Science Riddles for Kids
1. I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I’m not a plant, but I need
water. What am I?
Answer: Fire.
2. I change shape but never disappear. I can be solid, liquid, or gas, and I’m found
everywhere. What am I?
Answer: Water
3. I live in the sky but fall to the ground. I’m cold and white and make no sound. What am I?
Answer: Snow
4. I’m hot and bright, but don’t touch! I shoot up from the Earth in a big rush. What am I?
Answer: A volcano
5. I’m round, but I’m not a ball. I have layers, but I’m not a cake. I’m in space, but I’m not a
star. What am I?
Answer: The Earth.
6. 12. Riddle: Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it?
7. Answer: The word “short.”
8. 13. Riddle: What’s the capital of France?
9. Answer: The letter “F.” It's the only capital letter in France.
10. 14. Riddle: What gets wet as it dries?
11. Answer: A towel.
12. 15. Riddle: What has keys but can't open locks?
13. Answer: A piano.
14. 16. Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?
15. Answer: A cold.
16. 17. Riddle: What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
17. Answer: A stamp.
18. 18. Riddle: What comes down but never goes up?
19. Answer: Rain.
20. 19. Riddle: I go up and down, but never move. What am I?
21. Answer: A staircase.
22. 8. Riddle: What fruit can you never cheer up?
23. Answer: A blueberry.
24. 9. Riddle: What did the zero say to the eight?
25. Answer: “Nice belt!”
26. 10. Riddle: What do you get if you cross a vampire and a snowman?
27. Answer: Frostbite.
28. 11. Riddle: What do elves learn at school?
29. Answer: The Elf-abet.
30. 12. Riddle: What does a ghost use to wash its hair?
31. Answer: Sham-boo!
32. 13. Riddle: What has a head but no brain?
33. Answer: A lettuce.
34. 14. Riddle: Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the
water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?
35. Answer: A river bank!