Primary Rounds

1. If Tom is 5 feet 3 inches tall, how tall is he in inches? 63 inches

2. Scientists classify matter in four phases: plasma, liquids, and what other two? Solids, gas

3. What continent is also a country? Australia

4. Space, force and _________ are the 3 elements of dance. Time

5. What is formed when two or more words are put together? Compound words

6. Round 97.64 to the nearest tenth. 97.6

7. What part of a plant absorbs nutrients and water from the soil? The root

8. A person who purchases something is called a? consumer

9. What do you call a tree, table, or chair that is used in a play? A prop

10. The time and place of a story is _____________. Setting

11. To find the product which math operation must be performed? Multiplication

12. Identify the largest luminous body in the solar system? the sun

13. What is the economic term for not having enough of something you want or need? Scarcity

14. A tone in music is represented by a sign called a ____________. Note

15. What is the human, animal or object that is part of the action of the story? Character

16. If Tom shared 56 cookies with 8 of his friends and they all got an equal amount, how many cookies did they each get? 7 cookies

each

17. Fish and reptiles share an important trait concerning their body covering. What is that trait? Scales

18. Barter is another word for __________. Trade

19. Which branch of government carries out the laws or executes the laws of our country? The executive branch

20. Line dancing is a form of what kind of dance? Recreational dance

EXTRA QUESTIONS

1. The northeasternmost U.S. state is…….Maine

2. What article other than “the” may be used before a word that begins with a vowel or vowel sound? An

3. A nonfiction work of literature written about himself by the author is an…..autobiography

4. Melinda can mow her mom’s lawn in five hours. What part of the lawn can she mow in one hour? 1/5

5. What punctuation mark shows where letters have been omitted in a contraction? Apostrophe

6. What tool are you most likely to use to remove a splinter? Tweezers

Primary Round 2

1. An author writes for three reasons: to inform, to persuade and _______________. To entertain

2. What is the general name of the process by which water or wind wears away soil and rock? Erosion

3. What type of map would you use to locate the Rocky Mountains? physical map

4. Find the range for this set of numbers: 3, 5, 14, 20. 3-20

5. In dancing what is the use of energy while moving? Force

6. What term refers to the group of animals that feeds their young with milk from their bodies? Mammals

7. What term refers to a human-made lake created by a dam? a reservoir

8. Lara travels 347 miles on Monday and 256 miles on Tuesday. How much farther did she travel on Monday? 91 miles

9. What is an educated guess based on what is in the text and what the reader already knows? An inference

10. What do you get when you put two primary colors together? A secondary color

11. Why does a porcupine have quills? Protection

12. A piece of land that jets out and is surrounded on three sides by water is a ___________. Peninsula

13. Maria is 15 years older than her cousin Tammy. If Tammy was born in 1947, what year was Maria born in? 1932

14. The most important point an author makes that tells what the story is mostly about is the story’s…… main idea

15. What is the element of music that talks about how fast or how slow a piece of music is? Tempo

16. How many years does it take to go around the sun? 1 year

17. What document is the United States’ plan of government? The US constitution

18. Tom wakes up at 6:15 am and he takes 45 minutes to get ready for school. He then rides on the bus for another 20 minutes before arriving at school. What time does he get to school? 7:20 am

19. In what point of view is a story told with a narrator who is not one of the characters, using the pronouns he, she, and they? 3^rd person

20. What does the earth rotate on? Its axis

21. Who makes up the executive branch at the state level? Governor

EXTRA QUESTIONS:

1. What is the denominator in 7/56? 56

2. What is the greatest common denominator of these numbers: 120, 81 and 117? 3

3. Express 79/3 as a mixed number. 26 1/3

4. 64 ounces equals how many pounds? 4

5. What ruler-sized flute plays notes so high that you can pick them out even when the larger instruments are playing? Piccolo

6. Change 3 percent to a decimal. .03 (3 hundredths)

7. The stretching and relaxing of the arteries as blood surges through them can e felt in certain parts of the body. What is this rhythmical throbbing of the arteries called? PulseT

8. Frank got on an elevator on the fourth floor. It went up two floors. Then it went down five floors. Finally it went up nine floors where Frank got off. What floor was he on? Tenth

9. How many feet are in 252 yards? 756

10. The Mississippi River delta extends into what body of water? Gulf of Mexico

Primary Round 3

1. What term includes all of the forms in which water falls from the atmosphere? Precipitation

2. What type of map would be used to study landforms? Physical map

3. What term is given to a six sided shape? Hexagon

4. What is the purpose of a newspaper article? To inform

5. What term means the quality of sound or how the instruments and voices sound different from one another? Timbre

6. What is the name of the center of the earth? Core

7. What is our national anthem? The Star Spangled Banner

8. What term is given to the numbers that are multiplied together to get a product? Factors

9. When an author gives a clue about what is going to happen in a story, this is called _______________. Foreshadowing

10. Walking, leaping, and running are examples of what type of movement? Locomotor

11. How many pairs of legs do 10 grasshoppers have? 30 pairs

12. What famous route did the slaves use to reach freedom? The Underground Railroad

13. Joe goes and buys 8 dozen eggs and he already has a dozen at home. How many individual eggs does he have in all? 108 eggs in all

14. How many words should be capitalized in this sentence: Bill is going to Lexington, Kentucky in May. 4

15. Monarch butterflies leave one region each year and make long journeys to another location. Later in the year they return. What are these annual trips called? Migrations

16. Where are the meanings of map symbols located? Legend

17. After an increase of 22 cents, the price per pound of okra rose to 81 cents. What was the previous cost? 59 cents

18. What type of story teaches a lesson or has a purpose? Fable

19. What creates the heat when you rub your hands together? Friction

20. What is the capital of the United States? Washington, DC

EXTRA QUESTIONS

1. What is the product of 4562 and 1211? 5,524,582

2. If you close off any angle with a straight line, what plane figure is formed? Triangle

3. Name the imaginary line that separates Kentucky and Tennessee. Border (or boundary)

4. Many of the famous people who achievements shaped the modern world wrote about their own lives and times. What are these books called? Autobiographies

5. Spell the name of the building occupied by the U.S. Congress. Capitol

6. What continent is directly south of western Europe? Africa

7. An even number multiplied by an odd number results in what kind of number? Even number

8. Stringed instruments such as the cello or violin are played with a separate stringed device called a ____________. Bow

9. The scale of a map is 1 inch to 20 miles. How many miles equal 5 inches on the map? 100

10. What metal percussion musical instrument has the shape of a three-sided polygon open at one angle? Triangle

Primary Round 4

1. What do writers call language that creates a mental picture that makes readers see, hear, taste or feel things in their imagination? Imagery

2. In which style of music do listeners typically hear the banjo, dulcimer, fiddle and mandolin? Bluegrass

3. What do scientists call a group of the same species living in the same area? Family

4. Which direction on maps do longitudinal lines run? North to south

5. How many decades are in 3 centuries? 30

6. A cereal box is an example of what kind of solid? Rectangular prism

7. What word does not belong in this group: timid, brave, fearful, hesitant brave

8. The violin is a member of what instrument family? String family

9. When the part of the earth that you are in is tilted away from the sun, what season is it? Winter

10. What common road sign has the shape of an octagon? Stop sign

11. Name the joint connecting the foot with the leg. Ankle

12. Name the shot awarded to a basketball player who has been fouled. Free throw (foul shot)

13. What is the product of 85 and 0? 0

14. Name all the letters which should be capitalized in this sentence. everyone knows the myth of george washington’s throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac. E, g, w, p

15. The process by which a liquid or solid becomes a vapor is called…..evaporation

16. Add these numbers. 3 + 19 + 4 – 45 -19

17. He thought he landed in the East Indies so he gave the name, Indians, to the Native American people he found there. Who was this early explorer? Christopher Columbus

18. How many centimeters are in one meter? 100

19. How many verbs are in this line? As you grow older, you stand for more and fall for less. 3

20. The Sun heats the Earth the most at the equator and the least at the ………….. poles

Extra Questions

1. What is a dried blood clot over a wound called? A scab

2. The scale of a map is 1 inch to 20 miles. How many miles equal 5 inches on the map? 100

3. What two offices of the U.S. government are elected by all people of the nation? President and vice president

4. The U.S. president is elected for a term of how many months? 48

5. What is the missing number in this arithmetic sequence? 17 22 ____ 32 27

6. How many pints are in four gallons? 32

7. What rock is associated with Miles Standish and John Alden? Plymouth Rock

8. The Earth rotates on its inner axis every twenty-four hours and revolves about its outer axis once every how many days? 365

9. What phenomenon results when sound waves strike hard, smooth surfaces and are reflected back? Echoes

10. Name the point on the Earth from which you could only travel in a northerly direction. South Pole