Understanding Feelings and Emotions Quiz

Kindergarten · Health · Quiz

Test what you know about different feelings and how to handle them in healthy ways.

Questions

1. What is another word for a feeling?

   1. Emotion
   2. Action
   3. Color
   4. Sound
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   Answer: Emotion

   Emotion is another word for feeling — happy, sad, angry, and scared are all emotions.

2. How might your face look when you are happy?

   1. Frowning
   2. Smiling
   3. Crying
   4. Looking down
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   Answer: Smiling

   When we are happy, our face usually shows a smile because happy is a good feeling.

3. What is a healthy thing to do when you feel angry?

   1. Hit someone
   2. Break things
   3. Take deep breaths
   4. Scream at a friend
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   Answer: Take deep breaths

   Taking deep breaths is a healthy way to help your body calm down when you feel angry.

4. Who is a trusted adult you can talk to about your feelings?

   1. A stranger
   2. Your parent or teacher
   3. Anyone on the street
   4. Your pet
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   Answer: Your parent or teacher

   A parent or teacher is a trusted adult who is safe to talk to when you have big feelings.

5. What does empathy mean?

   1. Ignoring how others feel
   2. Understanding and caring how someone else feels
   3. Feeling happy all the time
   4. Being angry at a friend
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   Answer: Understanding and caring how someone else feels

   Empathy means understanding how another person feels and caring about them — it makes us good friends.

6. Which feeling do you get when you are looking forward to something fun?

   1. Sad
   2. Scared
   3. Excited
   4. Worried
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   Answer: Excited

   Excited is the feeling you get when something fun is about to happen — it feels bubbly and energetic.

7. Talking about your feelings can help you feel better.

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   Answer: True

   Sharing how you feel with someone you trust helps you feel less alone and often makes the feeling easier to handle.

8. Only happy feelings are normal — you should never feel sad or scared.

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   Answer: False

   All feelings are normal and okay — everyone feels sad, scared, or angry sometimes and that is perfectly fine.

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