Living/Nonliving Jeopardy

Living Things

100

I sway in the wind and I grow tall to give you shade.

What is a tree?

200

I come in many different colors and I decorate your yard. Sometimes you pick me to bring inside.

What is a flower?

300

I am an animal that swims in the ocean. I have a shell to protect me.

What is a (sea) turtle

400

I am a plant that lives in the desert. I do not need much water.

What is a cactus?

500

I am a green animal that hops and lives near water.

What is a frog?

Nonliving Things

100

I move, I need gas as my food and water to help me work, but I am nonliving.

What is a car?

200

You find me at the beach. I come in tiny little grains.

What is sand?

300

You use me everyday when you have writing time. Sometimes you use me to draw but not to color.

What is a pencil?

400

You find me in nature and living things need me. I may be a puddle or a lake.

What is water?

500

I am made of wood from a tree. You use me each day at mealtimes with your family.

What is a table?

Living Needs

100

A fish using something called gills to get this and humans use their lungs.

What is air?

200

Even though you may like other drink better, I am the most important thing to drink to help you live.

What is water.

300

All living things must rid their bodies of waste through ________.

What is excretion?

400

Trees use the soil beneath them to make sure they have this need.

What is food?

500

This is a need that you cannot see with your eyes.

What is air?

Movement

100

I swing from tree to tree and people think I like to eat bananas.

What is a monkey?

200

I have a tall neck that I can lift high into the trees to help me get leaves to eat.

What is a giraffe?

300

I can walk, run, skip, jump, gallop, shuffle, and so much more. You can find me in a classroom.

What is a kid (child, student, etc.)?

400

I use my wings to fly through the air. Most people think my favorite food is worms.

What is a bird?

500

I am an animal that jumps and hops. I have a pouch that carries my babies.

What is a kangaroo?

Tricky

100

a banana in your lunchbox

What is nonliving?

200

Leaves attached to a tree

What is living?

300

I am a bear, but the kind that can sleep in your bed at night. I am full of stuffing and fluff.

What is nonliving?

400

I am a piece of coral in the ocean.

What is living?

500

I am a man made out of snow. When it gets too hot, I melt.

What is nonliving?