Uses
About the plant
Fun Facts
100

Was Papyrus used to make paper 

Yes

100

Papyrus was used to keep track of (at least one correct Extra points if more than one.)

food, livestock, and times or days

100

Would scribes throw away papyrus? 

No

200

Fill in the blank :

Papyrus was used to construct _______ to paddle along the Nile

Canoe 

200

What was papyrus's nickname 

calligraphers

200

what is the most famous text written whit papyrus 

The first old testament in the bible 

300

True/False: was papyrus used to make some shoes? 

TRUE

300

What is the definition of papyrus

Tall aquatic plant that grows on the Nile. 

300

How many years did papyrus stay on top until paper?

4000 years

400

Papyrus was mainly used by?:

Scribes 

400

Papyrus can grow up to _____ feet or about ______ 4.6 meters

15 feet or 4.6

400

The longest scroll made from papyrus was 1 1/2 ___________

1 1/2 basketball courts  

500

SPECIAL ROUND!! NAME as many uses as you can in 15 secs (Each correct is 50 pts.

For max points:

Papyrus was used to make: sandals, paper, Baskets, Rafts, Rope, to be eaten, Sails for boats, and used for a writing surface and used for markers. 

500

Name the 3 main steps of preparing papyrus.

Collecting the reed, peeling the rind, soaking the strips. 

500

Papyrus was used to symbolize witch hill? 

Primeval hill