Language
This punctuation mark is used at the end of a question.
Question mark (?)
If you have 3 apples and your friend gives you 2 more, this is how many apples you have in total.
5
Humans breathe in this gas to survive.
Oxygen
The capital city of New Zealand.
Wellington
You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May.
The letter "E"
This word means the opposite of “begin.”
End
A movie starts at 6:30 pm and lasts 2.5 hours. This is the time the movie ends.
9:00pm
This force keeps us on the ground and pulls objects toward Earth.
Gravity
This famous bird is flightless and nocturnal (sleeps during the day).
Kiwi
This thing gets wetter the more it dries.
Towel
This is the term for words that have the same meaning, like “big” and “large.”
Synonyms
A farmer has 16 cows. Half run away, never to be seen again, but two return. How many cows does the farmer have now?
10
The chemical symbol H₂O represents this substance.
Water
This mountain is the highest in New Zealand.
Aoraki/Mount Cook
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many sheep remain?
9
This is the Māori word for “place of learning” or “school.”
Kura
A train travels 60 km in one hour and 60 km in the next hour. What is its average speed over the two hours?
60km/h
The sixth planet in our solar system from the sun.
Saturn
This was signed in the mid-1800's between Māori chiefs and the British Crown.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
If you pass the person in second place during a race, what position are you in now?
Second place
The English word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha and this letter.
Beta
A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. This is how much the ball costs.
5 cents ($0.05)
This part of the cell contains DNA and controls the cell’s activities.
Nucleus
This New Zealand director created the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Peter Jackson
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps