Animal Kingdom
What sound does a cow make?
What do you call a baby cow?
Calf
What is the name of the planet we live on?
Which planet in our solar system is closest to the Sun?
Earth
Mercury
If you have 5 fingers on one hand, how many fingers do you have on two hands?
What is 12 multiplied by 4?
10
48
What do we call a giant hill that can sometimes erupt with hot lava?
What is the name of the imaginary line that cuts the Earth into a top and bottom half?
Volcano
The Equator
I have a spine, and I have leaves, but I am not a tree. You open me up to read me. What am I?
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A book
A keyboard
Name an animal that hatches from an egg.
What is the name for animals that drink their mother's milk and have fur?
Ex: Bird, Turtle, Frog
Mammal
What falls from the sky when it is freezing cold outside instead of rain?
What are the three states of matter?
Snow
Solid, liquid, and gas
What do you call a shape that looks like a stretched-out circle, like an egg?
How many vertices (corners) does a standard cube have?
Oval
8
What is the name of the freezing cold place at the very top of the world?
How many continents are there on Earth?
The North Pole
7
The more of me you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
What has hands but cannot clap, and a face but cannot smile?
Footsteps
A clock
What is the name of the white bone structures inside your body that help you stand up?
Name an animal that does not have any bones at all.
Skeleton
Ex: Octopus, Worm, Jellyfish
Why do we need to wear a helmet and a spacesuit if we visit the moon?
How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun one time?
There is no air/oxygen, or you can't breathe
365 days / One year
If you count by tens, what number comes right after 50?
What is the perimeter of a rectangle that has a length of 5 inches and a width of 3 inches?
60
16 inches
What is the name of the largest rainforest on Earth?
What is the name of the longest river in the world, located in Africa?
The Amazon
The Nile
What goes up when the rain comes down?
I am full of holes, but I can still hold a huge amount of water.
An umbrella
A sponge
Name an animal that can fly but is not a bird.
Is a spider an insect? If not, what is it?
Ex: Bat, Bee, Fly
No, it is an arachnid.
What do we call the giant shaking of the ground when pieces of the Earth's crust move suddenly?
What are the names of the three main layers of the Earth, starting from the outside going in?
Earthquake
Crust, Mantle, Core
If a clock's short hour hand points at the 3 and the long minute hand points straight up at the 12, what time is it? (Hint: Short hand is hours)
If you flip a coin 3 times, what is the total number of different possible outcomes?
3 o'clock
8
What do we call a special place like a cave, a tree, or an underground hole where an animal naturally lives and finds food?
What do you call the unique community of living things that includes all the plants, animals, and weather interacting in a specific area?
A habitat
An ecosystem
I follow you around all day long and do every single move you do. But you can never step on me, and I completely disappear when the room goes dark. What am I?
What word in the English language becomes shorter when you add two letters to the end of it?
A shadow
The word "Short" — adding 'er' makes it "Shorter"
Why do chameleons change the color of their skin? (I need at least 2 reasons!)
What is the biological term for the process where an animal sheds its old skin?
To hide/camouflage, show emotions, or adjust to temperature.
Molting
What is a shooting star, and is it actually a real star?
What do we call a giant, glowing cloud of dust and gas in space where new stars are born?
A space rock/meteor burning up in the air; no, it is not a star
A Nebula
If you divide a single whole pizza perfectly into 4 equal pieces for your friends, what fraction is one slice?
If a square has a total perimeter of 24 inches, what is the total area of that same square?
1/4
36 inches squared
What do we call the giant chunks of ice that float in the freezing cold ocean, which are mostly hidden underwater?
What is the name of the symbol in the corner of a map that shows you which way North, South, East, and West are?
Icebergs
The compass rose
I am tall when I am young, but I get very short when I get old. I glow brightly to give you light in the dark, but if you blow on me, I disappear. What am I?
The person who makes me doesn't need me. The person who buys me doesn't use me. The person who uses me will never see or know it. What am I?
A candle
A coffin