What connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea?
Suez Canal
What organ is referred to as gray matter?
The brain
Many of the inventions of this man include the phonograph, telegraph, and the incandescent lamp. Who is this inventor?
Thomas A. Edison
What types of maps show elevation?
topographic maps
How many nickels can Rachel get for $3.75?
75
What word is the adverb in this sentence. We will soon see the sun rise.
soon - An adverb is a word used to tell more about a verb, and it almost always answers the questions how?, when?, where?, how often?, and in what way?
Which English explorer brought the potato and tobacco to England from the New World?
Sir Walter Raleigh
James gets out of school at 3:00 p.m. It takes him 15 minutes to get home, and another 15 minutes to eat a snack. If he practices his music for half and hour before starting his homework, what time will he be starting his homework?
4:00 p.m.
The name of the most massive of all living forms is the General Sherman Tree. This tree is 275 ft. tall, 83 ft. diameter and located in Sierra Nevada Mountains. What type of tree is it?
Giant Sequoia (accept Sequoia)
What is the past tense of the verb think?
thought
This government agency is responsible for manufacturing and distributing all U.S. coins and currency. What is it?
The U.S. Mint
Name the eighth planet from the sun.
Neptune
Which word indicates the shortest length: centimeter, kilometer and millimeter.
millimeter
Name the person that found penicillin while growing bread mold.
Alexander Flemming
What substance gives leaves their green color?
chlorophyll
How many beads are on one necklace if 1400 beads make 25 necklaces?
56
