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Little round (ages 6–8): Planet Earth · The ocean. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. Which mountain reaches the highest above sea level?
- A. Mount Fuji
- B. Mount Rainier
- C. Mount Everest
2. How many hearts does an octopus have?
- A. eight
- B. three
- C. one
3. What do we call a hot spring that shoots water up into the air?
- A. a glacier
- B. a geyser
- C. a waterfall
4. Penguins have wings, but what do they use them for?
- A. swimming
- B. climbing
- C. digging
5. Arches National Park has more than 2,000 natural arches. What are they made of?
- A. ice
- B. wood
- C. rock
6. What is the outside layer of the Earth called?
- A. the crust
- B. the core
- C. the mantle
7. Which river carved the Grand Canyon?
- A. the Colorado River
- B. the Mississippi River
- C. the Nile River
8. Where are most of Earth's volcanoes found?
- A. in deserts
- B. in big forests
- C. on the ocean floor
9. What is the hot, melted rock under a volcano called?
- A. magma
- B. clay
- C. sand
10. What covers most of Earth's surface?
- A. desert sand
- B. thick ice
- C. ocean water
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: Mount Everest. Its top is about 8,848 meters, or about 29,000 feet, above sea level.
- B: three. Two of its hearts pump blood to the gills, and one pumps it to the rest of the body.
- B: a geyser. Old Faithful in Yellowstone is one of the most famous geysers in the world.
- A: swimming. All penguins live in the southern half of the world.
- C: rock. Rain and frost wear away soft sandstone, slowly opening holes that become arches.
- A: the crust. Compared with the layers below it, the crust is very thin, like the shell of an egg.
- A: the Colorado River. The river still flows along the bottom of the canyon today.
- C: on the ocean floor. Most of these underwater volcanoes sit along long ridges where the seafloor spreads apart.
- A: magma. When magma comes out onto the ground, we call it lava.
- C: ocean water. The ocean covers about 71 percent of Earth and holds most of its water.
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