The Kelly gang
Word origins
Literacy
Landscapes and Landforms
Volcanoes
100

The most famous Australian bushranger who led the Kelly Gang

Ned Kelly

100

word for a place where books are kept comes from the Latin word liber, meaning “book.”  

Library 

100

type of word describes a noun, like happy, blue, or tall.

Adjective

100

This large, flat area of land is often found at low elevations and is used for farming.

Plain

100

This is the molten rock that erupts from a volcano.

Lava

200

The term used to describe bushrangers like Ned Kelly who lived in the Australian bush and often robbed stagecoaches and banks

outlaws

200

This word for a person who studies the past comes from the Greek historia, meaning “inquiry” or “knowledge from inquiry.”

Historian

200

This type of word describes a verb, often ending in -ly, like quickly or softly.

Adverb

200

This landform is formed when a river cuts down into rock, creating a deep, narrow valley with steep sides.

Canyon

200

The opening at the top of a volcano where lava and gases escape is called this.

Crater
300

The Kelly Gang was finally captured after a violent standoff in this small Victorian town in 1880.

Glenrowan

300

This common classroom word comes from the Latin discipulus, meaning "learner." Starting with S

Student

300

This type of sentence contains only one independent clause and expresses a complete idea.

Simple sentence

300

Name the process by which rocks and soil are worn away and moved by wind, water, or ice.

Erosion

300

These types of volcanoes have gentle slopes built from layers of lava flows. 

Shield Volcano
400

This member of the Kelly Gang was Ned Kelly’s younger brother and also wore armour during the final siege

Dan Kelly

400

This word meaning “government by the people” comes from the Greek words demos (people) and kratos (power).

Democracy

400

This type of sentence has two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction like and, but, or so.

Compound sentence

400

This type of landscape features jagged peaks and is mainly formed by tectonic activity lifting Earth's crust.

Mountains

400

When a volcano erupts explosively, it can release this cloud of hot ash, gas, and rock fragments.

Pyroclastic Flow

500

This event involving Ned Kelly’s mother, Ellen, helped spark the conflict between the Kelly Gang and the police.

Ellen Kelly’s arrest and imprisonment for allegedly aiding in the attempted murder of a police officer

500

What is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia a fear of?

Long words

500

This sentence type includes one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause, often starting with because, although, or when.

Complex sentence

500

The process the forms a delta is....

Deposition

500

Name the tectonic boundary type most commonly associated with volcano formation.

convergent plate boundaries or subduction zones

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