Language Arts
What does the prefix 'peri' mean?
around
What name is given to the 8 in 83
The base
ozone, methane, carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrous oxide are all examples of ____________
greenhouse gases
Whose life and work was inspired by Booker T Washington's book Up From Slavery?
Marcus Garvey
drover, cowboy, cowgirl,
What name is given to the 2 words that are in bold at the extreme top of the pages of a dictionary?
guide words
How many seconds are there in an hour?
3600 seconds
The last layer of the soil profile is called __________
bedrock
Cuba and Haiti fought for their independence, how did Jamaica gain its independence?
by negotation
Complete the series of prisms: triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, __________, octagonal.
hexagonal
Correct the following sentence: 'One of the ladies have a beautiful hat'.
One of the ladies has a beautiful hat.
What does 3D stand for?
three dimensional
Spell the word which means how an organism is suited to survive in its environment
adaptation
Which of Jamaica's national emblems is known as the Tree of Life?
The Lignum Vitae/ the National Flower
Give a word that is common to a cow and a human leg.
calf
Identify the part of speech used for each 'well' as used in the following sentences:
Well, after having a well-done piece of steak, she wasn't feeling well so she almost fell into the well. If she had fallen, she would have sustained bruises and her blood would well up from the wounds.
adverb, adjective, noun, verb
If the perimeter of a rectangular swimming pool is 16m what are 3 possible dimensions?
L 7 W 1 vice versa
L 6 W 2 vice versa
L 5 W 3 vice vers
Farmer Brown plants his crops on a very steep slope. Which farming technique should he apply to prevent his crops from washing away?
terracing
Who said these words, "Shoot me but leave the poor unfortunate people alone" and under what circumstances was it said?
Sir Alexander Bustamante during the 1938 strike
how many sections does the net of a cube have?
6 sections...... each section represents a face.
A well-written paragraph has 3 parts: what are these parts?
topic sentence, supporting details, and a conclusion
I have 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices
A cube, a cuboid/rectangular prism
Mary's mother used a milk can to store pepper seeds. What aspect of solid waste management is she practicing?
Re-use (find new uses for old objects)
Jamaica's Constitution was written in 1962, what exactly is this constitution?
The supreme/highest set of laws that governs the country.
complete the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 16, _____, 36
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