English
What part of speech is the italicised word?
She ran quickly to catch the bus.
Adverb
Simplify 5:10
1:2
What are the three levels of government in Australia?
Local, State, Federal
What is the main source of energy for the Earth?
The Sun.
How many days are in a leap year?
366 days.
What is the subject in the sentence: “The black cat that we got a week ago slept on the mat.”?
The black cat that we got a week ago
A recipe uses a ratio of 2 : 3 for sugar to flour.
If you use 4 cups of sugar, how many cups of flour do you need?
4 cups sugar is double the 2 in the ratio → multiply flour by 2.
Flour = 6 cups
Name two countries that are Australia’s close neighbours to the north.
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas.
What is the name of the fairy who helps Peter Pan?
Tinker Bell.
Define complex sentence
A complex sentence has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 : 7.
If there are 35 girls, how many boys are there?
7 → 35 (×5), so boys = 5 × 5 = 25 boys
What is the difference between a goods and a service?
A good is a physical item you can buy (like food or clothes), and a service is work someone does for you (like a haircut or car repair).
What is the process called when a liquid changes into a gas?
Evaporation.
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator.
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile compares two things using like or as, while a metaphor says one thing is another to create comparison.
A bag contains blue and green marbles in the ratio 3 : 5.
There are 24 more green marbles than blue marbles.
How many marbles of each colour are there?
Blue marbles: 36
Green marbles: 60
In what year did Australia become a Federation, joining the colonies into one nation?
1901
Why do we see lightning before we hear thunder?
Because light travels faster than sound.
In Frozen, what is the name of the giant snow creature Elsa creates to guard her ice palace?
Marshmallow.
Rewrite the following sentence by changing the active voice into passive voice:
The committee will review the applications next week.
The applications will be reviewed by the committee next week.
The map scale shows a ratio of 1 : 500.
If two towns are 7 cm apart on the map, how far apart are they in real life?
7 × 500 = 3500 cm (or 35 m)
Why do countries trade with each other?
Countries trade because no nation can produce everything it needs on its own. Trading allows them to get goods and services they cannot make or cannot produce cheaply.
Why do objects float in water?
Objects float when they are less dense than the water they are in.
Which ocean is the deepest in the world?
The Pacific Ocean.