History
Who was Canada’s first Prime Minister?
Sir John A. Macdonald
What is the value of π (pi) to two decimal places?
Answer: 3.14
What gas do plants take in for photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
Identify the literary device: “The wind whispered through the trees, as if telling secrets.”
Personification
What are the names of the 7 continents?
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
In what year did Confederation happen in Canada?
1867
A number is multiplied by 6 and then 8 is added. The result is 32. What is the number?
4
What organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell”?
Mitochondria
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
Which two countries share the world’s longest international border?
Canada and the United States
When did the last residential school in Canada close?
1996
Solve for x: 5x−3=2x+12
x=5
What organelle in plant cells makes food using sunlight?
Chloroplasts
What is the literary device where the first consonant sound is repeated, like “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers”?
What is Alliteration?
What’s the line of longitude at 0° called?
The Prime Meridian
Which province was the last to join Canada, and in what year?
Newfoundland and Labrador, in 1949.
A right triangle has one leg measuring 9 cm and the other leg measuring 12 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?
15cm
What protects Earth from harmful radiation from the sun?
The ozone layer / atmosphere
Which American poet was known for dark, gothic themes and wrote The Raven?
Edgar Allan Poe
What type of plate boundary happens when two plates move apart?
Divergent boundary
The Hiawatha Wampum Belt, which represents the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, shows a chain of figures connected by a line.
How many figures (squares/diamonds) are on the belt?
In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:4. After 2 boys leave and 5 girls join, the ratio becomes 2:3. How many boys and girls were in the class originally?
48 boys and 64 girls
What are the 3 subatomic particles in an atom, and where are they found?
Protons & neutrons in the nucleus; electrons orbit the nucleus
Which Canadian poet was known for writing about World War I and is famous for In Flanders Fields?
John McCrae
What natural force carved out the Great Lakes and Niagara Falls during the last Ice Age?
Glaciers — glacial erosion and melting water shaped the land