INFERENCE RIDDLES

Using the clues infer what

is being described

WHAT AM I?

• I can be dangerous

• I might blow my top

• I am part of the

Earth

• Mount Fuji is one

of me

• I can be hot

• I can be Explosive

• I can be found in

Hawaii

• I can erupt

suddenly

• I create lava

Answer: VOLCANO

WHAT AM I?

• Humans and

animals have me

• I’m your body’s

hardest part

• You see me when

you smile

• You get 2 sets of me

• Sometimes I wear

braces

• You use me to chew

food

• Kids have 20, adults

have 32

• I am in your mouth

• I’m a molar, canine

or incisor

Answer: TEETH

WHAT AM I?

• I am very flexible

• I like to go to

parties

• I come in many

colors

• I come with strings

attached

• I like to float

around

• A clown turns me

into animals

• Kids fill me with

water

• I can be puffed up

with air

Answer: BALLOONS

WHAT AM I?

• I have lots of animals

• I travel with elephants

• My people fly in the air

• I often have three rings

• I have a ringmaster

• I am home to clowns

• I am the greatest show on earth

• I can come with a trapeze

Answer: CIRCUS

WHAT AM I?

• I am round

• I am made by the

government

• I am made of

copper

• A president’s face

is on me

• I am lucky if you

find me head’s up

• I am a kind of

money

• People make a

wish on me

• I get thrown in

fountains

Answer: Penny

WHAT AM I?

• My mother is a

queen

• I am an insect

• I live in a colony

• I help flowers

reproduce

• I live in a hive

• I can sting

• I like pollen and

nectar

• I hatch from an egg

• I am black with

yellow markings

Answer: BEES

WHAT AM I?

• I have bristles

• You put paste on

me

• You can hold me in

your hand

• I am made of

plastic

• I hang around

bathrooms

• I see the inside of

your mouth

• Dentists give me

away

• I have a handle

• Use me so you

won’t get cavities

Answer: TOOTHBRUSH

WHAT AM I?

• I come in many colors

• I’m faster than a bicycle

• You can buy me new or used

• I have a trunk

• Henry Ford helped invent me

• I have four wheels

• I have an engine

and a muffler

• I need gas to go

• I have a license

plate

Answer: CAR

WHAT AM I?

• I am smaller than the

earth

• I reflect light from the

sun

• I have craters

• Cows jump over me

in rhymes

• I am miles from the

earth

• I orbit around the

earth

• My pull effects ocean

tides

• Humans visited me by

spaceship

• Neil Armstrong visited

me

Answer: MOON

WHAT AM I?

• I am a mammal

• I am a wild animal

• I am a meat eater

• I travel in a pack

• I am native to

North America

• My genus-species

is Canis Lupis

• I can run 20 miles

per hour

• I live in a den

• I look like a

German Shepard

Answer: WOLF