Analogies
Up is to down as over is to _________
Under
Your little brother asked what would happen if you placed a cup of water on the window sill for a week inside the kitchen. Instead of just telling him, you told him to try the experiment for himself. What should your brother expect to happen by the end of the week?
The water evaporated into a gas.
This continent is made up of 54 countries and is home to the longest river in the world
Africa
Darren has 5 farms in Illinois, each with 15 cows. Jahmal has three farms in Evansville each with 20 cows. Kamden has 4 farms in Bloomington with 10 cows. How many cows do Darren, Jahmal, and Kamden have all together?
What are 175 cows?
75+60+40=175
Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
Short
Snake is to reptile as frog is to ______
amphibian
Which of these rotates to create day and night? The sun, Earth or its moon?
Earth
The earth makes a full rotation every 24 hours creating our days when the sun is shining on it and nights when it is facing away.
Who invented the traffic light?
Garret Morgan
What is 327 divided by 3?
What is 109?
I make a loud sound when I’m changing. When I do change, I get bigger but weigh less. What am I?
Popcorn
April is to Spring as January is to______
Winter
What did people use to tell time before clocks and watches?
Shadows
People could use the movement of shadows to tell the time. The sun is in different parts of the sky at different times of the day which affects the length and position of shadows.
She is a key scientist who helped to develop one of the vaccines against COVID-19
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
There are some trikes and quads at the park. There are 10 seats and 34 wheels. How many trikes and quads are at the park?
What are 6 Trikes and 4 Quads?
Double it and multiply it by 4. Then divide it by 8 and you’ll have it once more. What number is it?
Any number.
If a number is doubled and multiplied by 4, it’s actually been multiplied by 8, so dividing by 8 will get you the original number again.
Scratching
Which bodies of water cover the most area or space on Earth?
She was a chemist whose work was crucial to understanding the structure of DNA.
Who is Rosalind Franklin
A=1, B=2, C=3...Z= 26
Decode the value of DOSS.
What is 57?
(4+15+19+19= 57)
You’ll find me in Mercury, Earth, Mars and Jupiter, but not in Venus or Neptune. What am I?
The letter "R"
Brazil is to South America as Italy is to _______
Europe
What is it called when your brain responds to a stimulus without having to think about it?
A reflex
Name the three women who worked at NASA as mathematicians and engineers to help get the first crew members into outerspace.
Dorothy Vaughn, Katherine Johnson, and Mary Jackson
What three numbers come next in the sequence?
7, 10, 15, 22, ___, ___, ___
What are 31, 42, and 55?
The intervals are increasing by 2's (3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13)
When Malcolm was 8, his brother was half his age. Now, Malcolm is 14. How old is his brother?
His brother is 10.
Half of 8 is 4, so Malcolm's brother is 4 years younger. This means when Malcolm is 14, his brother is still 4 years younger, so he’s 10.