Quiz 1
Which vitamin is abundant in citrus fruits?
Vitamin C
What does a meteorologist study?
the weather
Which South American country has the greatest land area?
Brazil
What is gastritis and can you explain the root words?
Gastr = stomach
itis = inflammatory condition
On which continent is Sierra Leone?
Africa
Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?
Charles Darwin
What is the study of plants called?
botany
Which climate is generally hotter and more humid, tropical or temperate?
tropical
How do you work out the mean of a list of numbers?
Add all the numbers together, then divide by how many numbers there are.
Scio = I know
What does:
omniscient mean?
Knows everything, is everywhere
What might prescient mean?
What do we call a shape with seven sides?
Extra name a coin this shape
a heptagon
the 50 pence piece
What is the capital city of Sri Lanka?
Colombo
What is the effect of using a rhetorical question?
To get the reader thinking!
Where, when and why was the Battle of Midway fought?
In the Pacific Ocean
How might we describe the structure of book that deals with different time lines (eg as in "Holes)
Non-linear narrative
How do you calculate the interior angles of a polygon?
(n-2) x 180
Divide by n
Name the three periods in the stone age
paleolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
Triton is a moon of which planet?
Neptune
In which country is the world's highest waterfall?
Venezuela
What natural phenomena are measured by the 'Richter scale'?
earthquackes
What is the capital city of Kenya?
Nairobi
how long is the Panama Canal?
The Panama Canal is approximately 40 miles (about 64 kilometres) long from shoreline to shoreline.
In writing, why use a semantic field?
To paint a picture
To create an atmosphere
Where, when and why was the Battle of Midway fought?
In the Pacific on the Islands of Midway. This major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II took place on 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor
Valent = strong
What does ambivalent mean?
Having conflicting or mixed feelings about something