Animals
Name the only mammal that flies
Bat
DAILY DOUBLE: How many provinces are in Canada?
*receive double the amount of points by naming 5 provinces
TEN - from west to east they are: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
What is a synonym?
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in a given language
What is 4/5 expressed as a percent?
80%
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D's uncle
What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?
Vertebrate has a backbone.
Invertebrate does not have a backbone.
How many oceans touch Canada?
THREE - the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west and the Arctic to the north
Give an example of a synonym for happy
content, cheerful, joyful, delighted
Order the following from smallest to largest: .5, 3/4, 70%, .83
.5, 70%, 3/4, .83
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
Map
How do amphibians breathe?
Through their skins
What is the capital city of Canada (the national capital)?
Ottawa
use its and it's in a sentence
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Solve: -5 - (-3) + 7 - 4 + 13
14
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
A fishhook
What is the fastest bird?
Peregrine falcon
How many territories are in Canada?
THREE - from west to east they are: Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
What is an antonym?
What is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to that of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle?
sine
You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why?
All the people were married.
Name 3 biomes
Name 15 countries
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Give an example of an alliteration, onomatopoeia, paradox, and oxymoron.
Allitereation:the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Paradox:a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
Oxymoron: figure of speech that places contradictory terms next to each other in a word or phrase.
If x^2 - 2 = 0, what is x?
x = +- sqrt(2)
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard