Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

1,000,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic , , , ,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000

5th Grade Topic 1 Question / Explain two steps scientists take in designing an experiment and two steps scientists take in conducting an experiment. (4 points)

5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / Design-ask a question, make hypothesis, plan steps/materials / Conduct-measure/record data, analyze data (conclusion, inference) / Design-ask a question, make hypothesis, plan steps/materials / Conduct-measure/record data, analyze data (conclusion, inference) Return

5th Grade Topic 2 Question / A scientist wants to determine what food a specific type of butterfly usually eats. What would be the best way to find an answer to this question?

5th Grade Topic 2 Answer / Conduct an experiment by giving the butterfly different foods. Return

4th Grade Topic 3 Question / Which part of the plant transports water and carries nutrients to the leaves?

4th Grade Topic 3 Answer / stem Return

4th Grade Topic 4 Question / What process is when water transfers from lakes into the air and into clouds?

4th Grade Topic 4 Answer / evaporation Return

3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / What happens to dead leaves and animals that fall to the forest floor?

3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer / They decompose and become part of the soil. Return

3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / What causes day and night?

3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / Rotation of the earth

2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / What do the arrows in a food chain and food web represent?

2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer / Transfer of energy Return

2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / Identify one beneficial effect and one harmful effect of modern technology on human life.

2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / B-can go to outer space, new vaccines/cures for diseases, transportation / H-pollution, warfare / B-can go to outer space, new vaccines/cures for diseases, transportation / H-pollution, warfare Return

1st Grade Topic 9 Question / While playing basketball, a student throws a ball into the air. What force brings the ball back to the ground?

1st Grade Topic 9 Answer / gravity Return

1st Grade Topic 10 Question / What’s the correct order of a frog’s life cycle?

1st Grade Topic 10 Answer / Egg to Tadpole to Frog Return

Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11

$1,000,000 Question / Identify a slow and rapid process that could have shaped the canyon. Give evidence of each process. (4 points)

1,000,000 Answer / Rapid-earthquake because the canyon’s walls are divided / Slow-glacier because of grooves in the rock / Rapid-earthquake because the canyon’s walls are divided / Slow-glacier because of grooves in the rock Return

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