Animal Kingdom
This enormous animal is the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth.
A Blue Whale!
This insect makes honey and lives together in a colony with a queen.
Honey bee!
This huge rainforest covers much of northern South America and is home to jaguars, sloths, anacondas, and thousands of other species.
The Amazon Rainforest!
What has a head and a tail but no body?
A coin- Heads or Tails!
In this sport, players try to hit a small white ball into 18 holes using clubs.
Golf!
This star is the center of our solar system.
The Sun!
Where is Mr. Lighthill's favorite place in the whole world to go backpacking.
The Marble Mountain Wilderness!
Unlike most mammals, this animal lays eggs and has a duck-like bill.
A Platypus!
This tiny, wingless insect is a parasite that lives on animals such as dogs and cats. It has a flattened body and can jump many times its own body length to move from one host to another.
A flea!
Found in Africa, this enormous desert is the largest hot desert in the world.
The Sahara Desert!
The more you take away from me, the bigger I become. What am I?
Hole!
In baseball, a player who hits the ball over the outfield fence and touches all four bases scores this.
A home run!
This force pulls objects toward Earth and keeps you from floating away.
Gravity!
How many kids does Mr. Lighthill have?
4.
This animal has three hearts and blue blood.
An Octopus.
This insect is famous for glowing at night. The light it produces is a chemical reaction inside its body.
A firefly!
This mountain is the highest point on Earth when measured from sea level.
Mount Everest
I have a face and two hands, but I have no arms or legs. I can tell you something without saying a word. What am I?
A clock!
In soccer, players can use almost any part of their body to control the ball—but not this body part.
Their hands or arms!
Plants take this gas from the air during photosynthesis.
Carbon Dioxide!
Where did Mr. Lighthill graduate from High School? Foothill High School, Happy Camp High School, or Red Bluff High School?
Happy Camp High School!
This animal can regrow a lost arm, and sometimes even parts of its body.
A Starfish or a Sea Star.
This insect uses a long, straw-like mouthpart called a proboscis to drink nectar.
A butterfly!
This enormous ecosystem off the coast of Australia is the world's largest coral reef system.
The Great Barrier Reef!
I can travel around the world while staying in one corner. What am I?
A stamp!
In football, a touchdown is worth this many points before any extra-point attempt.
6 points!
When water changes from a liquid into a gas, this process has occurred. (If you spill water on the concrete and it slowly dries up or disappears, it's because it does what?)
Evaporation or evaporates!
Medford, Oregon
This animal can sleep while floating in the ocean and sometimes holds hands with another one so they don't drift apart.
A Sea Otter.
This insect can walk on water because tiny hairs on its legs help spread its weight across the water's surface.
A Water Strider or Water Skipper!
This continent is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth. Almost all of it is covered by ice.
Antarctica
You see me once in word June, twice in the word November, and not at all in the word May. What am I?
The letter E!
In this Olympic sport, athletes race down a track while jumping over barriers.
Hurdles or track and field!
You can see the Moon, but it doesn't make its own light. What is actually lighting up the Moon so we can see it from Earth?
Light from the Sun!
Who is Mr. Lighthill's all-time favorite Football player? Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, or J.J. Watt?
Aaron Rodgers!