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100
Which animal group is a dog in?
It is a mammal
100
How many countries share a border with the Australian mainland?
None, it is an island.
100
What is a synonym?
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in a given language
100
What is 4/5 expressed as a percent?
80%
100
NIS, FIS, ISU and ISB all compete in EAISAC.
Name the cities each school is from.
Nagoya, Fukuoka, Ulaanbaatar, Busan.
200
What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?
Vertebrate has a backbone.
Invertebrate does not have a backbone.
200
How many prefectures are in Japan?
47
200
Give an example of a synonym for happy
content, cheerful, joyful, delighted
200
Order the following from smallest to largest:
0.5, 3/4, 0.83, 70%
.5, 70%, 3/4, .83
200
In which ward is NIS located in?
Moriyama
300
How do amphibians breathe?
Through their skins
300
Which island is 2 hours south of the Japanese mainland by boat?
(south of Kagoshima)
Yakushima.
300
use your and you're in a sentence
answers vary
300
Explain how to find the upper and lower quartiles of a data set.
Put the data points in order.
Find the middle number (median).
Split the data into top half and bottom half.
Find the middle of the bottom half (Q1) and the middle of the top half (Q3).
300
A car factory makes 33 parts in 2 hours. How many parts can it make in 5 hours?
82 parts
400
In what continent would you find a zebra?
Africa
400
Which prefecture is the northernmost in Honshu?
Aomori
400
What is an antonym?
Provide an example of an antonym.
a word opposite in meaning to another
Examples can vary:
- good / bad
- happy / sad
400
Do outliers in a data set affect the mean or the median more? Explain.
The mean is affected more. Because the median is just the middle number outliers don't really affect it.
400
orange: 8
watermelon: 12
banana: 5
500
Name 3 biomes
- Tropical Rainforest.
- Temperate Forest.
- Desert.
- Tundra.
- Taiga (Boreal Forest)
- Grassland.
- Savanna
- Permanent ice
500
How many provinces are in Canada?...
TEN - from west to east they are: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
500
When AI was asked about famous books, the first 3 listed were:
"Pride and prejudice"
"To kill a mockingbird"
"1984"
Name 2 of the 3 authors of these books.
"Pride and prejudice" (Jane Austen)
"To kill a mockingbird" (Harper Lee)
"1984" (George Orwell)
500
Without using a calculator, find the average of 7, 11, 9, 8, 10, 5, 13, 0 and 18.
9
500
There are 42 = 16 little squares.
There are 32 = 9 “2 by 2” squares.
There are 22 = 4 “3 by 3” squares.
There is 12 = 1 big square (the whole grid).
So the total number of squares is
16 + 9 + 4 + 1 = 30