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Middle round (ages 9–11): Your body · Planet Earth · Animals. 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 wide teeth at the back of your mouth grind up food?
- A. the canines
- B. the incisors
- C. the molars
2. The Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes, circles which ocean?
- A. the Pacific Ocean
- B. the Indian Ocean
- C. the Atlantic Ocean
3. Besides hearing prey under the sand, what do a fennec fox's giant ears help it do?
- A. dig burrows
- B. stay cool
- C. stay warm
4. How many chambers, or rooms, does the human heart have?
- A. four
- B. six
- C. two
5. Which became the world's first national park, in 1872?
- A. Yosemite
- B. Yellowstone
- C. the Grand Canyon
6. What is a big group of prairie dog burrows called?
- A. a hive
- B. a town
- C. a flock
7. About how many taste buds is a person born with?
- A. about 10,000
- B. about 100
- C. about 1 million
8. About how much of Earth's land is desert?
- A. about two-thirds
- B. about one-tenth
- C. about one-third
9. How far away can a male wild turkey's gobble be heard?
- A. up to 10 feet
- B. up to one mile
- C. up to 100 miles
10. I fly at night and hang upside down to sleep. What am I?
- A. 🦅 An eagle
- B. 🦇 A bat
- C. 🦋 A butterfly
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: the molars. Your tongue pushes chewed food back to the molars to be mashed.
- A: the Pacific Ocean. Deep ocean trenches run along the Ring of Fire, next to chains of volcanoes.
- B: stay cool. For its body size, the fennec fox has the biggest ears of any kind of dog or fox.
- A: four. The top two are the atria and the bottom two are the ventricles.
- B: Yellowstone. Its geysers and hot springs were a big reason it was protected.
- B: a town. Prairie dogs trim plants taller than about 6 inches so they can see far across their home.
- A: about 10,000. Taste buds sit in the little bumps on top of your tongue, called papillae.
- C: about one-third. Deserts can be hot or cold, but they are always dry.
- B: up to one mile. Wild turkeys can fly up to 54 miles per hour, though only for short trips.
- B: 🦇 A bat. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three.
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