Week 9 Trivia

Ages 5–9 · 5 minutes · Science, Geography

What food makes up 99% of a panda's diet? Talk about picky eaters!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs.

Alabama

ELA21.1.11 — Utilize new academic, content-specific, grade-level vocabulary, make connections to previously learned words, and relate new words to background knowledge.
ELA21.1.12 — Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words and phrases in discussions and/or text.
ELA21.2.35 — Demonstrate listening skills and build background knowledge by asking and answering questions about texts read aloud.
SC23.1.5 — Use information from observations to explain how various external features help living things survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Alaska

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Arizona

Relative scales allow objects and events to be compared and described (e.g., bigger and smaller; hotter and colder; faster and slower).
K.L1U1.7 — Observe, ask questions and explain how specialized structures found on a variety of plants and animals (including humans) help them sense and respond to their environment.
1.L.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
1.L2U1.8 — Construct an explanation describing how organisms obtain resources from the environment including materials that are used again by other organisms.

Arkansas

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
3-LS4-2 — Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.

California

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Colorado

SC.K.2.1 — To live and grow, animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals, and plants need water and light.
LS1.C — Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms: All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.

Connecticut

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs.

Delaware

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

Florida

ELA.K.V.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in grade-level content.

Georgia

ELAGSE1SL2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
ELAGSE1L5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
S3L1.b — Construct an explanation of how external features and adaptations (camouflage, hibernation, migration, mimicry) of animals allow them to survive in their habitat.

Hawaii

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

Idaho

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. (K-LS-1.1)
2.RC.V.2 — Regularly engage in reading and listening to a series of texts, independently, with peers, or with modest support related to the topics and themes being studied to build knowledge and vocabulary.

Illinois

L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
LS1.C-P1 — All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
LS1.C-P1 — All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.

Indiana

1.LS.2 — Develop a model mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. Explore how those external parts could solve a human problem.
K.LS.2 — Describe and compare the physical features of common living plants and animals.
K.LS.3 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Iowa

L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about the main topic and key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

Kansas

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
RI.2.11 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a variety of strategies.

Kentucky

L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
L.2.4 — Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.

Louisiana

K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Maine

K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
SL.2.1.a — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
L.5.1.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Maryland

DCI.LS1.C.K-2.1 — All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.

Massachusetts

SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
K-LS1-1 — Observe and communicate that animals (including humans) and plants need food, water, and air to survive. Animals get food from plants or other animals. Plants make their own food and need light to live and grow.

Michigan

2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
RL.K.4 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Minnesota

1.1.8.2 — Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary and phrases in informational text.

Mississippi

SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
L.2.4.1 — Evaluate and communicate findings from informational text or other media to describe how plants and animals use adaptations to survive (e.g., ducks use webbed feet to swim in lakes and ponds, cacti have waxy coatings and spines to grow in the desert) in distinct environments (e.g., polar lands, saltwater and freshwater, desert, rainforest, woodlands).

Missouri

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
1.R.1.B.i — using words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts
K.LS1.C.1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Montana

SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Nebraska

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
LA.2.V.2.a — Ask and answer questions about key words and phrases to determine their meaning.

Nevada

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

New Hampshire

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

New Jersey

L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

New Mexico

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

New York

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
1L5b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

North Carolina

NC.2.MD.3 — Estimate lengths in using standard units of inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.
RI.2.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.

North Dakota

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
5.F.11 — Acquire and use grade-level vocabulary, clarifying the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases in the text, choosing from a range of strategies.

Ohio

K.LS.2 — Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally).
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Oklahoma

All animals need food in order to live and grow. (K.LS1.1)
Animals obtain their food from plants or from other animals. (K.LS1.1)
K.LS1.1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Oregon

1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
3.SL.3 — Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

Pennsylvania

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
CC.1.5.K.B — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Rhode Island

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

South Carolina

ELA.1.C.9.1 — Listen to others to ask and answer questions on a topic.
ELA.K.C.9.1 — Ask and answer questions in conversation on a topic.
K-LS1-1.DCI.C: — Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. NRC Framework Link

South Dakota

1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud, information presented orally, or through other media.
K-LS1-1 — Describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Tennessee

1.RI.CS.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 1 topic or subject area.
2.MD.A.3 — Estimate lengths using whole number units of inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters.

Texas

1.10A — investigate how the external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats;
K.1A — listen actively and ask questions to understand information and answer questions using multi-word responses;

Utah

2.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details.
3.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details presented in various mediums and formats.

Vermont

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Virginia

2.C.2.A.ii — Engage the audience by asking and/or responding to questions.
2.RV.1.A — Discuss meanings of new words or phrases acquired through conversations and literature.

Washington

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).

Washington, D.C.

L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
K-LS1-1 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

West Virginia

ELA.2.10 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases in informational text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
S.K.3 — Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

Wisconsin

Animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals. Plants need water and light.
ELA.1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
ELA.K.L.3.a — Ask and answer questions about unknown words.

Wyoming

Animals obtain food they need from plants or other animals. Plants need water and light.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
2.MD.F.3 — Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
L.1.5.b — Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).