Measurement
If Sunday is the first day of the week, what is the 6th day of the week?
Friday
The word murky is used a few times in Fantastic Mr. Fox. "He ran along the murky tunnel..." What does it mean?
murky = dark, hard to see
Ancient Egyptians built huge ______ to keep the bodies of their dead pharaohs.
pyramids
What is a structure?
A structure is something man-made that can hold a load and that has a definite shape, size and purpose.
Who is the president of Egypt?
Abdel Fattah el Sisi
A small fridge is 140 cm tall. A large fridge is 190 cm tall. How many centimeters difference are between a small and a large fridge?
50 centimeters difference
The word ravenous is used in chapter 18 of Fantastic Mr. Fox when the author talked about how the animals had not eaten in several days. Ravenous means...
starving, famished, very hungry
When a pharaoh died, his body was preserved for the afterlife. What is the process of preservation called?
mummification
What is a material?
A material is something that is specifically chosen to build a structure with.
What continent contains the countries of Argentina, Peru and Columbia?
South America
If the perimeter of a square is 36 centimeters, how long are each of the four sides?
4 x 9 = 36
Each side is 9 centimeters long.
In Fantastic Mr. Fox, the three farmers swore an oath to not stop digging until they had caught Mr. Fox. An oath is...?
a promise to do something
What is the Nile Delta?
A triangular plain formed where the River Nile empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
Name five common materials used in structures.
wood, glass, plastic, paper, concrete, brick, metal, rubber, cloth, cardboard
How many bones are in the human body?
206 bones
I eat my breakfast at 6 30 AM and eat my lunch at 12 PM. How many hours and minutes are between breakfast and lunch?
5 hours and 30 minutes
5 1/2 hours
The delicious smell of roasted chicken wafted down the hole to the noses of the three small foxes, making their mouths water and their stomachs grumble. the word wafted in this sentence means...
to float in, to be carried along the air
Why was the Nile Delta so important to the Ancient Egyptians?
What is form and what is function?
Form is the shape, size and materials of a structure.
Function is the purpose or ability of a structure to do something.
Dogs are called Canines. Cats are called....?
Felines
Hesham drives 200km to work and back every day. If he works 6 days a week, how many kilometers does he drive in one week?
He drives 120 kilometers a week.
Foxes are know to be clever. a synonym for clever is...?
smart, intelligent, ingenious
The Rosetta Stone was a large stone found along the branch of the Nile near the town of Rosetta. Why was it so important?
The stone contained a message written in 3 ancient languages which allowed scholars to finally understand and translate hieroglyphics.
Name all the materials used to build a bicycle.
metal for the frame
rubber for the tires and handle bars
wire for the brakes and spokes in the wheels
leather or vinyl for the seat
How tall is the Burj Khalifa?
830 meters