Animals
What is the only mammal that can fly?
Bats
Name the 5 great lakes.
Huron
Onterio
Michigan
Erie
Superior
What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
Actions speak....
louder than words.
How many periods are in an ice hockey game?
3
What is a baby Kangaroo called?
a joey
What does DC stand for in Washington DC?
What 2 elements make up water?
Hydrogen and Oxygen
Birds of a feather....
What is the only fruit that carries its seeds on the outside?
How many bones do sharks have?
Zero, they have cartilage, not bones
The imaginary lines going horizontal and vertical around the earth are called what?
horizontal: latitude
vertical: longitude
What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?
32 degrees
easy go.
In which direction does the sun rise? Which direction does it set?
Rises in the east, sets in the west
If an animal is a marsupial, what does that mean?
They have pouches!
There are more than 250 different marsupials, but some examples include kangaroos, sugar gliders, wallabies, wombats, opossums, and koalas
Name all 5 of the Oceans.
Double points if you can name them in order of size, biggest to smallest.
Pacific Ocean:168,723,000 square kilometers
Atlantic Ocean:85,133,000 square kilometers
Indian Ocean:70,560,000 square kilometers
Antarctic/Southern Ocean:21,960,000 square kilometers
Arctic Ocean:15,558,000 square kilometers
What phenomena keeps the planets rotating around the sun?
Gravity
People who live in glass houses....
should not throw stones.
How many primary colors are there? What are they?
3- red, yellow, and blue
What reptile gives birth to live young rather than laying eggs?
Vipers, rattlesnakes, boa constrictors, green anacondas, and most of the sea snakes give birth to live young
Interesting fact: When baby snakes are born live, they are completely on their own from day one! There is no parental protection in the snake world. The babies go off on their own shortly after birth, and must fend for themselves. That is why baby rattlesnakes are born “fully loaded” with fangs and venom.
How many continents are there? Which one is the largest?
7
In order from largest to smallest:
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Australia
What are the 4 main phases of the water cycle?
Name them and explain the process.
Bonus 100 points if you can explain transpiration
Precipitation: Water droplets falling to earth from the atmosphere
Collection/run off: Water moving around the surface and through the layers of the earth
Condensation: Water vapor to liquid, the formation of clouds
Evaporation: liquid to gas, water moving from bodies of water or the land to the atmosphere
Transpiration: evaporation from plants, water is absorbed through roots and released into the atmosphere through its leaves
A stitch in time...
Double points if you can explain what it means.
saves nine.
Fix a problem when it's small so it doesn't become any bigger.
Who was the first American astronaut to step foot on the moon?
Double points if you can also name the first American woman to go to space.
Neil Armstrong
First woman in space: Sally Ride