Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

1st grade

100

Animals that eat other animals for food are classified as 

predators

200

Is a plant living or nonliving?

Living

300

Which tool would you use to take the temperature of something?

a thermometer

400

What are the five senses?

taste, touch, smell, hear and see

500

Yes or No?  The sun is a star?

Yes

2nd grade

100

This is what you call animals that hunted and eaten by predators.

prey

200

This part of the plant is found in the ground.  It holds the plant in place and absorbs nutrients and water from the soil.

What are the roots?

300

You would use this tool to look closely at an object -- it would make the object look bigger so you can see more details.

What is a magnifying glass or hand lens?

400

Hard, light-colored, and smooth are observations that describe which one:

a glass marble

a rain cloud

a cat's fur

a cottom ball

a glass marble

500

The temperature is 15 degrees warmer than the chilly morning start of 25 degrees. What's the present temperature?

40 degrees

3rd grade

100

Where does all energy in a food chain start?

The sun

200

This part of the plant  is where seeds are made.

What is the flower?

300

This tool is used to measure the weight or mass of an object.

What is a scale? or a Balance Scale?

400

Which process causes a giraffe to become taller?

reproduction

growth

decomposition

movement

growth

500

A student drops a button and a nickel and they both fall to the floor.  What causes this to happen?

magnetism

electricity

sound

gravity

gravity

4th grade

100

Where does energy from the sun go to next in the food chain?

Producers or plants

200

This part of the plant moves water and nutrients to all the other parts of the plant.

What is the stem?

300

This tool is used to measure the length or width of an object.

What is a ruler?

400

A basic need of both plants and animals is 

soil

light

shelter

water

water

500

Which process causes a wet towel to become dry?

condensation

evaporation

precipitation 

deposition

evaporation

5th grade

100

This part of the food chain breaks down organisms and recycles nutrients back into the earth.

What are decomposers.

200

This part of a plant is the part that makes food.

What are the leaves?

300

This tool is used to measure the volume of a liquid.

What is a graduated cylinder?

400

Warmer temperatures cause a deer to rub against trees to remove clumps of heavy fur.  This behavior helps the deer

reproduce

feel cooler

camouflage itself

feel cooler

500

How long does it take the Earth to complete on full path around the Sun?

one day

one month

one year

one year