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100

1st Grade English - Poetry


What is alliteration?

The same sound at the start of words

100

1st Grade Science - Biology


What are the four basic needs of animals?

Air, water, food, shelter

100

1st Grade Mathematics - Measurement


Define the term 'capacity'.

The maximum amount that something can contain

100

1st Grade Humanities - Indigenous Australia


In Indigenous Australian culture, what does the term 'dreaming' refer to?

The word used to explain how life came to be; it is the stories and beliefs behind creation

100

1st Grade Arts - Visual Art


What are the three 'warm colours'?

Red, Yellow, Orange

200

2nd Grade English - Traditional Tales


Who originally wrote the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'?

The Brothers Grimm
(Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)

200

2nd Grade Science - Space


Name each planet in our solar system, in order from closest to furthest from the sun. 

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

200

2nd Grade Mathematics - Time



What time is shown here?

6:45

200

2nd Grade Humanities - Geography


Using the 7-continent model, what are the 7 recognised continents?

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia/Oceania

200

2nd Grade Arts - Music


What is the term used for music that is developed 'on the spot' or in the middle of a performance?



Improvisation OR Extemporisation 


300

3rd Grade English - Grammar


Select the modal verb in this sentence:


'My younger brother could speak German fluently after he had completed the language course'

'Could'

300

3rd Grade Science - Physics


What are the properties of a solid? (Name at least 2 properties)

- Rigid

- Fixed shape

- Fixed volume

- Not easily compressed

300

3rd Grade Mathematics - Fractions


Which fraction is larger?

8/16 or 4/8

Neither, they are equivalent fractions

300

3rd Grade Humanities - Civics


What is a system of government with elected representatives called?

A democracy

300

3rd Grade Arts - Drama


What is a 'tableau'?

A freeze frame or still picture created by one or more people, depicting a moment, idea, situation, or emotion

400

4th Grade English - Poetry


The following poem is written in which form?


There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'

Limerick

400

4th Grade - Biology


What is the name given to a living thing that breaks down and eats dead plants and animals?

Decomposer

400

4th Grade Mathematics - Division


What is 63 divided by 9?

7

400

4th Grade Humanities - Civics


Is speeding in a school zone defined as a rule or a law?

Law

400

4th Grade Arts - Drama


This term is used when describing a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.

Dialogue

500

5th Grade English - Media Texts


Define the word 'assertion'.

A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

500

5th Grade Science - Earth Sciences


What is the greenhouse effect?

Gases in the Earth's atmosphere trapping heat from the Sun

500

5th Grade Mathematics - Angles


What is the name given to an angle that is greater than 180° and less than 360°?

Reflex Angle

500

5th Grade Humanities - Economics


What does 'GST' stand for?

Goods and Services Tax

500

5th Grade Arts - Visual Arts


In geometric art styles, what is meant by 'tessellation'? 

A pattern made of a repeating shape or set of shapes which leaves no spaces between the shapes and does not include any overlapping of shapes