Science 1
The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
These are the three common states of matter
What are solids, liquids and gases?
This is the answer to 7 × 8
What is 56?
This is the fraction equivalent to 0.5
What is ½?
This type of word names a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
The force pulls objects towards the Earth
What is gravity?
This organ pumps blood around the human body
What is the heart?
This is 25% of 80
What is 20?
A bag contains 3 red, 2 blue and 5 green counters. This is the probability of randomly selecting a blue counter
What is 1/5? (2/10)
This technique compares two things using words such as "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This is the smallest unit that makes up a living organism
What is a cell?
This part of a plant absorbs water and minerals from the soil
What are the roots?
This is ¾ written as a decimal
What is 0.75?
This is the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 8 cm by 5 cm
What is 26 cm?
This technique involves repeating the same beginning sound in nearby words
What is alliteration?
This is the process in which water changes from a liquid into a gas
What is evaporation?
This is the name for a substance that dissolves in another substance to form a solution
What is a solute?
This is the next number in the sequence: 3, 6, 12, 24, ___
What is 48?
This is the name given to an angle measuring exactly 90°
What is a right angle?
The main purpose of this type of text is to convince the reader to agree with a particular point of view
What is a persuasive text?
In an experiment investigating whether sunlight affects plant growth, this is the variable the scientist deliberately changes
What is the independent variable?
This type of change produces a new substance, unlike a physical change
What is a chemical change?
This is the value of x in the equation 3x + 5 = 20
What is 5?
A $50 item is increased in price by 10%. This is the new price
What is $55?
This literary technique is used in the sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."
What is personification?