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