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Week beginning 25th May

Water Quiz

Water is a vitally important resource that is essential to life. Take this water quiz for kids and learn more about this vital resource. Check what you understand about water properties, oceans, rivers, ice, bottled water, how long a human can survive without water and much more.

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2. Water is made up of what two elements?

3. What is another name for a tidal wave?


5. The solid state of water is known as what?


7. True or false? Pure water is tasteless.

8. Nimbus, cumulus and stratus are types of what?





13. Water freezes at what temperature?

14. True or false? Water is easy to compress.

15. What is the chemical formula of water?




19. What is the longest river on Earth?

20. True or false? Ice sinks in water.


Week beginning 18th May

Planet Quiz

How much do you know about planets such as Mars, Venus and Jupiter? Give this quiz questions a go and find out. Have fun answering a range of questions related to the planets in our Solar System.

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2. What is the smallest planet in the Solar System?

3. What is the largest planet in the Solar System?

4. What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?


6. The chemical element uranium was named after what planet?



9. What planet is closest in size to Earth?

10. The moon Titan orbits what planet?

11. What planet is nicknamed the ‘Red Planet’?

12. True or false? Neptune is larger than Saturn.

13. The Galilean moons orbit what planet?

14. What planet is closest to the Sun?

15. What is the seventh planet from the Sun?


17. Triton is the largest moon of what planet?

18. What is the brightest planet in the night sky?

19. What is the third planet from the Sun?

20. Phobos and Deimos are moons of what planet?


Week beginning 11th May


Space Quiz

Space is a mysterious place but there are plenty of things we are sure about when it comes to that vast space that surrounds us here on earth. Challenge yourself with this fun space quiz to see what you know. This quiz will get you thinking about the fascinating topics of space and astronomy. Test your knowledge of planets, stars, moons, astronauts, our solar system, galaxy and more space related trivia.

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1. What is the closest planet to the Sun?


3. What is the hottest planet in our solar system?




7. Is the sun a star or a planet?

8. Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

9. What planet is known as the red planet?

10. What is the name of the force holding us to the Earth?

11. Have human beings ever set foot on Mars?

12. What is the name of a place that uses telescopes and other scientific equipment to research space and astronomy?

13. What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope?

14. Earth is located in which galaxy?

15. What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?

16. Ganymede is a moon of which planet?

17. What is the name of Saturn’s largest moon?

18. Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?

19. Does the sun orbit the Earth?

20. Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?

Week beginning 4th May

Earth Quiz

Third planet from the sun and the only place in the universe where life is known to exist, the earth is a unique and beautiful planet. Put your knowledge of the earth to the test with this fun earth quiz. Learn interesting trivia and answer a range of questions on topics such as rocks, air, deserts, oceans, mountains, gas, volcanoes and more. Have you got what it takes to answer them all?

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1. What is the name of the largest ocean on earth?

2. What are the two main metals in the earth’s core?

3. Which is hotter, the centre of the earth or surface of the sun?

4. What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?

5. What do you call it after it has erupted?

6. The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?

7. What do you call a person who studies rocks?

8. Name the three time periods of the dinosaurs.

9. True or false? The Grand Canyon is around 10000 feet (3000 meters) deep.

10. What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans?

11. Over a long period of time while under extreme heat and pressure, graphite turns into which precious mineral?

12. Outside of Antarctica, what is the largest desert in the world?

13. The gemstone ruby is typically what colour?

14. What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?

15. Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?

16. 'Cascade', 'horsetail', 'plunge' and 'tiered' are types of what?

17. Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what?

18. What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the sun?

19. The mass of the earth is made up mostly of which two elements?

20. What is the second most common gas found in the air we breathe?

Earth Quiz Answers

1. The Pacific Ocean

2. Iron and nickel

3. The centre of the earth

4. Magma

5. Lava

6. Australia

7. A geologist

8. Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous

9. False - 5000 feet (1500 meters)

10. Mariana Trench 11. Diamond

12. The Sahara Desert in Africa

13. Red

14. Mount Everest

15. Hang from the ceiling

16. Waterfall

17. Seismologist

18. The ozone layer

19. Iron (32%) and oxygen (30%)

20. Oxygen (21%)
Week beginning 27th April

Weather Quiz

Local weather reports are not always as accurate as we would like. Take this fun weather quiz and see how much you know about climate and weather conditions. The weather can play a big role in our everyday lives with rain, snow, wind, temperature and sunshine all affecting our daily activities. The weather can also come in extremes with storms, tornadoes and hurricanes common in various parts of the world. Test and improve your knowledge with this range of weather questions and learn more about rain, sunshine, storms and more.

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1. A thermometer is a device used to measure what?


3. What country experiences the most tornadoes?







10. What is the driest desert on Earth - the Sahara, the Kalahari or the Atacama?



13. An avalanche features the rapid descent of _______?



16. An anemometer is used to measure what?

17. At what temperature is Centigrade equal to Fahrenheit?




Weather Quiz Answers

1. Temperature

2. Clouds

3. USA

4. True

5. Snow

6. Wind

7. Warming

8. False (Al 'Aziziyah, Libya)

9. A meteorologist

10. The Atacama Desert  11. True

12. Hail stones

13. Snow

14. False (25.4 meters)

15. A barometer

16. Wind speed

17. -40 degrees

18. Forecasting

19. Alley

20. True

Week beginning 20th April

Plant Quiz

Plants come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, some grow fast and some grow slow. See how many questions you can answer about a range of flowers, trees and other plants, forests and more. How much do you know about plants? Find out with this fun plant quiz. Enjoy the cool facts and fun trivia while learning more about plants. Take the challenge and answer as many of the questions as you can.

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5. Amber is made from fossilized tree _____?




9. True or false? Pitcher plants are carnivorous.


Plant Quiz Answers

1. Botany

2. Photosynthesis

3. True

4. Pollination

5. Resin

6. False

7. Maize (corn)

8. Vine

9. True

10. Cherry tree





Week beginning 13th April

Nature Quiz

How much do you know about nature?

Try this nature quiz and learn more about topics such as the environment, recycling, animals, plants and some of the natural features that make Earth special. Take the challenge of this nature quiz and see how much you know.

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2. Do male or female mosquitoes bite people?




6. What are the 3 R’s of recycling?



9. Ayers Rock in Australia is also know as what?


Nature Quiz Answers

1. Great Barrier Reef

2. Female

3. False (April 22)

4. Arizona

5. True

6. Reduce, reuse and recycle

7. False (keratin)

8. Galapagos Islands

9. Uluru

10. True






Week beginning 6th April

Human Body Quiz

Test your knowledge of the human body by taking our fun human body quiz. Do you know about the body's important organs, digestive processes and brain functions? Learn more about the anatomy of the human body as well as parts such as the heart, bones, skin and skeleton. Answers to follow.







6. What substance are nails made of?

7. What is the human body’s biggest organ?

8. The innermost part of bones contains what?


10. How many lungs does the human body have?

11. Another name for your voice box is the?

12. The two holes in your nose are called?



15. The shape of DNA is known as?






Human Body Quiz Answers

1. The cerebrum

2. Iris

3. Melanin

4. Quadriceps

5. True

6. Keratin

7. The skin

8. Bone marrow

9. False (there are 206)

10. 2

11. Larynx

12. Nostrils

13. Taste buds

14. Vertebrae

15. A double helix

16. Circulation

17. Ribs

18. The oesophagus

19. True

20. Epidermis


Week beginning 30th March


Animal Quiz

Take our fun animal quiz and test your knowledge of the animal kingdom. How much do you know about animals such as the cat, crocodile, lion, dolphin, snake and spider? Enjoy our fun trivia for kids and answer as many of the twenty questions related to the animal kingdom as you can. Answers to follow.







6. Are butterflies insects?

7. What are female elephants called?

8. True or false? Bats are mammals.



11. What is the fastest land animal in the world?

12. A ‘doe’ is what kind of animal?

13. True or false? Cougar’s are herbivores.

14. Groups of lions are known as what?

15. Is a dolphin a mammal?

16. What is the largest land animal in the world?

17. True of false? Snakes have slimy skin.


19. How many pairs of wings does a bee have?

20. What type of animal is the largest primate in the world?



1. Bamboo

2. False - Captive mice live for up to 2 and a half years while wild mice only live for an average of around 4 months.

3. Arachnophobia

4. The tiger, weighing up to 300 kilograms (660 pounds).

5. True - They often sleep with their mouth open to cool down.

6. Yes

7. Cows

8. True

9. Antarctica

10. True

11. The cheetah (it can reach speeds of up to 120kph – 75mph).

12. A female deer.

13. False - They are carnivores.

14. Prides

15. Yes

16. The elephant - The largest on record weighed around 12,000 kilograms! (26,000 lb).

17. False - Snakeskin is smooth and dry.

18. Africa

19. 2

20. The Gorilla