Life Skills
Which religion celebrates Christmas?
Christianity
Why was the Nile River so important to the ancient Egyptians?
The Nile River provided water for drinking, farming and growing crops. It also helped with transport and trade, making life easier for the ancient Egyptians.
What instrument measures rainfall?
A rain gauge.
What are the three dimensions of a 3D shape?
Length, width and height.
What type of energy is stored in a battery?
Electrical energy.
What is Ramadan?
A holy month when Muslims fast from dawn to sunset.
Which organ did the ancient Egyptians believe was the most important, and why?
The heart, because they believed it was the centre of a person's thoughts and feelings and was important for the afterlife.
What two instruments are used to show wind direction?
A wind vane (shows where the wind is coming FROM) and a wind sock (shows where the wind is going TOWARDS).
What are the three properties we use to describe a 3D shape?
Faces, edges and vertices.
Name TWO examples of a wheel and axel system.
A bicycle wheel, steering wheel, a doorknob, a windmill, a pinwheel etc.
What is Vesak?
An important Buddhist festival celebrating events in the life of Buddha.
What were scribes, and why were they important in Ancient Egypt?
Scribes were people who could read and write. They were important because they used hieroglyphics to record information, such as laws, taxes and important events.
What temperatures does water freeze AND boil at?
Water freezes at 0oC and boils at 100oC
What are the properties of a CUBE?
6 faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices.
Conductors allow electricity to flow through them easily, while insulators do not allow electricity to flow through them easily.
What festival is known as the "Festival of Lights."
Diwali.
What TWO things protected Ancient Egypt from being attacked?
WHY would outsiders want to attack Ancient Egypt?
Deserts (East and West of the Nile River) and mountains (South of the Nile River).
Outsiders would attack in an attempt to take over the Egyptian's villages and have access to the Nile River (which was key to growing crops and sustaining life).
A wind vane points South West. What does this tell us about the wind direction?
The wind is coming FROM South West, so it is a South Westerly wind.
According to BODMAS/BEDMAS, addition and subtraction have equal priority. What should you do when a calculation has both addition and subtraction?
A. Always add first
B. Always subtract first
C. Work from left to right
D. Work from right to left
C. Work from left to right
Tom lights a candle and then places a glass jar over it. After a while, the flame goes out. Which part of the fire triangle was removed?
Oxygen.
Name all 6 major religions practiced in South Africa.
Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, African Traditional Religions
Name 3 things that the Egyptians invented that we use today.
Paper (papyrus), 365-day calendar, Black ink, The idea of taxes, Fractions, Ox-drawn plough, The sail, Sundial, Toothpaste, Makeup/cosmetics etc.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is what the atmosphere is like over a short period, such as today. Climate is the usual weather of a place over a long period of time.
Solve the following sum:
90 − 15 + 4 × (8 − 3) + 12 − 7 = x
x = 100
Tom uses a piece of plastic to connect two wires in a circuit. The bulb does not light up. Why?
What other material can Tom use to connect the wires so that the bulb lights up instead?
Plastic is an insulator, so electricity cannot flow through it easily. So the bulb has nothing to power it and doesn't light up as a result.
Tom should use a material that conducts electricity such as the following metals: copper wires, aluminium or iron.