Merit Question Time!

2024 December Merit Questions

Each camper must submit their own answers!  Please do not send one answer sheet for multiple campers.  Earn TWO MERITS for each question answered correctly.  Email your answer sheets to one of the email
addresses below or print out the page and mail in.  All answers are due by the end of this month.

Campers  Name__________________________________Term____________

(Circle correct answer or fill in the blank)

1.  Which Camp Longhorn camp started in 1975?
           A. C3       B. Inks Lake      C. Indian Springs

2.  You can live on Neptune.
           A. True      B. False    

3.  What is the main reason for farmers to use irrigation?
           A. to water crops    B. to harvest crops    C. to keep crops from freezing     D. to plant crops

4.  Ice skating is a sport in the Winter Olympics. Which competitions are in the Winter Olympics?
           A. figure skating      B.  speed skating      C.  short track    D. all of the above

5.  A vascular plant that has seeds in a cone is called a ___________?
           A. Gymnosperm       B. Angiosperm    C. Conifer    D.  Evergreen   

6.  The nine-banded Armadillo gives birth to identical quadruplets every time.
           A. True      B. False

7.  Which animal has the most teeth?
           A. snake       B. raccoon     C. snail    D. dog     
           
8.  Adult male and female birds often have different names.  What is the name of an adult male                swan?   
           A. Cora      B. Pen      C. Cob       D. Cygnet     

9.  Fish protect themselves by________________
           A. traveling in schools   B. camouflage; matching their surroundings
           C. have fins and scales that look like plants    D.  all of the above
            
10. What chose Moana to return the heart to Te Fiti?
           A. the ocean    B. the shell    C. the treasure   D. none of the above