SCIENCE
What organ is used to pump blood throughout the body?
Heart
What is the smallest prime number?
2
What river runs through Egypt?
The Nile River
What is a noun?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Alexander Graham Bell, an immigrant from Scotland living in Brantford, Ontario, is recognised as the inventing what?
the telephone
Which planet is furthest from the sun?
Neptune
What is the sum of angles in a triangle?
180
Which two countries share the longest international border?
The United States and Canada
What is the term for a word that sounds like the noise it describes?
Onomatopoeia
What year did Canada declare independence?
1982
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas
What is the Pythagorean theorem?
a² + b² = c²
What is the worlds largest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?
A simile.
What sport was created by James Naismith in 1891?
Basketball
What is the process by which plants make their food?
Photosynthesis
How do you find the median of a data set?
Arrange the numbers in order, the median is the middle number. If there's an even number of observations, it is the average of the two middle numbers.
Which U.S. state is the Grand Canyon located in?
Arizona
What is the climax of a story?
The most intense, exciting, or important point of the story.
Canada’s first Prime Minister was:
John A Macdonald
What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?
Diamond
What is the value of the square root of 144?
12
The Amazon Rainforest is primarily located in which country
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects or concepts
In what year did Canada become a country?
1967