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Middle round (ages 9–11): The ocean · Weather. 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. Where are the highest tides in the world?
- A. the Bay of Fundy in Canada
- B. the Red Sea
- C. the Caribbean Sea
2. Most snowflakes are less than how wide?
- A. two inches
- B. half an inch
- C. six inches
3. Some humpback whales swim about how far between warm and cold waters?
- A. about 5,000 miles
- B. about 50,000 miles
- C. about 50 miles
4. A tornado is a spinning column of air that reaches down from what?
- A. a snowbank
- B. a thunderstorm
- C. a rainbow
5. About how much of Earth's oxygen comes from the ocean?
- A. about one-tenth
- B. about half
- C. almost none
6. What kind of living thing is a coral?
- A. a mushroom
- B. an animal
- C. a plant
7. Which is the smallest of the five oceans?
- A. the Arctic Ocean
- B. the Southern Ocean
- C. the Indian Ocean
8. Which of these has ear flaps you can see?
- A. a walrus
- B. a seal
- C. a sea lion
9. Most countries, including the United States, now count how many named oceans?
- A. seven
- B. three
- C. five
10. Why does the ocean look blue?
- A. blue fish tint the water
- B. it is full of blue salt
- C. water soaks up red light
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- A: the Bay of Fundy in Canada. In the United States, the highest tides are near Anchorage, Alaska.
- B: half an inch. Half an inch is about 1.3 centimeters.
- A: about 5,000 miles. Humpbacks have one of the longest migrations of any mammal.
- B: a thunderstorm. Tornadoes have been reported in all fifty U.S. states.
- B: about half. Most of it is made by tiny drifting plankton near the ocean's surface.
- B: an animal. Corals stay fixed to the sea floor, which is why many people think they are plants.
- A: the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is covered with ice for most of the year.
- C: a sea lion. Sea lions can walk on land using their large flippers, while seals wriggle on their bellies.
- C: five. The Southern Ocean around Antarctica is the newest one to get a name.
- C: water soaks up red light. Deep down, most of the ocean is completely dark.
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