Week 11 Trivia

Week 11 Trivia

Ages 5–9 · 5 minutes · Science, Geography

Which state produces the most cheese per year? Make a gouda guess!

Which state produces the most cheese per year? Make a gouda guess!

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.

Alaska

  • 1 — know that places have distinctive geographic characteristics;
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Arizona

  • Relative scales allow objects and events to be compared and described (e.g., bigger and smaller; hotter and colder; faster and slower).
  • E2 — The Earth and our solar system are a very small part of one of many galaxies within the Universe.

Arkansas

  • E.1.K.10 — Identify where products used in daily life are produced.
  • G.1.1.9 — Discuss how the products that are consumed connect the local community to other parts of the country and rest of the world such as clothes, toys, and food.

Connecticut

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • INQ.K–2.3 — Identify facts and concepts associated with a supporting question.

Delaware

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Florida

  • SC.5.E.5.3 — Distinguish among the following objects of the Solar System -- Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets -- and identify Earth's position in it.

Georgia

  • S4E1.d — Evaluate strengths and limitations of models of our solar system in describing relative size, order, appearance and composition of planets and the sun.

Hawaii

  • SS.K-2.2.3 — Gather facts from teacher and/or adult-curated sources to answer questions

Idaho

  • 1.RS.DR.2 — Read or listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.
  • K.RC.TE.3 — Ask and answer questions about key details in texts heard.

Indiana

  • 5.ESS.1 — Analyze the scale of our solar system and its components: our solar system includes the sun, moon, seven other planets and their moons, and many other objects like asteroids and comets.

Kansas

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.2.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Louisiana

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SL.2.3 — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Maine

  • SL.2.2.b — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Maryland

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Minnesota

  • 0.3.2.3.1 — Identify the physical and human characteristics of places, including real and imagined places. For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains, Mount Everest), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Hudson Bay, Indian Ocean, Amazon River), soil, vegetation, weather and climate. Human characteristics—structures (Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.
  • 1.3.2.3.1 — Compare physical and human characteristics of a local place and a place far away on a globe or map (such as a place in an equatorial or polar region). For example: Physical characteristics—landforms (Rocky Mountains, Mount Everest), ecosystems (forest), bodies of water (Hudson Bay, Indian Ocean, Amazon River), vegetation, weather, climate. Human characteristics— structures (Great Wall of China, Eiffel Tower), bridges (Golden Gate Bridge), canals (Erie Canal), cities, political boundaries, population distribution, settlement patterns, language, ethnicity, nationality, religious beliefs.
  • 2.3.1.1.3 — Use maps, photos or other geographic tools to identify and locate major landmarks or major physical features of the United States. For example: Physical features—the Atlantic Coast, Rocky Mountains, Mississippi River, Lake Superior. Landmarks—Statue of Liberty, Angel Island, Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial.

Mississippi

  • E.5.8A.1 — Develop and use scaled models of Earth’s solar system to demonstrate the size, composition (i.e., rock or gas), location, and order of the planets as they orbit the Sun.

Missouri

  • 4.EG.5.B.a — Name and locate specific regions, states, capitals, river systems and mountain ranges in the United States based on historical or current topics.

New Hampshire

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • SS.GE.2.1.3 — Identify major physical and human features in the United States and on Earth, e.g., cities, oceans, or continents. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment, G: Science, Technology, and Society)

New Jersey

  • 6.1.2.Geo.HE.3 — Identify cultural and environmental characteristics of different regions in New Jersey and the United States.

North Carolina

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • ESS.3.1.1 — Use models to recognize that the Earth is part of a system called the solar system that includes the sun (a star), planets, and many moons, and that the Earth is the third planet from the sun.

Ohio

  • 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).
  • 5.ESS.1 — The solar system includes the sun and all celestial bodies that orbit the sun. Each planet in the solar system has unique characteristics.

Oregon

  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Pennsylvania

  • CC.1.5.2.C — Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
  • 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

  • SS3.4.4 — The Midwestern region today Argue how the geography and environment of the Midwestern region contributed to its social, cultural, and economic development

South Carolina

  • ELA.1.C.9.1 — Listen to others to ask and answer questions on a topic.

South Dakota

  • 1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud, information presented orally, or through other media.

Tennessee

  • 2.05 — Recognize major U.S. industries and their products, including: agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, transportation, etc.
  • 3.09 — Identify and locate the fifty states of the U.S.

Texas

  • 2.13B — record and compare how the structures and behaviors of animals help them find and take in food, water, and air;
  • 3.8D — identify the planets in Earth's solar system and their position in relation to the Sun.

Utah

  • 2.SL.2 — Speak clearly and audibly while asking and answering questions about a topic and key details.

Vermont

  • D2.Geo.6.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • D1.3.K-2 — Individually and with others, students construct supporting questions and… Identify facts and concepts associated with a supporting question.

Virginia

  • 4.5.c — The sizes of the sun and planets can be compared to one another.
  • 4.5.b — Planets have characteristics and a specific order in the solar system.

Washington

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • G3.K.1 — Describe how the things we use in our lives come from different locations.

Washington, D.C.

  • SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • K.27 — Identify products that we use in our daily lives, where they come from, and how they connect us to local and global communities.

West Virginia

  • Determining the relationships between structure and function
  • Recognizing scale, proportion, and quantity

Wisconsin

  • SS.Inq3.a.e — With prompting and support, state a claim to answer a question that the class is considering.