Humanities
Can you name two countries that were part of the Silk Road trade route?
Answer: China, Uzbekistan, Turkey, or India (any two)
What type of reflection occurs when light reflects off a smooth, shiny surface such as a mirror?
Answer: Specular reflection
How many pence are there in £2.80?
Answer: 280p.
Which point of view should you use when writing a diary entry?
Answer: First person
What is the capital of England?
Answer: London
Who was the first Korean person to travel on the Silk Road?
Answer: Hyecho
What do we call the rainbow colours that come out of a prism?
Answer: Spectrum
How would you write 12:40am in 24-hour time?
Answer: 00:40
What is the difference between fiction and non-fiction?
Answer: Fiction is made up or imaginary, while non-fiction is based on real people, events, or facts.
Who wrote the Harry Potter series?
Answer: J.K. Rowling
What is the difference between physical and human features?
Answer: Physical features are natural features, while human features are made by people.
What kind of field does a magnet create that is invisible?
Answer: Magnetic field
What is the name of a shape that has 9 sides?
Answer: Nonagon
In a poem, what do we call a feature where words end with the same sound?
Answer: Rhyme
In which country did chess originate?
Answer: India
Why is it important to protect the forests in national parks?
Answer: Forests provide habitats for animals and plants and produce oxygen for us to breathe.
What is the process called when pollen is transferred from an insect's body to the sticky stigma of a flower?
Answer: Pollination
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 8 cm?
Answer: 32 cm.
What is retrieval when we are reading and answering questions?
Answer: Finding and recalling information directly from the text.
What is the first word in an English dictionary?
Answer: Aardvark
What is the problem called when national parks suffer from too many visitors?
Answer: Overcrowding
What is the process called when water evaporates from the leaves of a plant?
Answer: Transpiration
What is the mathematical vocabulary used to describe the number of parts being counted in a fraction?
Answer: Numerator.
When writing a persuasive text, what mnemonic do we follow?
Answer: OREO
Which star shines during the day?
Answer: Sun