Packet no. 136
I have eight legs and I weave a net, but I am not a fisherman. Who am I?
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Answer: a spider
A spider is not an insect. Insects have six legs, and spiders have eight.
Riddles about animals and nature
From owls and hedgehogs to oxygen and wind. Every riddle reveals something about animals, plants or the nature around us.
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I have big round eyes and can turn my head almost all the way round. At night I say hoo, hoo. Who am I?
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I carry spines on my back, and when I am scared I roll into a prickly ball. Who am I?
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I buzz from flower to flower and make sweet honey. Who am I?
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I fall from the clouds and wet the umbrellas, and after me the grass grows and puddles appear. What am I?
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I am yellow and warm. I rise in the morning and set in the evening. What am I?
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I was a tadpole in the water, and now I hop on lily pads and croak. Who am I?
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I say moo, I eat grass and I give milk. Who am I?
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I lay an egg and say cluck, cluck. Who am I?
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I swim on the lake, I have a wide beak and I say quack, quack. Who am I?
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I am small and grey, I have a long tail, I love cheese and I am scared of cats. Who am I?
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I am red with black spots and I love to land on your finger. Who am I?
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I grow on a tree, I am red or green, and seeds hide inside me. What am I?
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I am white and soft like cotton wool, I float across the sky, and when I turn dark, it rains. What am I?
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I have colourful petals and a sweet smell, and bees love to visit me. What am I?
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I am covered in thick wool and I say baa. Who am I?
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Answers (turn the page round) 1. an owl · 2. a hedgehog · 3. a bee · 4. rain · 5. the Sun · 6. a frog · 7. a cow · 8. a hen · 9. a duck · 10. a mouse · 11. a ladybird · 12. an apple · 13. a cloud · 14. a flower · 15. a sheep
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I have eight legs and I weave a net, but I am not a fisherman. Who am I?
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I am the biggest animal in the world. I live in the sea, yet I am not a fish. Who am I?
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I sleep in a cave for most of the winter and wake up hungry in spring, looking for honey. Who am I?
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I have no colour, no taste and no smell, yet no plant can grow without me. What am I?
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I am a bird that cannot fly, but I swim brilliantly. I wear a black and white suit and live in the cold south. Who am I?
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I have a long neck, so I can reach leaves on the highest branches. My skin is covered in brown patches. Who am I?
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I have a trunk instead of a nose and big ears like fans. Who am I?
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I am ginger, I have a bushy tail, and in stories I am very cunning. Who am I?
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I leap through the branches, I have a bushy tail, and I bury nuts in the ground for the winter. Who am I?
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I am tiny, yet I carry loads much heavier than me. I live with thousands of others in a hill. Who am I?
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I live in the sea, breathe with lungs, I am very clever and I love leaping out of the water. Who am I?
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I am the part of a plant that lives underground. I hold the plant steady and drink water. What am I?
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I am small and hard. You plant me in the soil, water me, and a plant grows out of me. What am I?
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I am the red planet, fourth in line from the Sun. What is my name?
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First the lightning flashes, and then you hear my rumble. What am I?
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Answers (turn the page round) 1. a spider · 2. the blue whale · 3. a bear · 4. water · 5. a penguin · 6. a giraffe · 7. an elephant · 8. a fox · 9. a squirrel · 10. an ant · 11. a dolphin · 12. the root · 13. a seed · 14. Mars · 15. thunder
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When water gets very cold, I become hard, clear and slippery. What am I?
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I am the planet you live on. I am third in line from the Sun. What is my name?
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I carry my baby in a pouch on my tummy, I hop on strong back legs and I live in Australia. Who am I?
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I live in the desert. Instead of leaves I have spines, and I keep water in my thick stem. What am I?
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We twinkle high in the night sky, and in the daytime you cannot see us because the Sun outshines us. What are we?
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I eat apples and fish, honey and meat. I am not fussy at all. What is an animal like me called?
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I have eight arms, three hearts and blue blood. Who am I?
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I change the colour of my skin, and my eyes can look in two directions at once. Who am I?
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I am a mountain that can throw out fire, smoke and glowing lava. What am I?
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Plants make food from sunlight, water and air. What is this process called?
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I fly at night and sleep upside down during the day. I am not a bird but a mammal. Who am I?
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What are animals called whose babies drink their mother's milk, like cows, dogs and people?
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I carry a shell I cannot take off, I move slowly and I live a very long time. Who am I?
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In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, which one is the meat eater?
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What are birds called that fly to warmer places every autumn and come back in spring?
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Answers (turn the page round) 1. ice · 2. Earth · 3. a kangaroo · 4. a cactus · 5. stars · 6. an omnivore · 7. an octopus · 8. a chameleon · 9. a volcano · 10. photosynthesis · 11. a bat · 12. mammals · 13. a tortoise · 14. the fox · 15. migrating birds
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I come when the light goes away. The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?
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I am a big cat with black spots. When I run, I am faster than any other land animal. Who am I?
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I have long legs and a red beak. I build my nest on a chimney, and in autumn I fly to Africa. Who am I?
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A water lily grows on a lake. Every day there is twice as much of it, and after ten days it covers the whole lake. On which day was half of the lake covered?
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I am the gas you breathe in. Plants release me from their leaves, and fire cannot burn without me. What am I?
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I have no wings, yet I fly; I have no mouth, yet I whistle. You cannot see me, but you can see the leaves sway. What am I?
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I am the smallest bird in the world and the only one that can fly backwards. Who am I?
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What is the biggest desert in the world? Careful, it is not the Sahara.
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I am a plant that snaps my leaves shut and catches a fly. What is my name?
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A ladybird, an ant and a bee all have the same number of legs. How many?
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The Moon pulls on the sea, so twice a day the water rises and falls. What is it called when the sea comes in high?
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A rooster lays an egg right on the top of a roof. Which way will the egg roll?
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I am a tree that keeps my needles even in winter, and people decorate me at New Year and Christmas. What am I?
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At the North Pole the sun does not set for months in summer and does not rise for months in winter. What is that long winter darkness called?
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I am the biggest fish in the world, as big as a bus, and I eat tiny plankton. Who am I?
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Answers (turn the page round) 1. darkness · 2. a cheetah · 3. a stork · 4. on the ninth day · 5. oxygen · 6. the wind · 7. a hummingbird · 8. Antarctica · 9. the Venus flytrap · 10. six (6) · 11. high tide · 12. neither way, roosters do not lay eggs · 13. a fir tree · 14. the polar night · 15. a whale shark
Riddles about animals and nature
Here you will find riddles about farm and wild animals, plants, weather and space. Every answer comes with a fact children love to repeat: why an owl turns its head, how a tadpole becomes a frog, or why ice floats.
For different ages
Younger children recognise animals by their sound and shape and tap a picture. Older ones solve riddles about oxygen, photosynthesis, food chains and migrating birds, all topics they meet at school.
Outdoors
Nature riddles are best on a walk. Read one, then look for the answer around you: a leaf, a cloud, an ant or the wind in the trees.
Nature and animals: every riddle with its answer
For reading aloud, in class or at home. The answer is hidden under each riddle.
4 to 6 Pick the picture
I have big round eyes and can turn my head almost all the way round. At night I say hoo, hoo. Who am I?
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Answer: an owl
Did you know? Owls cannot move their eyes, so they turn their heads much further than we can.
I carry spines on my back, and when I am scared I roll into a prickly ball. Who am I?
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Answer: a hedgehog
Did you know? Hedgehogs sleep through the winter and wake up hungry in spring.
I buzz from flower to flower and make sweet honey. Who am I?
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Answer: a bee
Did you know? Bees carry pollen from flower to flower, which helps fruit to grow.
I fall from the clouds and wet the umbrellas, and after me the grass grows and puddles appear. What am I?
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Answer: rain
Did you know? Rain is water falling from the clouds. Later the sun lifts it back up into the sky.
I am yellow and warm. I rise in the morning and set in the evening. What am I?
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Answer: the Sun
Did you know? The Sun is a star. It looks big because it is much closer than any other star.
I was a tadpole in the water, and now I hop on lily pads and croak. Who am I?
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Answer: a frog
Did you know? A frog hatches from an egg as a tadpole with a tail. Then it grows legs and the tail disappears.
I say moo, I eat grass and I give milk. Who am I?
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Answer: a cow
Did you know? A cow chews grass for a long time. It swallows it, brings it back up and chews it again.
I lay an egg and say cluck, cluck. Who am I?
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Answer: a hen
Did you know? A chick hatches from an egg, small, yellow and fluffy.
I swim on the lake, I have a wide beak and I say quack, quack. Who am I?
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Answer: a duck
Did you know? A duck has webbed feet, so it paddles with them like flippers.
I am small and grey, I have a long tail, I love cheese and I am scared of cats. Who am I?
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Answer: a mouse
Did you know? Mice nibble all the time because their front teeth never stop growing.
I am red with black spots and I love to land on your finger. Who am I?
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Answer: a ladybird
Did you know? Ladybirds eat greenfly, so they look after gardens.
I grow on a tree, I am red or green, and seeds hide inside me. What am I?
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Answer: an apple
Did you know? A single apple seed can grow into a whole new tree.
I am white and soft like cotton wool, I float across the sky, and when I turn dark, it rains. What am I?
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Answer: a cloud
Did you know? Clouds are made of tiny water droplets. When the droplets join up and get heavy, it rains.
I have colourful petals and a sweet smell, and bees love to visit me. What am I?
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Answer: a flower
Did you know? Bees find nectar in flowers and make honey from it.
I am covered in thick wool and I say baa. Who am I?
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Answer: a sheep
Did you know? Jumpers, hats and socks are knitted from sheep's wool.
7 to 9 Choose or type
I have eight legs and I weave a net, but I am not a fisherman. Who am I?
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Answer: a spider
Did you know? A spider is not an insect. Insects have six legs, and spiders have eight.
I am the biggest animal in the world. I live in the sea, yet I am not a fish. Who am I?
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Answer: the blue whale
Did you know? A whale breathes with lungs, so it comes up for air. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived.
I sleep in a cave for most of the winter and wake up hungry in spring, looking for honey. Who am I?
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Answer: a bear
Did you know? A bear eats a lot before winter, so it can sleep for a long time without food.
I have no colour, no taste and no smell, yet no plant can grow without me. What am I?
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Answer: water
Did you know? Water covers most of the Earth, but only a small part of it is fresh water we can drink.
I am a bird that cannot fly, but I swim brilliantly. I wear a black and white suit and live in the cold south. Who am I?
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Answer: a penguin
Did you know? Almost all penguins live in the southern half of the Earth. Under water they use their wings as flippers.
I have a long neck, so I can reach leaves on the highest branches. My skin is covered in brown patches. Who am I?
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Answer: a giraffe
Did you know? A giraffe has the same number of neck bones as a person, seven, but they are much longer.
I have a trunk instead of a nose and big ears like fans. Who am I?
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Answer: an elephant
Did you know? An elephant uses its trunk to drink, to grab food and to hug its baby.
I am ginger, I have a bushy tail, and in stories I am very cunning. Who am I?
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Answer: a fox
Did you know? A fox can hear a mouse even under the snow and catches it with a pounce from above.
I leap through the branches, I have a bushy tail, and I bury nuts in the ground for the winter. Who am I?
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Answer: a squirrel
Did you know? Squirrels do not find everything they bury, so new trees grow from the forgotten nuts.
I am tiny, yet I carry loads much heavier than me. I live with thousands of others in a hill. Who am I?
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Answer: an ant
Did you know? Ants can carry loads many times heavier than their own bodies.
I live in the sea, breathe with lungs, I am very clever and I love leaping out of the water. Who am I?
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Answer: a dolphin
Did you know? Every dolphin has its own whistle, so the others recognise it as if by name.
I am the part of a plant that lives underground. I hold the plant steady and drink water. What am I?
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Answer: the root
Did you know? Roots hold a plant firmly in the ground and soak up water and minerals.
I am small and hard. You plant me in the soil, water me, and a plant grows out of me. What am I?
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Answer: a seed
Did you know? Every seed holds a tiny plant and food for its first days.
I am the red planet, fourth in line from the Sun. What is my name?
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Answer: Mars
Did you know? Mars is red because its soil is full of iron that has rusted.
First the lightning flashes, and then you hear my rumble. What am I?
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Answer: thunder
Did you know? Light travels faster than sound, so you see the lightning before you hear the thunder.
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When water gets very cold, I become hard, clear and slippery. What am I?
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Answer: ice
Did you know? Ice is lighter than water, so it floats on top of a lake while the fish keep living underneath.
I am the planet you live on. I am third in line from the Sun. What is my name?
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Answer: Earth
Did you know? The Earth takes a year to travel round the Sun and a day to spin once around itself.
I carry my baby in a pouch on my tummy, I hop on strong back legs and I live in Australia. Who am I?
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Answer: a kangaroo
Did you know? A baby kangaroo is as small as a bean when it is born, and it grows inside its mother's pouch.
I live in the desert. Instead of leaves I have spines, and I keep water in my thick stem. What am I?
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Answer: a cactus
Did you know? A cactus's spines are leaves that have changed shape. Thanks to them, the plant loses less water.
We twinkle high in the night sky, and in the daytime you cannot see us because the Sun outshines us. What are we?
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Answer: stars
Did you know? Stars are enormous suns, so far away that they look like tiny dots.
I eat apples and fish, honey and meat. I am not fussy at all. What is an animal like me called?
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Answer: an omnivore
Did you know? A cow is a herbivore, a wolf is a carnivore, and bears and people are omnivores.
I have eight arms, three hearts and blue blood. Who am I?
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Answer: an octopus
Did you know? An octopus can change the colour of its skin in an instant to hide on rock or sand.
I change the colour of my skin, and my eyes can look in two directions at once. Who am I?
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Answer: a chameleon
Did you know? A chameleon shoots out its tongue faster than you can blink and catches an insect with it.
I am a mountain that can throw out fire, smoke and glowing lava. What am I?
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Answer: a volcano
Did you know? Lava is melted rock from deep inside the Earth. When it cools, it turns into hard rock.
Plants make food from sunlight, water and air. What is this process called?
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Answer: photosynthesis
Did you know? For photosynthesis a plant needs the green pigment chlorophyll. That is why leaves are green.
I fly at night and sleep upside down during the day. I am not a bird but a mammal. Who am I?
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Answer: a bat
Did you know? A bat makes high sounds and listens to their echoes. That is how it knows where things are in the dark.
What are animals called whose babies drink their mother's milk, like cows, dogs and people?
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Answer: mammals
Did you know? Whales and bats are both mammals, even though one swims and the other flies.
I carry a shell I cannot take off, I move slowly and I live a very long time. Who am I?
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Answer: a tortoise
Did you know? Some tortoises live for more than a hundred years.
In the food chain grass, rabbit, fox, which one is the meat eater?
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Answer: the fox
Did you know? A food chain shows who eats whom. Plants always come first.
What are birds called that fly to warmer places every autumn and come back in spring?
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Answer: migrating birds
Did you know? Some migrating birds fly halfway around the world to spend the winter somewhere warm.
12+ Hard riddles
I come when the light goes away. The more of me there is, the less you see. What am I?
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Answer: darkness
Did you know? Eyes see only the light that bounces off things. In total darkness there is nothing for them to see.
I am a big cat with black spots. When I run, I am faster than any other land animal. Who am I?
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Answer: a cheetah
Did you know? The cheetah is the fastest land animal, but it can only run at full speed for a short time before it tires.
I have long legs and a red beak. I build my nest on a chimney, and in autumn I fly to Africa. Who am I?
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Answer: a stork
Did you know? Storks are migrating birds. They spend the winter somewhere warm and come back to their old nest in spring.
A water lily grows on a lake. Every day there is twice as much of it, and after ten days it covers the whole lake. On which day was half of the lake covered?
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Answer: on the ninth day
Did you know? When something doubles every day, the last day adds as much as all the days before it put together.
I am the gas you breathe in. Plants release me from their leaves, and fire cannot burn without me. What am I?
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Answer: oxygen
Did you know? Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen. That is why forests matter for clean air.
I have no wings, yet I fly; I have no mouth, yet I whistle. You cannot see me, but you can see the leaves sway. What am I?
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Answer: the wind
Did you know? Wind is air on the move. Warm air rises, and cooler air flows in to take its place.
I am the smallest bird in the world and the only one that can fly backwards. Who am I?
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Answer: a hummingbird
Did you know? A hummingbird beats its wings so fast that you hear a hum, like a bee.
What is the biggest desert in the world? Careful, it is not the Sahara.
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Answer: Antarctica
Did you know? A desert is a place with very little rain or snow, so icy Antarctica is a desert too.
I am a plant that snaps my leaves shut and catches a fly. What is my name?
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Answer: the Venus flytrap
Did you know? The flytrap grows in poor soil, so it gets extra food from insects.
A ladybird, an ant and a bee all have the same number of legs. How many?
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Answer: six (6)
Did you know? Every insect has six legs and a body in three parts: head, thorax and abdomen.
The Moon pulls on the sea, so twice a day the water rises and falls. What is it called when the sea comes in high?
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Answer: high tide
Did you know? High tide and low tide take turns about twice a day.
A rooster lays an egg right on the top of a roof. Which way will the egg roll?
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Answer: neither way, roosters do not lay eggs
Did you know? Hens lay eggs. A rooster crows and looks after the flock.
I am a tree that keeps my needles even in winter, and people decorate me at New Year and Christmas. What am I?
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Answer: a fir tree
Did you know? Evergreens have waxy needles, so they lose little water even in winter.
At the North Pole the sun does not set for months in summer and does not rise for months in winter. What is that long winter darkness called?
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Answer: the polar night
Did you know? At the poles, day and night each last about half a year, because the Earth is tilted.
I am the biggest fish in the world, as big as a bus, and I eat tiny plankton. Who am I?
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Answer: a whale shark
Did you know? A whale shark is a fish, not a whale. It breathes with gills and has spots on its back.
What we practise
- 4 to 6
- farm and forest animals, rain and sun, how a frog grows
- 7 to 9
- spiders and insects, whales, winter sleep, water, birds that cannot fly, giraffes
- 10 and 11
- ice, planet Earth, Australian animals, desert plants, stars, what animals eat
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- light and darkness, the fastest animals, migrating birds, doubling, oxygen, wind