September Merit Questions

Earn ONE MERIT for each question answered correctly.
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1. What is a baby horse called?______________

2. What is a bushel?______________________

3. How many pecks in a bushel?_____________

4. Which planet has visible rings around it?________________

5. Name an island that has an active volcano on it._______________

6. Who was the first person to reach the North Pole by airplane and land?

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7. Bees fly from flower to flower collecting nectar and _____________________.

8. How many wings do dragonflies have?__________________

9. What do eagles like to eat the most?________________________

10. Some types of lizards have tails that will break off when grabbed by an attacker.
True or False

 

Your Name:_______________________________________Term:_________

Put your name and term you attend!

Inks Lake Campers mail answers to:

Donna Robertson
Camp Longhorn Inks Lake
#1 Camp Longhorn Road
Burnet, Texas 78611

or email

donna@camplonghorn.com



Indian Springs Campers mail answers to:


Martha Feild
Camp Longhorn Indian Springs
1000 Indian Springs Road
Burnet, Texas 78611

or email

martha@camplonghorn.com

 

August's ANSWERS

1. What gives green grass it's color? CHLOROPHYLL

2. What are the 7 colors of the rainbow? RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO, & VIOLET

3. A kangaroo rat gets all the water it needs from dry seeds. Many other animals have special adaptations that allow them to live where water is scarce. What do we call these animals?
DESERT ANIMALS

4. How many eyes does the creepy tarantula have?
8

5. While deserts are by definition, places where rain is scarce, there is only one area where it never ever rained -
at least since humans started keeping a record - about 400 years ago! What desert is the area located in?
ATACAMA DESERT

6. What are the 2 official mascots of the 2012 Summer Olympics being held in London, England?
WENLOCK & MANDEVILLE

7. How many members make up the Supreme Court of the United States? 9

8. A prime number can be divided , without a remainder, only by itself and by 1. For eample, 17 can be
divided only by 17 and by 1. What is the only even prime number?
2

9. The seed of what tree, which is found in the Carribean Islands, is used to make chocolate?
COCOA TREE

10. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a proverb. Proverbs are old but familiar sayings that usually give advice. Give me another Proverb:

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