Math
A shape with nine sides
Nonagon
Australia is located in this hemisphere.
Southern Hemisphere
The force that pulls objects toward Earth.
Gravity
A word that means the opposite of another word.
Antonym
The first fleet arrived in Australia in this year.
1788
This Australian animal is famous for carrying its baby in a pouch.
Kangeroo
The closest star to Earth.
Sun
The middle value when numbers are arranged from smallest to largest.
Median
The largest ocean on Earth.
Pacific
A substance made of only one type of atom.
Element
A comparison that uses “like” or “as.”
Simile
These are the two animals on Australia’s coat of arms.
Kangeroo and emu
This black-and-white animal eats mainly eucalyptus leaves.
Koala
This planet is known as the Red Planet.
Mars
A triangle with two equal sides is called this.
Isosceles
This landform is created when two tectonic plates push together.
Mountain
The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion (Newton’s First Law).
Inertia
When an author hints at events that will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
The name of Australia’s longest river.
Murray River
The only two egg-laying mammals in Australia are the echidna and this animal.
Platypus
A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky.
Constellation
The number in a fraction that shows how many equal parts the whole is divided into.
Denominator
This term describes the height of land above sea level.
Elevation
This part of the cell controls its activities and contains DNA.
Nucleus
Words that imitate sounds (e.g., “buzz,” “bang”).
Onomatopoeia
Australia's highest mountain.
Mount Kosciuszko
This reptile, found in northern Australia, is the world’s largest living reptile.
Saltwater crocodile
The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
Gravity
The number that occurs most frequently in a set of data.
Mode
This scale measures the magnitude of earthquakes.
Richter scale
This process plants use to make food using sunlight.
Photosynthesis
4 rules of a complete sentence.
1. Start with a capital letter.
2. Contain a subject (noun).
3. Contain a predicate (verb).
4. End with a punctutation mark.
“Terra Nullius” was a legal concept meaning this.
‘land belonging to no one’
This desert-dwelling marsupial is known for its incredibly long jump distance relative to its size.
Hopping mouse
This term describes the explosion that occurs when a massive star reaches the end of its life.
Supernova