Year 6 facts

Question 1

7x12=

Answer 1

84

Question 2

What is a metaphor

Answer 2

A comparison which is not literally true. It suggests what something is like by comparing it with something else with similar characteristics

Question 3

What is a micro-organism.

Answer 3

A tiny living thing.

Question 4

What are the two creation stories?

Answer 4

The creation of the world in 7 days. 2. The creation of the Garden of Eden.

Question 5

What are your -er verb endings in French?

Answer 5

e, es, e, ons, ez, ent

Question 6

Name all 7 continents

Answer 6

Africa, Asia, Antarctica, N America, S America, Europe, Australasia

Question 7

7x8=

Answer 7

56

Question 8

What is a simile

Answer 8

A descriptive figure of speech that compares one thing with something else.

Question 9

How are fossils formed?

Answer 9

When a plant or animal dies and is buried.

Question 10

What tree did Eve eat the fruit from against God’s wishes?

Answer 10

The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil

Question 11

How do you say “I think that” in French?

Answer 11

Je pense que

Question 12

Name all 5 oceans

Answer 12

Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Pacific

Question 13

12x12=

Answer 13

144

Question 14

What does the ‘imperative’ mean?

Answer 14

A verb that gives an urgent or essential command.

Question 15

What groups can animals be classifies into?

Answer 15

Vertebrates and Invertebrates.

Question 16

Who were Adam and Eve’s sons and what happened to them?

Answer 16

Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel in a fit of jealousy.

Question 17

How do you write Boring in French?

Answer 17

Ennuyeux

Question 18

Name the world’s largest desert and the continent where it is found

Answer 18

Sahara, Africa

Question 19

9x12=

Answer 19

108

Question 20

What is personification?

Answer 20

Giving a personal or human characteristic to something non-human

Question 21

What is a solution? (in science)

Answer 21

It is when a solid dissolves in a liquid.

Question 22

Which descendant of Noah was the father of all religions?

Answer 22

Abraham

Question 23

How do you write fun un French?

Answer 23

Amusant/ marrant

Question 24

Name the world’s tallest mountain, the range, and which country it is in

Answer 24

Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal

Question 25

6x12=

Answer 25

72

Question 26

What is alliteration?

Answer 26

Two or more words in a sentence that start with the same letter or sound.

Question 27

When do you draw a line graph in science?

Answer 27

When you have two sets of numerical data.

Question 28

From which mountain did Moses return with the 10 Commandments?

Answer 28

Mount Sinai

Question 29

Conjugate vouloir

Answer 29

je veux, tu veux, il/ elle veut, nous voulons, vous voulez, ils/ elles veulent

Question 30

Name the world's largest rainforest and the continent where you find it

Answer 30

Amazon, S America

Question 31

What does product mean in maths?

Answer 31

The answer after multiplying

Question 32

What is a homophone?

Answer 32

Two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings or spelling.

Question 33

What is a pure substance?

Answer 33

Something that has nothing dissolved in it.

Question 34

Jesus spoke in parables. What’s a parable?

Answer 34

A normal story with a heavenly meaning. Eg. The Parable of the sower.

Question 35

Conjugate pouvoir

Answer 35

je peux, tu peux, il/ elle peut, nous pouvons, vous pouvez, ils/ elles peuvent

Question 36

Name the world's longest river, the country of its source, and its mouth

Answer 36

The Nile Source - Uganda Mouth - Egypt

Question 37

What is the name of a line from the centre of a circle to its edge?

Answer 37

Radius

Question 38

What is a synonym?

Answer 38

A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase

Question 39

What is gravity?

Answer 39

A force that pulls towards the centre of the Earth

Question 40

What religious books do Christians, Jews and Muslims follow?

Answer 40

The Bible, the Torah, the Quran (much of their content is the same).

Question 41

How do you write Last year in French?

Answer 41

L'année derniere

Question 42

What does the word 'climate' mean?

Answer 42

The weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period

Question 43

What is the name given to all four sided shapes? (like squares, rectangles, etc.)

Answer 43

Quadrilaterals

Question 44

What is the difference between direct speech and reported speech?

Answer 44

Direct speech = repeating the words actually said by someone. Reported speech = describing what someone else said.

Question 45

How many types of circuit can you name?

Answer 45

Series, Parallel and Short.

Question 46

Which is the only mainstream religion with no God?

Answer 46

Buddhism. Buddha was Siddhartha Gautama, a man.

Question 47

How do you write Next week in French?

Answer 47

La semaine prochaine

Question 48

Name two types of wind storm

Answer 48

Any from: Hurricane, tornado, cyclone

Question 49

Define the word perpendicular

Answer 49

At an angle of 90° to a given line

Question 50

What is the difference between passive and active voice?

Answer 50

Active means the subject of a sentence does something to the object. Passive means something is done to the subject.

Question 51

What is meant by Evolution?

Answer 51

The process of living things developing from an earlier form.

Question 52

Where is the story of Jesus told?

Answer 52

In the New Testament, in the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Question 53

Conjugate se laver

Answer 53

je me lave, tu te laves, il/ elle se lave, nous nous lavons, vous vous lavez, ils/ elles se lavent

Question 54

Name the three essential components of a map

Answer 54

Scale, Key and Compass points

Question 55

How many degrees are in a full turn?

Answer 55

360

Question 56

What is onomatopoeia?

Answer 56

A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to

Question 57

What is a variable resistor?

Answer 57

Something that allows more control over the flow of the current.

Question 58

What are the first 5 books of the bible?

Answer 58

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Question 59

How do you write stupid in French?

Answer 59

nul

Question 60

What is the name of the number that helps you find a location on a map

Answer 60

Grid reference