1. Using the clues infer what is being described
INFERENCE RIDDLES
Using the clues infer what is being described

2. 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

3. Answer: VOLCANO

4. 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

5. Answer: TEETH

6. WHAT AM I? I like to float around I am very flexible
A clown turns me into animals
Kids fill me with water
I can be puffed up with air
I am very flexible
I like to go to parties
I come in many colors
I come with strings attached

7. Answer: BALLOONS

8. 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

9. Answer: CIRCUS

10. 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

11. Answer: Penny

12. 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

13. Answer: BEES

14. 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

15. Answer: TOOTHBRUSH

16. 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

17. Answer: CAR

18. 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

19. Answer: MOON

20. 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

21. Answer: WOLF