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Knowledge-A-Thon

Knowledge-A-Thon. Third Grade Questions and Answers. 1) What is the title of the official who governs our country?. President. 2) How many states are there in the United States of America?. 50. 3) Tell what the fifty stars on the flag of the United States of America stand for?.

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Knowledge-A-Thon

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  1. Knowledge-A-Thon Third Grade Questions and Answers

  2. 1) What is the title of the official who governs our country? • President

  3. 2) How many states are there in the United States of America? • 50

  4. 3) Tell what the fifty stars on the flag of the United States of America stand for? • Each star represents one of the states in the union

  5. 4) What bird is the symbol of the United States? • Bald Eagle

  6. 5) What is the title of the official who governs our state? • Governor

  7. 6) Who is the governor of Wisconsin? • Jim Doyle

  8. 7) What is the title of the official who heads our Appleton city government? • Mayor

  9. 8) Who is the mayor of Appleton? • Tim Hanna

  10. 9) Name three types of communities. • Rural, suburban, and urban

  11. 10) On which continent do we live? • North America

  12. Name the four biggest oceans • Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic

  13. 12) What river flows through our community? • The Fox River

  14. 13) Name Wisconsin’s largest inland lake. • Lake Winnebago

  15. Name the great lakes. • Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior.

  16. 15) What imaginary line on the globe is half way between the North Pole and the South Pole • The equator

  17. 16) Is North America in the eastern or western hemisphere? • The western hemisphere

  18. 17) What is a hemisphere? • Half of a sphere or half the globe of the earth

  19. 18) What word do we use to tell about animals blending in with their surroundings? • Camouflage

  20. 19) What are four of the six simple machines? • Lever, inclined plane, screw, wedge, wheel & axle, pulley

  21. 20) What is the measuring unit called that everyone agrees to use? • Standard measurement

  22. 21) What is an approximation or educated guess called? • An estimation

  23. 22) What is the standard unit when measuring mass? • Grams

  24. 23) What is the standard unit when measuring distance? • Meters

  25. 24) What is the standard unit when measuring temperature? • Degrees Celsius

  26. 25) Name three different observations you could make about a rock? • Color, diameter, circumference, depth, hardness, mass

  27. Rocks are made up of different materials called what • Minerals

  28. 27) What is a geologist? • A person who studies the earth

  29. 28) What is the difference between rocks and minerals? • Rocks are made up of different ingredients but minerals are only made up of one ingredient

  30. 29) What is most important in the process of germination? • Water

  31. 30) What do you call the system in which plants grow in a water and nutrient solution? • Hydroponics

  32. 31) In what part of the plant are seeds found? • Fruit

  33. 32) What is the term for the start of a seed’s growth? • Germination

  34. 33) Something an animal does is called a ______ • Behavior

  35. 34) How many seconds are in a minute? • 60

  36. 35) How many minutes are in an hour? • 60

  37. 36) How many hours are in one day ? • 24

  38. 37) How many days are in a year? • 365/366

  39. 38) What is the answer in an addition problem called? • Sum

  40. 39) What is the answer in a multiplication problem called? • Product

  41. 40) What is the answer in a subtraction problem called? • Difference

  42. 41) What is the answer in a division problem called? • Quotient

  43. 42) How many years are in a century? • 100

  44. 43) How many years are in a decade? • 10

  45. 44) How many feet are in one yard? • 3

  46. 45) How many inches are in one foot? • 12

  47. 46) How many quarts are in one gallon? • 4

  48. 47) What do we call words that are opposites, such as hot and cold? • Antonyms

  49. 48) What is a word that names a person, place, or thing? • Noun

  50. 49) What is a verb? • An action word

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