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Thirty questions with answers: ten each for ages 6–8, 9–11 and 12 and up, on the body, planet Earth and animals. The key is folded away so you can play first, and each answer names where it was checked: KidsHealth, the NIH, USGS, the Park Service or the National Zoo.

🐣 Little round: ages 6–8 (grades K–2)

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1.Which part of your body pumps blood all around you?
- A the stomach
- B the lungs
- C the heart
2.Where are most of Earth's volcanoes found?
- A on the ocean floor
- B in deserts
- C in big forests
3.What color are a beaver's big front teeth?
- A black
- B white
- C orange
4.What is the biggest organ of your body?
- A the heart
- B the brain
- C the skin
5.Arches National Park has more than 2,000 natural arches. What are they made of?
- A rock
- B wood
- C ice
6.What gives a flamingo its pink color?
- A the warm sunshine
- B the food it eats
- C bathing in mud
7.Which thin part inside your ear shakes when sounds reach it?
- A the eardrum
- B the earlobe
- C the earwax
8.What is the hot, melted rock under a volcano called?
- A magma
- B sand
- C clay
9.What does a skunk spray to keep other animals away?
- A sticky honey
- B a stinky liquid
- C cold water
10.The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
- A 👣 Footsteps
- B 🍪 Cookies
- C 🪙 Coins

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C: the heart. Your heart is about as big as your fist. Source: NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
A: on the ocean floor. Most of these underwater volcanoes sit along long ridges where the seafloor spreads apart. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
C: orange. A beaver's front teeth keep growing its whole life. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
C: the skin. Your skin is always making new cells to take the place of old ones. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
A: rock. Rain and frost wear away soft sandstone, slowly opening holes that become arches. Source: National Park Service
B: the food it eats. Flamingo chicks hatch with white fluffy feathers and take years to turn pink. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
A: the eardrum. It passes the shaking on to three tiny bones inside your ear. Source: NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
A: magma. When magma comes out onto the ground, we call it lava. Source: National Park Service
B: a stinky liquid. Before it sprays, a skunk stomps its feet and lifts its tail as a warning. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
A: 👣 Footsteps. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three. a Peabody riddle

🦊 Middle round: ages 9–11 (grades 3–5)

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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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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

🦉 Big round: ages 12 and up (grades 6 and up)

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1.What are the tiny air sacs in the lungs where oxygen and carbon dioxide swap?
- A villi
- B alveoli
- C bronchi
2.Which earthquake waves usually arrive first at a faraway place?
- A P waves
- B surface waves
- C S waves
3.Monarchs get protective toxins from the milkweed they eat. What are these toxins called?
- A cardenolides
- B enzymes
- C antibodies
4.What is the outer layer of your skin called?
- A the dermis
- B the epidermis
- C the cortex
5.Which mountain's peak is the farthest from the center of the Earth?
- A Mount Kilimanjaro
- B Mount Chimborazo
- C Mount Everest
6.What grows in grooves on a two-toed sloth's hairs and can turn its fur green?
- A moss
- B algae
- C mold
7.What tough cords hold skeletal muscles to bones?
- A tendons
- B ligaments
- C capillaries
8.The Challenger Deep, the deepest known part of the ocean, lies in which trench?
- A the Mariana Trench
- B the Aleutian Trench
- C the Puerto Rico Trench
9.How many alternating black and white bands are on a ring-tailed lemur's tail?
- A 13
- B 5
- C 30
10.I fly at night and hang upside down to sleep. What am I?
- A 🦋 A butterfly
- B 🦅 An eagle
- C 🦇 A bat

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B: alveoli. Each person has hundreds of millions of alveoli in their lungs. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
A: P waves. P stands for primary; the slower S, or secondary, waves arrive later. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
A: cardenolides. These toxins help keep monarchs safe from animals that might eat them. Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
B: the epidermis. Below it is the dermis, which holds nerve endings, blood vessels and sweat glands. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
B: Mount Chimborazo. Earth bulges at the equator, and Chimborazo sits just one degree south of it. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
B: algae. The grooves run from the top to the bottom of each brownish-gray hair. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
A: tendons. When a muscle pulls, its tendon and the bone move along with it. Source: KidsHealth (Nemours)
A: the Mariana Trench. It is about 10,935 meters deep, in the western Pacific Ocean. Source: NOAA National Ocean Service
A: 13. Unlike most lemurs, ringtails spend about 40 percent of their time on the ground. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
C: 🦇 A bat. A riddle: every clue fits only one of the three. a Peabody riddle

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Where these questions come from

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