en, -on, -in, or -ain, whose vowel sound says 'Uh' and sometimes has the short vowel sound "E".

400

Where are a lobster's teeth located?

What is in their stomach.

FUN FACT: Starfish do not have brains or blood.

500

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!

What does the prefix "Trans" mean?  For example, what does the word TRANSATLANTIC mean.

What is "Across".

500

Define what a final stable syllable is and give me an example.

What is a final stable syllable appears at the end of a word.  Common final stable syllable examples are -tion, -sion, -ture, -sure.

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