They're Just Words
This language device compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is simile?
This number is the result of 8 × 7.
What is 56?
This force keeps your feet on the ground.
What is gravity?
This is Australia's longest river system.
What is the Murray-Darling Basin?
This is the number of players each AFL team has on the field at one time.
What is 18?
The main purpose of this type of text is to convince the reader of a point of view.
What is a persuasive text?
This is the area of a rectangle measuring 9 cm by 12 cm.
What is 108 centimetres squared?
This plant part absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
What are roots?
This year saw Australia become a federation.
What is 1901?
This is what drinking water during exercise helps prevent.
What is dehydration?
This punctuation mark shows that letters have been omitted in the word wouldn't.
What is an apostrophe?
This is the sale price of a $60 item discounted by 10%.
What is $54.00?
This renewable energy source turns sunlight into electricity.
What is solar energy?
This body of water separates mainland Australia from Tasmania.
What is the Bass Strait?
This muscle pumps blood throughout the body.
What is the heart?
This punctuation mark should replace the comma in the sentence: "I had finished my homework, I went outside."
What is a semicolon?
This number is the lowest common multiple of 6 and 8.
What is 24?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This explorer became the first European to cross the Blue Mountains in 1813.
Who is Gregory Blaxland?
This body system sends messages using the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
What is the nervous system?
In the sentence, "Although it was raining, the game continued," this word introduces a dependent clause.
What is although?
A recipe for 4 people uses 300 g of flour. This amount is needed to make the recipe for 10 people.
What is 750 g?
This simple machine consists of a wheel with a groove around its edge used to lift heavy objects.
What is a pulley?
Canberra was chosen as Australia's capital partly because it lies between these two rival cities.
What are Sydney and Melbourne?
During vigorous exercise, this gas is produced by muscles and is removed through the lungs.
What is carbon dioxide?