Seven days of questions and answers

Kids Trivia Answers Archive

Review earlier daily rounds, reveal the correct answer, and use the short explanation to learn the fact behind each question. Page 2 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 42 game tokens are shared equally among 6 children. How many tokens does each child receive?

    Answer: 7

    Fair sharing uses division: 42 divided among 6 children gives 7 each.

  2. Nature explorer: What do we call an animal without a backbone?

    Answer: invertebrate

    Invertebrates lack a backbone and include insects, spiders, mollusks, and many other animals.

  3. Nature explorer: What term describes an animal that eats both plants and animals?

    Answer: omnivore

    Omnivores can digest foods from both plant and animal sources.

  4. Nature explorer: What seasonal journey do many birds make between regions?

    Answer: migration

    Migration is a regular seasonal journey, often made to find food, breeding sites, or milder conditions.

  5. Reading corner: What do we call a word with an opposite meaning?

    Answer: antonym

    Antonyms express contrasting meanings, such as “early” and “late.”

Daily round

  1. Reading corner: During reading practice, which verb means to watch carefully?

    Answer: observe

    Observe means watch or notice carefully so that useful details can be recorded.

  2. Everyday choices: What fair habit lets everyone participate in a shared game?

    Answer: take turns

    Taking turns shares limited time or equipment and gives every player a fair chance to participate.

  3. Nature explorer: What pulls a tossed ball back toward the ground?

    Answer: gravity

    Gravity accelerates unsupported objects toward Earth’s center, bringing a tossed ball back down.

  4. Reading corner: Which punctuation belongs at the end of a direct question?

    Answer: question mark

    A question mark signals that a sentence is asking a direct question.

  5. Reading corner: During reading practice, which word describes someone who tells the truth?

    Answer: honest

    An honest person communicates truthfully and does not deliberately deceive others.

Daily round

  1. Leo has 6 marbles and receives 4 more. How many marbles are there now?

    Answer: 10

    In this classroom addition story, 6 plus 4 equals 10.

  2. Reading corner: Which punctuation can separate items in a simple list?

    Answer: comma

    Commas separate list items, as in “paper, pencils, and glue.”

  3. Nia starts with 33 stars and gives away 9. How many remain?

    Answer: 24

    In this sharing story, 33 minus 9 leaves 24.

  4. Reading corner: During reading practice, which word means extremely large?

    Answer: enormous

    Enormous means extremely large; an enormous whale is far bigger than an ordinary fish.

  5. 20 game tokens are shared equally among 4 children. How many tokens does each child receive?

    Answer: 5

    Fair sharing uses division: 20 divided among 4 children gives 5 each.

Daily round

  1. Nature explorer: Which plant part supports leaves and carries water upward?

    Answer: stem

    A stem supports leaves and contains tissues that move water and sugars through a plant.

  2. Nature explorer: What adaptation helps an animal blend into its surroundings?

    Answer: camouflage

    Camouflage can reduce detection by matching colors, patterns, shapes, or movement to the surroundings.

  3. Lina starts with 27 blocks and gives away 7. How many remain?

    Answer: 20

    In this sharing story, 27 minus 7 leaves 20.

  4. Everyday choices: During a small disagreement, what is a helpful first response?

    Answer: use words calmly

    Calm words describe the problem without adding threats or insults, making a solution more likely.

  5. Nature explorer: What change happens when an ice cube becomes liquid water?

    Answer: melting

    Melting occurs when a solid gains enough thermal energy to become a liquid.

Daily round

  1. Nature explorer: What object can attract iron without touching it?

    Answer: magnet

    A magnet produces a magnetic field and can attract iron, nickel, cobalt, or materials containing them.

  2. Nia has 20 apples and receives 6 more. How many apples are there now?

    Answer: 26

    In this classroom addition story, 20 plus 6 equals 26.

  3. Everyday choices: What habit helps reduce the spread of droplets when coughing?

    Answer: cover a cough

    Covering a cough with a tissue or elbow reduces the distance respiratory droplets travel.

  4. A craft table has 4 cups with 3 beads in each cup. How many beads are there altogether?

    Answer: 12

    Equal groups call for multiplication: 4 groups of 3 make 12 beads.

  5. Everyday choices: What can help protect exposed skin during time in strong sunlight?

    Answer: use sunscreen

    Broad-spectrum sunscreen helps protect skin from both UVA and UVB radiation when used as directed.

Daily round

  1. Reading corner: During reading practice, which word means very small?

    Answer: tiny

    Tiny means very small; a grain of sand can look tiny beside a pebble.

  2. Everyday choices: What do we call an artwork focused on a person?

    Answer: portrait

    A portrait represents a particular person or group and may communicate mood as well as appearance.

  3. Reading corner: What short text explains a picture or diagram?

    Answer: caption

    A caption explains or adds context to a photograph, illustration, chart, or diagram.

  4. Owen starts with 30 apples and gives away 8. How many remain?

    Answer: 22

    In this sharing story, 30 minus 8 leaves 22.

  5. Noah has 10 shells and receives 6 more. How many shells are there now?

    Answer: 16

    In this classroom addition story, 10 plus 6 equals 16.

Daily round

  1. Nature explorer: Which state of matter keeps its volume but takes the shape of its container?

    Answer: liquid

    A liquid keeps nearly the same volume but flows to match the shape of its container.

  2. Eli starts with 24 pencils and gives away 6. How many remain?

    Answer: 18

    In this sharing story, 24 minus 6 leaves 18.

  3. Reading corner: During reading practice, which word describes someone full of happiness?

    Answer: joyful

    Joyful describes strong happiness and can describe a person, event, or expression.

  4. Reading corner: Which type of word can replace a noun, as “she” replaces a person’s name?

    Answer: pronoun

    A pronoun avoids needless repetition by standing in for a noun, as “they” can replace people’s names.

  5. Everyday choices: Which tool tells the time of day?

    Answer: clock

    A clock measures and displays time, while a timer measures how long an activity lasts.