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What are cohesive devices?
Cohesive devices are words or phrases, such as conjunctions, pronouns, and transition words used to connect ideas between sentences and paragraphs, enhancing flow and logical structure in writing.
How many sets of parallel lines does a regular octagon have?
4
What is an uncontrollable factor? Give one example
How has a water lily adapted to survive?
Most of its body is underwater, but its flowers float on the water’s surface. They are shaped to attract pollinators.
Who did Parramatta beat last week?
Brisbane Broncos
Who is Nurse Irena? What does she look like?
Nurse Irena is part of the red army. She is a nurse who reminds Sasha of his mum.
What is 75% of 1250?
937.5
What is a stereotype? Why are they harmful?
A stereotype is judging someone often based on their appearance. They are harmful because they can make people feel judged, hurt or upset based on something that is not true.
What is echolocation?
Echolocation is a biological sonar used by animals like bats, dolphins, and some birds to navigate and hunt by emitting sound waves and interpreting the returning echoes to identify, locate, and track objects.
Who won pole position in the F1 race in Melbourne?
George Russell
What is personification. Provide an example.
Personification is a literary device and figurative language technique that assigns human traits, emotions, or actions to inanimate objects, animals, or abstract ideas. For example, the trees danced.
What is the formula to find the angle sum of a polygon?
(n-2) x 180
Name a type of crossing we have in Australia. Explain what it looks like.
E.g. zebra crossing, refuge island, children's crossing, stoplight/traffic crossing
What is a behavioural adaptation? Provide an example?
Behavioural adaptations are what living things do to stay alive. Animals are usually born knowing how to behave so they can survive in their environment. It is something that has developed over many generations and is often innate (natural).
E.g. a murmuration - starlings create shapes to distract their predators.
What are the seven continents of the world?
Antarctica, South America, North America, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia/Oceania
What is the structure of a narrative?
Orientation, rising action, complication, climax, falling action, conclusion.
Draw a cartesian plane and label the quadrants and the two axis'. Label the name of the intersection point of the two lines.
Intersection = axis.
Miss Smee to check the cartesian plane.
Why is charging an E-bike or E-scooter dangerous? How do you minimise the risk?
Charging a device or battery with the wrong power output (voltage and current), can cause damage to the battery and overheat it which can cause a fire.
Charging near blankets and other materials could make the cord catch fire.
Instead, make sure you use an Australian powerpoint and not charge it near anything.
Why do plants adapt?
• Get energy (light, water, air and nutrients) to make food.
• Protect themselves from danger.
• Reproduce and help their species survive.
Who are the main characters in the Lion King?
Mufasa, Simba, Scar
Simple sentences force us to be direct about our meaning and to choose more powerful words to describe our ideas. They mark important ideas for our readers by creating a natural shift in the rhythm of reading. A short sentence makes a point.
Melissa bought a bracelet for $80. She then donated 1/5 of her money to charity. If Melissa now has $840, how much money did she have to start off with?
840 divided by 4 = 210
210 x 5 = 1050
1050 + 80 = 1130
What are two hazards when riding your bike? How do you minimise these hazards
- cars on the road
- visibility
- falling/crashing
To minimise:
- ride on the footpath or in a park
- wear bright clothes
- wear a helmet
What is floral mimicry? Give an example?
A clever adaption plants use to look like something else to help them attract food or blend in to hide from prey. For example a bee orchid makes its flowers look like a bee. This attracts other bees to the flower to keep it polinated.
Name one athlete in each of these sports. At least one answer needs to be a female athlete
- swimming, basketball, soccer, rugby league, athletics
examples - Michael Phelps, Lebron James, Sam Kerr, Nathan Cleary, Usain Bolt, Cathy Freeman