Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which continent contains the countries Brazil, Peru, and Argentina?
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
2. Maya has 48 stickers and shares them equally among 6 friends. How many stickers does each friend receive?
6
8
7
9
3. Why does the Moon appear to change shape over the course of about a month?
Clouds cover different parts of the Moon each night
Earth's shadow regularly covers part of the Moon
We see different portions of the Moon's sunlit half as it orbits Earth
The Moon physically grows and shrinks
4. What causes the regular cycle of day and night on Earth?
Earth rotating on its axis
Earth orbiting the Sun
The Moon orbiting Earth
Clouds blocking sunlight
5. In the sentence “The exhausted runner trudged toward the finish line,” what does “trudged” most likely mean?
Jumped lightly
Walked slowly with effort
Spun around quickly
Stopped moving completely
6. A recipe needs 3/4 cup of milk, but you are making half the recipe. How much milk should you use?
1/4 cup
2/3 cup
1/2 cup
3/8 cup
7. After rain, a puddle becomes smaller on a warm, sunny day. Which process best explains what happened?
Evaporation changed liquid water into water vapor
Precipitation moved the water into clouds
Condensation turned the water into droplets
Freezing changed the water into ice
8. Four identical plants receive the same soil and sunlight. Each gets a different amount of water. What question can this experiment best investigate?
How does soil type affect plant growth?
How does sunlight affect plant growth?
How does the amount of water affect plant growth?
Do different plant species grow at different rates?
9. Which shape always has four equal sides and four right angles?
Square
Rhombus
Rectangle
Trapezoid
10. A class starts at 9:25 a.m. and lasts 50 minutes. When does it finish?
10:05 a.m.
10:35 a.m.
10:25 a.m.
10:15 a.m.
11. A student wants direct evidence of what life was like 100 years ago. Which source would be most useful?
A diary written by someone living at that time
A current weather forecast
A modern novel set in the future
A recent dictionary definition of history
12. A rectangular garden is 7 meters long and 4 meters wide. How much fencing is needed to go once around it?
11 meters
28 meters
14 meters
22 meters
13. Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
The puppies bowl is empty.
The puppie's bowl is empty.
The puppy's bowl is empty.
The puppys' bowl is empty.
14. Grass is eaten by a rabbit, and the rabbit is eaten by a fox. In this food chain, which organism is the producer?
The rabbit
The fox
The grass
All three organisms
15. Lena packed an umbrella after seeing dark clouds gather and hearing thunder in the distance. What can you reasonably infer?
Lena plans to use the umbrella as a sunshade
Lena has already been caught in a storm
Lena knows the exact time the clouds will clear
Lena thinks it may rain soon
16. A survey records the favorite fruits of 20 students: 7 choose apples, 5 choose bananas, 6 choose oranges, and 2 choose pears. Which statement is supported by the data?
More students chose bananas than oranges
Apples were the most frequently chosen fruit
Pears and bananas received the same number of votes
Exactly half of the students chose apples