Hi Kids!
Hope you are having FUN reading Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Answers to the “brain teasers” are in the book below. If you guessed any of the answers,
you must be a GREAT READER and a CREATIVE THINKER!
Choose the Chapter Number to View The Brain Teaser and Answer
Chapter 2
BRAIN TEASER: When is light like a ball?
ANSWER: … when it is reflected light
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 10 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 3
BRAIN TEASER: Why is the sun’s gravity like a space map?
ANSWER: … because the sun’s gravity keeps the planets from getting lost in space
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 20 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 4
BRAIN TEASER: Erica has a shepherd named Moon, and Mother Saturn has…?
ANSWER: … Shepherd moons
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 32 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 5
BRAIN TEASER: When is fear like an ice cube?
ANSWER: … when it melts away
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 42 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 6
BRAIN TEASER: Where can a day last longer than a year?
ANSWER: … on the planet Venus
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 54 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 7
BRAIN TEASER: What kind of paper feels like a candle?
ANSWER: … wax paper
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 63 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 8
BRAIN TEASER: When can something be different and the same?
ANSWER: … when it is an analogy
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 70 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 9
BRAIN TEASER: Why does it make “sense” for Erica to play a guessing game with her candy?
ANSWER: … because she is using her senses
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 79 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 10
BRAIN TEASER: Why are the planets like thunder?
ANSWER: … because their voices rumbled
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 84 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 11
BRAIN TEASER: What do you call someone who is awesome and lives far away?
ANSWER: … “far out”
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 93 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 12
BRAIN TEASER: Who has more children than any other mother in the world?
ANSWER: … Mother Earth
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 98 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 13
BRAIN TEASER: Why does it make “sense” for Erica to play a guessing game with her candy?
ANSWER: … because Erica’s mind is spinning
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 106 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 14
BRAIN TEASER: Why would someone from the Terrano family be named “Earth’s choice”?
ANSWER: … because they are "terra annuo"
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 114 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 15
BRAIN TEASER: Why does Erica need to know that “Little Red Puppies Smell Trouble”?
ANSWER: … It is a mnemonic device to help Erica remember the buttons on the Cosmic Communicator for Listen, Record, Play, Stop and Talk.
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 123 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 16
BRAIN TEASER: Why would Mercury be “glowing with happiness” because he knows that his great-grandmother shines “brighter” for him than any of the other planets?
ANSWER: … Mercury is looking on the "bright side."
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 128 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 17
BRAIN TEASER: If Erica heard seven voices on the Cosmic Communicator, and six of them were planets, who was the other voice?
ANSWER: … her own voice
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 136 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 18
BRAIN TEASER: What name does a “cosmic” person call something that tastes delicious?
ANSWER: … “cosmolicious”
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 142 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 19
BRAIN TEASER: Why does the soil on Mars need more practice?
ANSWER: … because the soil is rusty
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 145 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark
Chapter 20
BRAIN TEASER 1: Sound is friendly because it travels in …?
ANSWER: … waves
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 152 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
BRAIN TEASER 2: Atoms and molecules are important because they make things that really …?
ANSWER: … matter
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on pages 150 & 151 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 21
BRAIN TEASER: What kind of breakfast food would you be if you were on Venus?
ANSWER: … hot pancakes
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 160 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 22
BRAIN TEASER: Why does Erica think her grandfather called her a “smart chicken”?
ANSWER: … Erica thought pulchritudinous was "poultry-studious."
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 164 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 23
BRAIN TEASER: Why doesn’t Erica want to go on her incredible “journey”?
ANSWER: … Erica is afraid she might trip.
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 171 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 24
BRAIN TEASER: Why was there something “fishy” about Erica’s anger?
ANSWER: … Erica’s anger is like a shark.
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 176 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
Chapter 25
BRAIN TEASER: Why should Uncle Garwin have checked his watch when he was explaining ancient wisdom to Erica?
ANSWER: Uncle Garwin was explaining the ancient wisdom of "time."
* Clues for solving this brain teaser are on page 184 of Earth’s Secret: Voices in the Dark.
