MATH MANIA

Language & Literacy
Science Sleuths
Social Studies Scene
Arts & Health Highway
100

This is the product of 12 x 5.

What is 60?

100

What punctuation mark would you use to show that someone is speaking in a story?

What are quotation marks?

100

Animals that eat only plants are called this.

What are herbivores?

100

What do geographers use to represent real-world features on a flat surface, showing borders, cities, and landmarks?

What is a map?

100

What is the form of performance where participants read scripts aloud to an audience, focusing on vocal expression and gestures, rather than memorization, costumes, or props

What is Reader's Theatre

200

What is the place value of the 7 in the number 47,305?

What is thousands?

200

What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?

What is a biography is about someone else's life, and an autobiography is about your own life?

200

What is the state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape?

What is a liquid?

200

Before 1713, this group of people lived on the land that would become Canada, long before European settlers arrived.

Who are Indigenous Peoples/First Nations, Métis, and Inuit?

200

In drama, what is the term for taking on the qualities and actions of another person or character?

What is role-playing or acting in character?

300

How many minutes are in 6 hours?

What is 360 minutes?

300

When you use clues from the text and your own knowledge to figure out something that isn't directly stated, what are you making?

What is an inference?

300

This human body system is responsible for breaking down food.

What is the digestive system?

300

What do you call the landform region in Ontario known for its many lakes and rocks?

What is the Canadian Shield?

300

What are the three main elements of a healthy diet?

What are carbohydrates, proteins, and fats?

400

What do you call the average of a set of numbers?

What is the mean?

400

What is the term for the intended group of people a media text (like an advertisement or a news report) is created for?

What is the target audience?

400

What do you call a resource that can be replaced naturally over a relatively short period of time?

What is a renewable resource?

400

What are the three levels of government in Canada?

What are federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal?

400

In visual arts, what do you call the lightness or darkness of a colour?

What is value?

500

This is the term for a fraction where the numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator, like 7/4.

What is an improper fraction?

500

This is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

500

What do you call a substance that changes into a new substance during a chemical reaction?

What is a chemical change?

500

Name one challenge faced by early European explorers and settlers in Canada.

What are harsh climates, disease, unfamiliar territory, conflicts with Indigenous peoples, or limited supplies?

500

Name three ways to stay safe when using the internet or other technology.

Answers will vary but could include: not sharing personal information, telling a trusted adult about anything uncomfortable, using strong passwords, not meeting strangers, etc.

600

If a triangle has angles measuring 60 degrees and 70 degrees, what is the measure of the third angle?

What is 50 degrees? (180 - 60 - 70 = 50)

600

What type of figurative language is used when an author says "The wind whispered secrets through the trees," giving human qualities to a non-human thing?

What is personification?

600

What is the largest organ in the human body?

What is the skin?

600

What is a "right" as in "human rights," and give one example of a right you have as a Canadian citizen?

What is a fundamental freedom or entitlement, such as the right to education, freedom of speech, or freedom of religion?

600

What is the difference between bullying and a conflict or disagreement?

What is bullying is repeated, intentional, and involves a power imbalance, while a conflict is usually a one-time disagreement between equals?