Word Problems
I have seven candles lit. Two blew out. How many candles do I have left?
What is seven candles.
A disease that is very contagious and is most notably known for the red, itchy bumps it causes. It is also able to stay in a persons body in an inactive state until it reactivates, causing another form of the disease.
What is Chickenpox (Varicella).
This disease must be reported immediately.
Characteristics: Bacteria, can live in dry places for at least 50 years, has been used for biological warfare, 4 types of infection, and depending on the type is typically identified by small sores with a black center.
What is Anthrax.
Anthrax occurs naturally in certain animals (cattle, sheep, goats, etc.) and is most commonly seen in South and Central America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Southwestern Asia.
A goldfish memory can last for months.
What is true.
Some scientist have estimated that goldfish can remember things for approximately 5 months!
The first national park signed into law.
What is Yellowstone (Wyoming, Montana, Idaho).
This park was signed into law in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant.
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you.
What is throwing the ball straight up into the air.
This pandemic is most notably known for killing 75 to 200 million people, mainly in Europe, but was also seen in North Africa and the Middle East during the 14th century.
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death).
This disease must be reported immediately.
Characteristics: Type of viral hemorrhagic fever, outbreaks are common in parts of central and west Africa, spreads from contact with contaminated bodily fluids, and most commonly affects nonhuman primates.
What is Ebola.
There are 14 bones in a human foot.
What is false.
There are 28 bones.
This state contains the most national parks.
What is California.
California has 9 national parks, followed by Alaska with 8.
What is the beginning of the end, the end of time, the middle of yesterday, and nowhere in tomorrow?
What is the letter E.
The first documented infectious disease.
What is Leprosy.
This disease was first documented in India around 600 BCE, but molecular evidence suggests the disease may have originated in Africa as far back as the Paleolithic period (2.5 million - 10,000 years ago).
This disease must be reported within 3 days.
Characteristics: Arboviral virus, typically seen in tropical and temperate climates throughout the world, causes a low white blood cell count and low platelet count, and causes a rash that is mostly seen on the face and trunk.
What is Dengue Fever.
'A' is the most common letter used in the English language.
What is false.
'E' is the most common letter and appears in 11% of all English words according to Oxford Dictionaries.
Carbon Glacier in this national park has the greatest thickness and volume of any glacier in the continental U.S.
What is Mount Rainier (Washington).
Della left on a trip the day after the day before yesterday and will be back the eve of the day after tomorrow. How many days is she away?
What is three days.
Della was on the trip yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
According to WHO, this disease is the second most active infectious disease after COVID-19.
What is TB.
In 2020, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with TB. As of June 2022, 544,324,069 people have fallen ill with COVID-19.
This disease must be reported immediately.
Characteristics: Affects the liver, causes jaundice, typically spread through ingesting contaminated food/water, and some symptoms can last for months.
What is Hepatitis A.
The only letter not in the periodic table is J.
What is true.
This National Park has the largest concentration of stone arches in the world.
What is Arches National Park (Utah)
If Teresa's daughter is my daughter's mother, who am I to Teresa?
What is Teresa's daughter.
("My daughter's mother" can be translated to "me".)
This disease goes by a few names and is a mix of viruses from pigs, birds, and humans. CDC estimates that this virus killed about 500 million people in 1918.
What is the 1918 Pandemic, Spanish Flu, or H1N1.
This disease must be reported within 3 days.
Characteristics: First discovered Connecticut, if left untreated it can lead to heart failure, Bell's Palsy, and arthritis, and is commonly transmitted by ticks.
What is Lyme Disease.
Lyme Disease was first discovered in Lyme, Connecticut in 1976.
Sharks existed before trees.
What is true.
The earliest shark fossil dates back to about 420 million years ago, while the first trees appear about 408 million years ago.
This water fall is nine times taller than Niagara Falls.
(Name and place of the water fall)
What is Ribbon Falls in Yosemite (California).