Science
This planet has the most moons.
Saturn
I sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Person, place, or thing
Noun
I am the smallest prime number.
2
I'm a vowel, but only sometimes.
Y
Most clouds float in this layer of the atmosphere.
Troposphere
The three branches of government.
Judicial, executive, legislative
When two words are combined into one by using an apostrophe.
Contraction
Uh oh! I've solved a long division problem but there's something left over. What is this called?
Remainder
I before E except after C, but not in this word! Look up and you'll find me there.
Ceiling
What is a crow considered in the food chain?
Scavenger
What part of a map tells you what the symbols stand for?
Legend or Key
Words that have the same pronunciation, but different spelling and meaning, are called this.
Homophones
I am the bottom number in a fraction.
Denominator
This word meaning "frozen water dripping from above" has two letter C's. The first one is soft, and the second one is hard.
Icicle
Radiation
We were sent to explore further west in the US. Jefferson sent us!
Lewis and Clark
I come before a noun to express relation to the beginning of the sentence.
Preposition
I am expressed as a fraction of 100, or part over whole.
Percentage
I am the most commonly used vowel, but I'm often silent at the end of a word.
E
What is energy that is already in motion?
Kinetic energy
James Madison proposed that this list of laws be written for an orderly government.
Two dogs is sitting on the grass. What grammar element is wrong in this sentance?
Verb agreement
I am expressed by powers of ten.
Decimal
People often clap when trying to figure out how many of me are in a word.
Syllable