2nd Grade Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Jordan wants to send a letter through the mail. Which community worker helps collect and deliver it?
Crossing guard
Firefighter
Librarian
Postal worker
2. Lena has two quarters. How much money does she have altogether?
25 cents
40 cents
75 cents
50 cents
3. Which name most specifically describes a shape with four equal sides and four right angles?
Triangle
Pentagon
Square
Trapezoid
4. A duck’s webbed feet are especially useful for which activity?
Swimming through water
Digging deep tunnels
Climbing tree trunks
Holding food like hands
5. An ice cube is left in a warm room. What will it become as it melts?
Water vapor only
Liquid water
More solid ice
Snow
6. Why does one side of Earth experience daytime while the other side experiences nighttime?
The side facing the Sun receives light
The Sun turns off for part of each day
Clouds block all sunlight from half of Earth
The Moon covers half of Earth every night
7. Which sentence should end with a question mark?
My hat is on the chair
Where did I put my hat
What a colorful hat
Please bring me my hat
8. Which word correctly completes this sentence: “One child is reading, and two _____ are drawing”?
childs
childrens
children
child
9. What is 36 + 27?
53
57
73
63
10. In the number 47, what value does the digit 4 have?
4
47
7
40
11. On a compass, which direction is opposite east?
West
North
South
Northeast
12. Ava puts on rain boots and takes an umbrella before leaving home. What weather is most likely expected?
A rainy day
A windy but cloudless day
A hot, dry afternoon
A clear, cold night
13. Which list is in alphabetical order?
Cat, ball, apple
Ball, apple, cat
Apple, ball, cat
Apple, cat, ball
14. Maya has 18 crayons and gives 7 to a friend. How many crayons does she have left?
10
11
12
25
15. A bean seed opens, and a tiny shoot begins growing from it. What is the young plant called?
A flower
A sprout
A fruit
A cone
16. A clock’s minute hand points to 6, and its hour hand is halfway between 2 and 3. What time is it?
2:06
3:30
2:30
6:15