Science
What direction does the sun rise in?
A. North
B. South
C. East
D. West
C. East- Technically, the sun doesn’t actually rise or set—it’s the Earth that’s moving, not the sun. But the sun appears to rise in the east every morning, and set in the west every night, because of the direction the Earth rotates each day.
A. Acceptable
B. Aceptabel
C. Acceptible
A. Acceptable
What is the only flying mammal?
A. The bat
B. The flying squirrel
C. The bald eagle
D. The colugo
A. The bat-The flying squirrel and the colugo (also sometimes called a “flying lemur,” although it’s not really either) only glide, and the bald eagle is a bird, not a mammal. That leaves the bat!
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
A. Martin Luther King
B. Rosa Parks
C. Zora Neale Hurston
D. Harriet Tubman
B. Rosa Parks
Why do snakes stick out their tongue?
A. To scare predators
B. To lick their prey
C. To make a hissing sound
D. To “smell” the air
D. To “smell” the air-The snake sticks out its tongue to gather chemical info from the environment around it, and then carries it back to two receptors on the roof of its mouth.
Which one is correct?
A. Heiritage
B. Heratage
C. Heritage
D. Heretage
C. Heritage
What land animal can open its mouth the widest?
A. Alligator
B. Crocodile
C. Baboon
D. Hippo
D. Hippo-The hippopotamus has the widest mouth of any land animal. It can open its jaws more than three feet and 150 degrees! Inside the mouth are huge teeth, which can grow to over a foot and a half long. But these mouthy traits aren’t really for eating—the hippo diet is mostly grass.
In the 1800s, what group of people worked without pay on Southern plantations?
African American slaves
Is sushi a Japanese or Chinese food?
Japanese
Does ice sink or float in water?
A. Sink
B. Float
C. Sometimes it sinks, sometimes it floats
D. Ice is water, so this is a trick question
B. Float-Ice is actually the solid form of water, so they are not exactly the same thing. And ice, whether it’s ice cubes in a glass or a frozen layer of ice on a lake, always floats. Why? Most solid objects, like rocks, are heavier than water, so they sink. But ice is a bit different because it has less density: As water freezes, it sort of spreads out, so it ends up with less mass in the same amount of space.
Which is the correct spelling?
A. Similar
B. Simmiliar
C. Similiar
D. Simuler
A. Similar
What is the largest big cat?
A. Lion
B. Tiger
C. Cheetah
D. Leopard
Here’s the answer for the first of our trivia questions for kids: The tiger is the biggest big cat around. The largest tiger subspecies, the Siberian tiger, can weigh over 650 pounds and measure more than ten feet in length.
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods
Which doesn't belong in this group:
mango, papaya, kiwi, petunia, plantain?
petunia
What kind of trees grow from acorns?
A. Oak
B. Maple
C. Hickory
D. Walnut
A. Oak-Hickory trees have hickory nuts, and walnut trees have, well, walnuts. Maple trees are known for their sap, which makes maple syrup, but it also has edible seeds. Only one tree, though, has the classic acorn that squirrels love to gather in the fall: the oak tree.
Which is the correct spelling?
A. Anticipate
B. Anticapate
C. Antisipate
D. Antisapate
A. Anticipate
A bear is which of these?
A. Carnivore
B. Herbivore
C. Omnivore
D. Pescatarian
C. Omnivore-Bears are omnivores that have relatively unspecialized digestive systems similar to those of carnivores. The primary difference is that bears have an elongated digestive tract, an adaptation that allows bears more efficient digestion of vegetation than other carnivores
This black woman was an escaped slave in 1849. She led between 70-300 slaves to freedom. She served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. She is considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What is it called when there are no more of one kind of animal left on Earth?
A. Evolution
B. Conservation
C. Extinction
D. Endangered
C. Extinction-The most famous animals to have become extinct are the dinosaurs, which died out about 65 million years ago. Scientists don’t know exactly why, but it was likely a mass extinction event, either a meteor slamming into Earth or a massive volcanic eruption.
What’s the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon?
A. Typhoons are stronger than hurricanes.
B. Typhoons happen over land; hurricanes over water.
C. Hurricanes are slower-moving.
D. Nothing except where they happen.
D. Nothing except where they happen- A typhoon and a hurricane are the same weather phenomenon, called a tropical cyclone. This is a rotating system of storms over warm ocean water. The only difference is that “hurricane” is used to refer to storms in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the central and eastern Pacific. In the northwestern Pacific, they’re called typhoons; in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, they’re just called tropical cyclones.
Which is the correct spelling?
A. Inteligance
B. Intelligence
C. Intellegance
D. Inteligence
B. Intelligence
How can you tell an insect and a spider apart?
A. Insects have three body parts; spiders have two.
B. Insects have six legs; spiders have eight.
C. Insects can have wings but spiders can’t.
D. All of the above.
E. Answers B and C.
D. All of the above.
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
A. 1905
B. 1865
C. 1619
D. 1700
C. 1619