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Middle round (ages 9–11): 🫀 Your body · 🌋 Planet Earth · 🦁 Animals. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.
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Teams are 🦊 Foxes, 🐻 Bears, 🦉 Owls, 🐸 Frogs. Take turns: one question each, and a star for every right answer.
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The ten, for a host reading aloud
- 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
🔑 Show the answers
- C: the molars. Your tongue pushes chewed food back to the molars to be mashed. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
- A: the Pacific Ocean. Deep ocean trenches run along the Ring of Fire, next to chains of volcanoes. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- B: stay cool. For its body size, the fennec fox has the biggest ears of any kind of dog or fox. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
- A: four. The top two are the atria and the bottom two are the ventricles. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
- B: Yellowstone. Its geysers and hot springs were a big reason it was protected. Source: National Park Service
- B: a town. Prairie dogs trim plants taller than about 6 inches so they can see far across their home. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
- A: about 10,000. Taste buds sit in the little bumps on top of your tongue, called papillae. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
- C: about one-third. Deserts can be hot or cold, but they are always dry. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- B: up to one mile. Wild turkeys can fly up to 54 miles per hour, though only for short trips. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
- B: 🦇 A bat. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three. a Peabody riddle
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