Geography
What is the largest state by land area in Australia?
Which planet in our solar system is known as the "Red Planet"?
Mars
What is the term for a number that can only be divided by 1 and itself?
Prime
What is the name for words that sound like the noises they describe, such as "buzz" or "hiss"?
Onomatopoeia
Who is the famous scientist known for his theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What is the world's largest hot desert by land area?
The Sahara Desert
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below its boiling point?
Evaporation
What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?
180 degrees
What is a sentence that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence called?
Independent clause
What is the largest organ in the human body?
Skin
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific ocean
What is the smallest unit of matter?
An atom
If you rotate a square by 90 degrees, what shape does it become?
diamond or a rhombus.
What is the term that refers to words that are spelled differently, have different meanings, but are pronounced the same way?
Homophone
Which gas do plants absorb from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
What is the body of water that lies between Australia and New Zealand?
Tasman Sea
What is the process by which light is bent as it passes through different mediums, such as air or water?
Refraction
If a hexagon has an interior angle of 120 degrees, what is the sum of its interior angles?
720 degrees
What is the term for a word that is the opposite in meaning to another word, such as "hot" and "cold"?
Antonym
Where was the Titanic heading to on its maiden voyage?
New York
What is the major mountain range in eastern Australia that runs parallel to the coast?
The Great Dividing Range
What is the chemical symbol for the element gold?
Au
What is the result of 3 to the power of 4?
81
Which point of view is used when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story?
Third-person omniscient
What is the term for a word that is spelled the same forwards and backward, such as "racecar"?
Palindrome