1st Grade English - Poetry
What is alliteration?
The same sound at the start of words
1st Grade Science - Biology
What are the four basic needs of animals?
Air, water, food, shelter
1st Grade Mathematics - Measurement
Define the term 'capacity'.
The maximum amount that something can contain
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
1st Grade Arts - Visual Art
What are the three 'warm colours'?
Red, Yellow, Orange
2nd Grade English - Traditional Tales
Who originally wrote the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood'?
The Brothers Grimm
(Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)
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
2nd Grade Mathematics - Time
What time is shown here?
6:45
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
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
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'
3rd Grade Science - Physics
What are the properties of a solid? (Name at least 2 properties)
- Rigid
- Fixed shape
- Fixed volume
- Not easily compressed
3rd Grade Mathematics - Fractions
Which fraction is larger?
8/16 or 4/8
Neither, they are equivalent fractions
3rd Grade Humanities - Civics
What is a system of government with elected representatives called?
A democracy
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
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
4th Grade - Biology
What is the name given to a living thing that breaks down and eats dead plants and animals?
Decomposer
4th Grade Mathematics - Division
What is 63 divided by 9?
7
4th Grade Humanities - Civics
Is speeding in a school zone defined as a rule or a law?
Law
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
5th Grade English - Media Texts
Define the word 'assertion'.
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
5th Grade Science - Earth Sciences
What is the greenhouse effect?
Gases in the Earth's atmosphere trapping heat from the Sun
5th Grade Mathematics - Angles
What is the name given to an angle that is greater than 180° and less than 360°?
Reflex Angle
5th Grade Humanities - Economics
What does 'GST' stand for?
Goods and Services Tax
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