General Knowledge Quiz for Kids
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Lena tests four objects with a magnet. Which object is most likely to be attracted to it?
A wooden craft stick
A rubber eraser
A steel paper clip
A glass marble
2. Why does the Moon appear to have different shapes, or phases, during a month?
Clouds regularly cover fixed parts of it
Earth's shadow falls on it every night
We see different portions of its sunlit half as it orbits Earth
The Moon changes its actual shape
3. The Sun appears to travel across the sky each day. What mainly causes this appearance?
The Sun circles Earth once each day
Earth changes its distance from the Sun
The Moon pulls the Sun across the sky
Earth rotates on its axis
4. Which of these animals is a mammal?
Dolphin
Shark
Octopus
Trout
5. Which event happened earliest in history?
The first crewed Moon landing
The building of the Great Pyramid of Giza
The signing of Magna Carta
The invention of the printing press in Europe
6. Which word has the closest meaning to “rapid”?
Quiet
Careful
Heavy
Fast
7. What is the capital city of France?
Brussels
Rome
Madrid
Paris
8. Which punctuation mark should complete the sentence “Where did you put my book”
Comma
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Apostrophe
9. A town wants an energy source that is naturally replenished. Which choice is renewable?
Sunlight
Oil
Coal
Natural gas
10. Maya cuts a pizza into eight equal slices and eats two. What fraction of the pizza remains?
Three quarters
One half
One quarter
Seven eighths
11. A small puddle disappears during a warm afternoon without being soaked up. What did most of its liquid water become?
Oxygen
Water vapor
Liquid clouds
Ice crystals
12. In a food chain, grass is eaten by rabbits, and rabbits are eaten by foxes. If much less grass grows, what is the most direct problem for the rabbits?
They will receive less sunlight
They will have less food available
They will need more oxygen
They will become foxes
13. A houseplant beside a window gradually bends toward the glass. What is it mainly growing toward?
Sounds beyond the window
Cool air from outside
Light used to make food
Gravity pulling it sideways
14. On a globe, which imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
The Prime Meridian
The Tropic of Cancer
The International Date Line
15. Which organ pumps blood around the human body?
Stomach
Lungs
Heart
Brain
16. A rectangular garden is 5 meters long and 3 meters wide. How much fencing is needed to go all the way around it?
8 meters
25 meters
15 meters
16 meters