TeachersFirst Elementary School Brain Twister Answers
Week of November 14, 2009

On the Celsius scale, water freezes at this temperature.
    32
    0
    -5
    10
    -15

Which one has gills?
    Octopus
    Starfish
    Dolphin
    Tuna
    Porpoise

Predators need this to survive.
    Habitat
    all of these
    Water
    Oxygen
    Prey

Which would not be part of a poem?
    Refrain
    Title
    Glossary
    Verse
    Stanza

Which is a linear measure?
    Bushel
    Acre
    Liter
    Teaspoon
    Meter

Megan has three dogs to take care of for a week. If Megan's payment is three dollars a day for each dog, how much money will she have earned at the end of the week?
    $27
    $21
    $75
    $63
    $33

Which is not part of the circulatory system?
    Vein
    Artery
    Aorta
    Esophagus
    Capillary

How many hours elapse between 10:30 am in New York and midnight on the same date in San Francisco?
    7.5 hrs.
    4.5 hrs.
    15 hrs.
    22.5 hrs.
    16.5 hrs.

Looking ahead from now, which is in a correct sequence?
    Columbus, Martin Luther King Jr, winter solstice, vernal equinox, Labor
    Veterans, autumnal equinox, Columbus, Labor, winter solstice
    winter solstice, Martin Luther King Jr, vernal equinox, Memorial, Independence
    Valentines, Martin Luther King Jr, vernal equinox, Labor, Flag
    Presidents, Martin Luther King Jr, Columbus, Veterans, vernal equinox

If you count the number of syllables in just the words to the starting with “p” in a famous rhyme about a man who eats pumpkins, you would get:
    A square number
    A multiple of two
    A two-digit prime
    A multiple of five
    A palindrome

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