We have another set of geography riddles today with five where earthquake is the answer. These can therefore also be used with our other nature riddles.

The first four of these rhyme, with the word ‘earthquake’ completing the rhyme of the first one, while the fifth asks your children What Am I?

To use that last idea, read the first line to your kids and ask them to take a guess at the answer. As the clue says it’s something that can move things but can’t be seen, they might suggest that it’s a ghost, the Invisible Man or something else.

If they don’t guess that the answer is an earthquake, read them the clue on the second line and ask them to take another guess. Keep doing this until they either work out that it’s an earthquake or they run out of clues.

Earthquake Riddles For Kids

If you were standing still
And you felt the ground shake
There’s a very good chance
That there was an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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If you feel one of these
Finding a safe place is a must
As the ground moving is caused
By vibrations in the Earth’s crust

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When there is a big one of these
You might also feel aftershocks
These seismic waves are caused by faults
And fractures in sections of rocks

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This natural phenomena
Is caused by tectonic plates moving
It happens along a faultline
The Richter Scale measures this thing

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What Am I?

I can move things even though I can’t be seen but I’m not the wind
I shake but you can’t drink me
I’m measured on a special scale but I don’t weigh anything
I can knock down buildings but I’m not Godzilla
I’m the result of moving plates but I’m not an empty table
I’m caused by faults but no one has done anything wrong

We’re continuing our series of geography riddles today with five that have the answer ‘river’.

These are therefore also perfect for using with all of our other nature riddles.

The first four of these rhyme, with the fifth being a What Am I riddle. To use that last idea, read the first line to your kids and have them guess the answer.

If they don’t guess that you’re referring to a river that has a source, read them the clue on the second line and have them guess again.

Keep doing this until they either work out that the answer is river or they run out of clues.

River Riddles For Kids

I sometimes start on mountains
As they can serve as my source
I’m a body of water
Which can flow with lots of force

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Danube, Rhine, Amazon
Nile, Thames, Ganges
Hudson and Rio Grande
What are all of these?

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I am larger than a stream
But smaller than an ocean
I can start off in mountains
Which keeps my flow in motion

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This is a long body of water
Which has a bank on either side
There’s a great one in Colorado
For a whitewater rafting ride

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What Am I?

I have a source but I’m not a journalist
I have a delta but I’m not a Greek alphabet
I have banks on both sides of me but I’m not surrounded by money
I flow but I’m not a bloodstream
I’m full of water but I’m not a fish tank

For the last few weeks we’ve been publishing many different country riddles to use with your kids. We’re continuing that general theme over the next few weeks with lots of geography riddles.

That series starts today with four where the answer is ocean. The first three of them rhyme, with the word ocean completing the rhyme of the first one.

The fourth is a What Am I riddle. To use that, read your children the clue on the first line and have them guess the answer.

There are many things that have a floor – a building, a car, a shopping mall, etc – so they may not guess that the answer is ocean.

If they don’t guess the right answer, read them the second clue and have them guess again. Keep doing this until they either guess the right answer or they run out of clues.

Ocean Riddles For Kids

If someone’s floating outdoors
Arms and feet in motion
There’s a good chance that they are
Swimming in the _ _ _ _ _

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When answering this riddle
Try not to get frantic
To the east of the US
What is the Atlantic?

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Hawaii’s surrounded by water
But it’s time to get specific
What type of body of water is
The expanse that’s called Pacific?

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What Am I?

I have a floor but I’m not a room
I wave but have no hand
I’m wet but I’m not a towel
I have currents but no electricity
I contain fish but I’m not a tank
I cover a lot of the planet but I’m not land