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Fun facts for kids, with answers

🌱 Easy (Preschool to K)
  1. 🐾 Which animal is the biggest on land? an elephant. Elephants are the biggest animals that live on land.
  2. 🐾 How many legs does a spider have? eight. Spiders have eight legs. Insects have six.
  3. 🐾 What do bees make? honey. Bees make honey from the nectar of flowers.
  4. 🐾 Which animal is the tallest? a giraffe. A giraffe's long neck helps it reach leaves high up in the trees.
  5. 🐾 What does a caterpillar turn into? a butterfly or a moth. A caterpillar wraps itself up and comes out with wings.
  6. 🌊 Which sea animal has eight arms? an octopus. An octopus has eight arms and no bones at all.
  7. 🐾 What colour is a polar bear's skin under its white fur? black. Black skin soaks up the sun's warmth to keep a polar bear cosy.
  8. 🌱 What do plants need to grow? sunlight and water. Plants use sunlight, water and air to make their own food.
  9. 🚀 What is the Sun? a star. The Sun is a star. It is the closest star to us.
  10. 🐾 How many legs does an insect have? six. Insects have six legs, like ants, bees and ladybugs.
  11. 🐾 Which animal can turn its head almost all the way round? an owl. An owl can turn its head about three quarters of the way round.
  12. 🌊 Which sea animal is shaped like a star? a sea star. Most sea stars have five arms, and some can grow a lost arm back.
  13. 🌊 How does a fish breathe underwater? with gills. Gills take the air out of the water.
  14. 🐾 Which animal is the fastest on land? a cheetah. A cheetah can run faster than a car drives down a city street.
  15. 🐾 Where does a baby kangaroo live? in its mother's pouch. A baby kangaroo is called a joey. It lives in a pouch on its mother's tummy.
🌿 Medium (1st and 2nd)
  1. 🌊 What is the biggest animal in the whole world? a blue whale. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
  2. 🌊 How many hearts does an octopus have? three. An octopus has three hearts, and its blood is blue.
  3. 🐾 What does a butterfly use to taste? its feet. A butterfly can taste with its feet, so it knows when it lands on a tasty leaf.
  4. 🚀 Which planet is the biggest? Jupiter. More than a thousand Earths would fit inside Jupiter.
  5. 🌍 Which ocean is the biggest? the Pacific. The Pacific Ocean covers about a third of the whole Earth.
  6. 🦴 How many bones does a grown-up have? 206. A grown-up has 206 bones. A baby has about 300, and some join together as they grow.
  7. 🌍 How many colours are in a rainbow? seven. A rainbow shows red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
  8. 🐾 Which animal sleeps hanging upside down? a bat. Bats hang by their feet to sleep.
  9. 🐾 What is a baby frog called? a tadpole. A tadpole lives in the water and grows legs before it hops out.
  10. 🌱 What do trees give out that we need to breathe? oxygen. Trees take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.
  11. 🌱 Which part of a plant takes in water from the soil? the roots. Roots drink water and hold the plant in the ground.
  12. 🚀 Which planet is the hottest? Venus. Venus is hotter than Mercury because its thick air traps the heat.
  13. 🐾 How do bees tell their friends where the flowers are? they dance. A bee does a waggle dance to show which way to fly.
  14. 🚀 What goes around the Earth? the Moon. The Moon takes about a month to go all the way round the Earth.
  15. 🐾 How do zebras tell each other apart? by their stripes. No two zebras have the same pattern of stripes.
🌳 Hard (3rd to 5th)
  1. 🐾 How many neck bones does a giraffe have? seven. A giraffe has seven neck bones, the same as you, but each one is very long.
  2. 🐾 Which bird can fly backwards? a hummingbird. A hummingbird can fly backwards and hover in one spot.
  3. 🐾 What is inside a camel's hump? fat. A camel's hump is a store of fat that it can use as food.
  4. 🚀 How long does sunlight take to reach Earth? about 8 minutes. The light you see from the Sun left it about eight minutes ago.
  5. 🌍 Which is the biggest hot desert? the Sahara. The Sahara in Africa is almost as big as the whole United States.
  6. 🦴 What is the hardest part of your body? the enamel on your teeth. Tooth enamel is the hardest thing your body makes.
  7. 🐾 What is a group of flamingos often called? a flamboyance. A group of flamingos is often called a flamboyance, and the name fits.
  8. 🐾 Which animal has fingerprints a lot like yours? a koala. A koala's fingerprints look a lot like a person's.
  9. 🦴 About how many times does your heart beat in a day? 100,000. Your heart beats about 100,000 times every day without you asking it to.
  10. 🐾 What do we call animals that eat only plants? herbivores. Cows, rabbits and elephants are herbivores.
  11. 🌍 Which is the tallest mountain above sea level? Mount Everest. Mount Everest is almost nine kilometres, or about five and a half miles, above the sea.
  12. 🌊 Which animal sleeps with half of its brain awake? a dolphin. A dolphin rests one half of its brain at a time so it can keep coming up for air.
  13. 🚀 What is the Sun mostly made of? hot gas. The Sun is a giant ball of hot gas, mostly hydrogen and helium.
  14. 🚀 Which planet is famous for its bright rings? Saturn. Saturn's rings are made of billions of pieces of ice and rock.
🚀 Super (6th to 8th)
  1. 🚀 How fast is the Moon moving away from Earth? about as fast as your fingernails grow. The Moon drifts away by about four centimetres a year.
  2. 🌱 Which of these is a berry, as scientists use the word? a banana. Scientists call a banana a berry. A strawberry and a raspberry are not.
  3. 🐾 How does a cricket make its chirp? by rubbing its wings together. A cricket rubs one wing against the other, like a tiny violin.
  4. 🌍 Which is the coldest continent? Antarctica. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent.
  5. 🐾 Which animal is pregnant the longest? an elephant. An elephant carries its baby for nearly two years.
  6. 🐾 Which bird is the fastest diver? the peregrine falcon. A peregrine falcon can dive at more than 200 miles an hour.
  7. 🚀 What do we call the study of stars and planets? astronomy. Astronomers watch the sky with telescopes.
  8. 🌱 Which gas do plants take in from the air? carbon dioxide. Plants use carbon dioxide and sunlight to make sugar and oxygen.
  9. 🦴 How many chambers does a human heart have? four. Two chambers on each side: the top ones receive blood and the bottom ones pump it out.
  10. 🦴 How many teeth does a grown-up usually have? 32. Children have 20 baby teeth. Grown-ups have up to 32.
  11. 🌍 What is lightning? a giant spark of electricity. Lightning is a huge spark that jumps between clouds, or from a cloud to the ground.
  12. 🌍 Which food can last thousands of years without going bad? honey. Honey found in ancient tombs was still good to eat.
  13. 🌊 What colour is an octopus's blood? blue. An octopus's blood carries oxygen with copper, so it is blue.
  14. 🐾 What do we call animals that eat both plants and meat? omnivores. Bears, pigs and people are omnivores.

For grown-ups

Five nature questions a sheet, three answers each, and a "did you know" line after every one. Animals, the sea, space, planet Earth, your body and plants, from "which animal is the biggest on land?" for kindergartners to harder facts for older kids. A question you have seen waits until you have seen them all, and every fact is listed below the sheet. All of them are checked, well-known facts.

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