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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 7 of 12 covers seven completed UTC days.

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Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Everyday choices: What do we call a sensible approximate answer made before exact counting?

    Answer: estimate

    An estimate is useful for checking whether an exact answer has a sensible size.

  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. Reading corner: Which type of word names a person, place, thing, or idea?

    Answer: noun

    A noun can name a person, place, object, or idea, such as “teacher,” “park,” or “kindness.”

  5. 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.

Daily round

  1. Reading corner: What do we call a word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another word?

    Answer: synonym

    Synonyms have the same or similar meanings, although they may not fit every sentence in exactly the same way.

  2. Everyday choices: What musical feature describes a pattern of beats over time?

    Answer: rhythm

    Rhythm organizes long and short sounds around a steady or changing beat.

  3. Nature explorer: What change happens when liquid water becomes ice?

    Answer: freezing

    Freezing removes thermal energy from a liquid until it changes into a solid.

  4. Reading corner: Which book section explains important or unfamiliar terms?

    Answer: glossary

    A glossary collects important terms with definitions, usually near the end of a book.

  5. Nature explorer: What do we call an animal with a backbone?

    Answer: vertebrate

    Vertebrates have a spinal column; fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are vertebrate groups.

Daily round

  1. 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.

  2. Nature explorer: Which star provides most of the light and heat reaching Earth?

    Answer: Sun

    The Sun is a star whose energy drives Earth’s climate and supports nearly every food web.

  3. 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.

  4. Reading corner: Which type of word usually expresses an action or state?

    Answer: verb

    A verb expresses an action or state, such as “run,” “think,” or “is.”

  5. Reading corner: Which book section lists topics alphabetically with page numbers?

    Answer: index

    An index is alphabetical and points readers to pages where particular topics appear.

Daily round

  1. Everyday choices: What action can help a new student feel welcome at recess?

    Answer: include others

    Inviting someone into a game can reduce isolation and help a newcomer learn the group’s routines.

  2. Everyday choices: Before borrowing a classmate’s supplies, what should a child do?

    Answer: ask permission

    Asking before borrowing respects ownership and gives the other person a real choice.

  3. Nature explorer: On a sunny playground, what dark shape appears when an object blocks light?

    Answer: shadow

    A shadow forms because light generally travels in straight lines and an object blocks part of it.

  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. Everyday choices: What saves water while brushing teeth?

    Answer: turn off the tap

    Turning off the tap while brushing can save several liters of treated water each time.

Daily round

  1. Owen has 18 blocks and receives 5 more. How many blocks are there now?

    Answer: 23

    In this classroom addition story, 18 plus 5 equals 23.

  2. A craft table has 3 cups with 2 beads in each cup. How many beads are there altogether?

    Answer: 6

    Equal groups call for multiplication: 3 groups of 2 make 6 beads.

  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. Nature explorer: Which state of matter spreads out to fill its container?

    Answer: gas

    A gas expands because its particles move freely and spread through the available space.

  5. Everyday choices: What length of time equals 15 minutes?

    Answer: quarter hour

    A quarter hour is one fourth of 60 minutes, so it equals 15 minutes.

Daily round

  1. 56 game tokens are shared equally among 7 children. How many tokens does each child receive?

    Answer: 8

    Fair sharing uses division: 56 divided among 7 children gives 8 each.

  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. Everyday choices: What behavior shows respect while another person is speaking?

    Answer: listen without interrupting

    Listening without interrupting makes it easier to understand the speaker before responding.

  4. 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.

  5. Nature explorer: Which weather tool measures how much rain has fallen?

    Answer: rain gauge

    A rain gauge collects precipitation so its depth can be measured over a set period.

Daily round

  1. Maya has 4 stickers and receives 3 more. How many stickers are there now?

    Answer: 7

    In this classroom addition story, 4 plus 3 equals 7.

  2. 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.

  3. Reading corner: Which type of word describes a noun?

    Answer: adjective

    An adjective adds information about a noun, such as “blue” in “blue backpack.”

  4. Everyday choices: What group includes red, yellow, and blue in traditional painting lessons?

    Answer: primary colors

    Traditional paint lessons call red, yellow, and blue primary because they are used to mix many other hues.

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

    Answer: 24

    In this sharing story, 33 minus 9 leaves 24.