Brain Busters
What gas do humans need to breathe to live?
Oxygen
Who is the main character in a story called?
Protagonist
A number is multiplied by 5 and equals 45. What is the number?
9
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington, D.C.
What has hands but can’t clap?
Clock
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What do we call the problem in a story?
Conflict
A rectangle has a length of 12 and a width of 5. What is the area?
60
What desert is in Arizona?
Sonoran Desert
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Towel
What do you call an animal that eats only plants?
Herbivore
What kind of story has talking animals?
Fable
A box holds 8 pencils. If you have 7 boxes and give away 10 pencils, how many pencils do you have left?
46
What continent is Egypt in?
Africa
What has to be broken before you can use it?
Egg
What is the process plants use to make their own food using sunlight?
Photosynthesis
Who wrote Charlotte's Web?
E. B. White
A store sells pencils for 3 for $6. How much would 12 pencils cost?
$24
What line divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A Penny
What is the name of the galaxy we live in?
Milky Way
What is the lesson of a story called?
Theme or moral
A class is going on a field trip. There are 28 students. Each van can hold 6 students. How many vans are needed, and how many empty seats will be left?
5 vans are needed (because 28 ÷ 6 = 4 remainder 4, so you need one more van)
There will be 2 empty seats (5 × 6 = 30 seats, and 30 − 28 = 2)
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
Russia
What can travel all around the world without leaving its corner?
A Stamp