1st Grade
What season comes after winter?
Spring
Who was the very first president of the United States?
George Washington
What is the invisible force that pulls objects down toward the center of the Earth?
Gravity
What is the process called when plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What are the three branches of the United States government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
How many legs does a spider have?
8
Which ocean is the largest on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What are the four cardinal directions on a compass rose?
North, East, South, West
What is the perimeter of a rectangle that has a length of 6 inches and a width of 4 inches?
20 inches
What is the name of the pigment found in plant cells that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis and gives plants their green color?
Chlorophyll
What is the name of the gas that humans need to breathe in to stay alive?
Oxygen
How many centimeters are in 1 meter?
100
In science, what is the process called when a liquid turns into a gas, like when a puddle dries up in the sun?
Evaporation
What document, signed in 1776, declared that the American colonies were free from British rule?
The Declaration of Independence
If a triangle has two angles that measure 50° and 60°, what must the measurement of the third angle be?
70° (The interior angles of a triangle always add up to exactly 180°).
Which of the seven continents is the coldest place on Earth?
Antartica
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, and Gas
Which group of early people build the Great Pyramids and used a form of picture writing called hieroglyphics?
The Ancient Egyptians
What are the three parts of an atom?
Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons
In literature, what do we call the perspective from which a story is told when the narrator uses words like “I”, “me”, and “we”?
First-person point of view
What is the hardest natural substance found on Earth?
Diamond
What do we call a word that means the opposite of another word (like ”hot” and “cold”)?
Antonym
What are the three main types of rocks found on Earth?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
Which layer of the Earth is the only one that is a completely liquid layer of iron and nickel?
The Outer Core
What is the name of the organelle known as the “powerhouse” of the cell because it generate most of the cell’s chemical energy?
Mitochondria