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Second Grade Random
100

Name the two planets closest to planet Earth.

What is Venus & Mars

100

A flat drawing of the Earth that shows what places look like from above is called a map.  

What do you call a 3-dimensional model of the Earth?

a globe

100
30 minutes past 7:00 is what?
What is 7:30
100

My ______________ does not give a lot of homework.

teacher

100

What do you call a story that is not true?

fiction

200

Name one science tool you could use to get a better view of a tiny insect.

A magnifying glass (hand lens) or microscope

200

Name any 2 of the 4 oceans in the world.

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean 

Indian Ocean

Arctic Ocean

200

If you pay with 3 quarters for an item that costs 60 cents, how much change will you get back?

15 cents

200

When I am at home, I love to play _________ games.

video

200

To, two, or too?

My mom and I went shopping for my birthday party. We bought ____ gallons of ice cream, four bags of chips, and three boxes of cookies.  My dad said ____ me, "You bought ____ much food!"

two

to

too

300

My molecules are closely packed together.  

You can measure my volume.

I have a definite shape no matter what container I am in.

What state of matter am I?  Solid, liquid, or gas?

Solid

300

Where do we live?

a. What state? 

b. What country? 

c. What continent?

a. New York 

b. United States of America 

c. North America

300

If the time is 8:00, what time will it be in 1 hour and 30 minutes?

What is 9:30

300

This year in school we learned all about our _____________.

community

300

How many cats does Mrs. Goldberg have?

3 (or 5)  3 inside, 2 outside

400

Name the force that keeps you and everything on Earth from floating away into space.

Gravity

400

Maps have different parts.  

The ________________ tells us directions (N, S, E, W) and the _______________ tells us what the symbols on the map mean.

compass rose  

map key

400

What is 123 + 45 + 7 + 5?

180

400

My favorite part of school is lunch and _____________.

recess

400

How many third-grade teachers are there and what are their names?

4

Mrs. Derasmo

Mrs. Fox

Mrs. Stein

Mrs. Niland

500

In an ecosystem, producers make their own food and consumers eat other organisms.  

Name one producer and one consumer we might find right here in the garden at GHS.

producers:  grass, trees, flowers, vines, etc.

consumers:  birds, butterflies, bees, rabbits, squirrels, etc.

500

Name the seven continents.

North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and Antarctica

500

What shape am I?

I have four sides.

All of my sides are straight lines.

Two of my sides are parallel lines that are equal in length but they do not touch.

I have four right angles.

Rectangle

500

In science, we learned that the Earth _____________ around the Sun.

revolves

500

In what year will the United States hold the next Presidential election?

2028