Science Quiz Games

Get kids excited about science with this fun-filled quiz game! We’ve provided 20 sample questions covering a variety of engaging topics. Just download the free game cards and follow the instructions below to set up and play the game!

Getting Started• Download and print the question cards and category cards. Cut them apart on the

dotted lines.• Fold the answer back along the solid line.• Print five copies of the point cards reproducible. Cut them apart on the dotted lines.

Setting Up• Hang a pocket chart in a highly visible place.• Place the five category cards along the top row of your chart.• Place the question cards in the correct columns on the chart. You should have four

rows of five cards each. Make sure the question sides are facing out.• Place the point cards over the question cards. Put the 100-point cards along the top

row, the 150-point cards in the second row, and so on.

How to Play• Ask for three volunteers (or divide your class into three teams). Designate them

Player 1, 2 and 3 (or Team 1, 2 and 3).• Player 1 chooses a category and selects a point value: 100, 150, 200 or 250.• You or a volunteer “game show host” should pull the point card from the chosen

column and ask the question on the revealed card.• If Player 1 answers correctly, give her the point card and turn over the question card

in the pocket chart (revealing the answer). She can then choose another question card to answer. Play remains with Player 1 until she answers a question incorrectly.

• If Player 1 answers incorrectly, Player 2 or 3 can answer the question, depend-ing on who raises his hand first. If that player answers correctly, play proceeds as described above. If that player answers incorrectly, the last player has the opportunity to answer the question. If the last player answers correctly, play proceeds as described above.

• If the last player answers the question incorrectly, the host reads the answer out loud and turns the question card over in the pocket chart.

• Play proceeds in order from Player 2 to Player 3, then back to Player 1, and so on.• Play continues until all questions have been answered. • The winner is the player with the most points at the end of the game.

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Wh

at kin

d o

f rock is fo

rmed

wh

enh

ot m

agm

a coo

ls?W

hat is th

e hard

est natu

ral sub

stance

fou

nd

on

Earth?

In a can

yon

wall, are th

e old

est parts u

sually

at the to

p o

r the b

otto

m?

Wh

at are metam

orp

hic ro

cks form

ed b

y?

hea

t an

d p

ress

ure

the

bo

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dia

mo

nd

ign

eou

s ro

ck

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Is energ

y associated

with

mo

tion

callediso

metric en

ergy, k

inetic en

ergy, o

r po

tential en

ergy?

Wh

ich is n

ot an

examp

le of a ren

ewab

le energ

yreso

urce—

win

dm

ills, solar cells, g

asolin

e,o

r hyd

roelectric d

ams?

As an

ice cub

e melts, d

o th

e water m

olecu

lesm

ove faster o

r slow

er?In

wh

at state do

es matter ch

ang

e its shap

ew

itho

ut ch

ang

ing

its volu

me?

liqu

idfa

ster

gas

olin

ek

inet

ic e

ner

gy

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Wh

at system is th

e esop

hag

us p

art of?

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at is the b

od

y’s largest o

rgan

?

Wh

at is the n

ame o

f the system

that b

ring

s oxyg

enin

to th

e bo

dy an

d releases carb

on

dio

xide?

Blo

od

do

es no

t flow

thro

ug

h w

hich

of th

e follo

win

g:

arteries, veins, cap

illaries, or p

latelets?

pla

tele

tsth

e re

spir

ato

ry s

yste

m

the

skin

the

dig

esti

ve s

yste

m

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Wo

uld

the n

orth

po

le of a m

agn

et be attracted

to th

e no

rth o

r sou

th p

ole o

f ano

ther m

agn

et?W

hat is th

e nam

e for a m

agn

et that is m

agn

etico

nly w

hen

an electric cu

rrent is ru

nn

ing

thro

ug

h it?

Wh

ich k

ind

of circu

it has each

com

po

nen

tco

nn

ected to

the p

ow

er sou

rce on

its ow

n—

series or p

arallel?

Wh

at do

solar cells co

nvert in

to electricity—

heat, air, o

r sun

ligh

t?

sun

ligh

tp

aral

lel

an e

lect

rom

agn

etth

e so

uth

po

le

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True o

r False?Th

e ozo

ne layer is im

po

rtant to

life on

Earth b

ecause

it abso

rbs h

armfu

l radiatio

n fro

m th

e sun

.

Wh

at do

we call so

meth

ing

that n

ature can

break d

ow

n in

to its elem

ents?

Wh

ich is th

e no

t on

e of th

e three m

ajor layers

of th

e Earth—

core, m

agm

a, man

tle, or cru

st?

Wh

ich o

f these is n

ot o

ne o

f the “th

ree R’s”

that can

help

pro

tect ou

r enviro

nm

ent—

redu

ce, reuse, rep

lant, o

r recycle?

rep

lan

tm

agm

a

bio

deg

rad

able

tru

e

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