4th Grade
Science
Science
How long does it take the moon to orbit Earth:
24 hours, 365 days, one month, Earth orbits the moon?
1 month
What was the most widely grown crop in the middle colonies?
wheat
What is an antonym for beautiful: pretty, gorgeous, ugly?
ugly
What force pulls objects toward Earth’s core and keeps humans from floating in the sky?
gravity
What’s the capital of New Hampshire?
Concord
The poles of a magnet are called: on/off, north/south, good/bad, top/bottom?
north/south
Who commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Jefferson
Which word means to radiate: spin, kill, and glow?
glow
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
What measures distance north or south of the Equator: latitude or longitude?
Latitude
What do you call a scientist who studies rocks?
Geologist
Who founded the Red Cross?
Clara Burton
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare
What species can live on both water and land?
Amphibians
Which country is closer to Asia: Canada or the United States?
The United States
Animals who eat only plants are called what?
Herbivores
What was the name of the last Queen of France?
Marie Antoinette
Who is the creator of the classic book characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
Why do you see often see lightning before you hear the thunder?
Light travels faster than sound.
Which North American city has a bigger population: Los Angeles or Mexico City?
Mexico City
What planet is nicknamed the “Red Planet?”
Mars
Where was the region known as the Fertile Crescent located?
The Middle East
Often seen at the end of a sentence, the three trailing dots that indicate the omission from speech or writing of a word (or words) that is superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues are known as…?
An ellipsis.
Which tool is used to estimate the likelihood of certain genetic outcomes?
Punnett Square
How many countries are in North America?
23: Canada, the United States, Mexico, and all the sovereign states in the Caribbean and Central America