Activities for Relief Teachers and Early Finishers, for ages 11-13 years

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Activities for

Relief Teachers and Early Finishers

Activities for

Relief Teachers and Early Finishers The activities in this book are designed to be used as challenges for students between the ages of 11 and 13.

Ages 11-13 years

They can be used by relief teachers called into classes at short notice, by students who finish other sets of work early, or by those who enjoy learning independently.

Stimulating activities for use with students of 11 years +

Alternatively, teachers could use the activities as part of structured lessons in cases where they are relevant to the teaching program.

However the range of activities is used, students will find them to be stimulating and challenging, and they will derive a good deal of satisfaction from successfully completing sets of work.

The use of a dictionary or atlas will be necessary in many of the activities.

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Activities for Relief Teachers and Early Finishers ISBN 978 186 397 353 3

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By Bill Powell

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Title: Activities for Relief Teachers and Early Finishers © 2001 Ready-Ed Publications Revised 2012 Printed in Australia Author: Bill Powell Illustrator: Rod Jefferson

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Contents

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1 Missing Letters

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18 Maths Test

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2.1 Missing Letters

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19.1 Missing Letters - Our Solar System

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2.2 Missing Letters

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19.2 Missing Letters - Our Solar System

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3.1 Nouns from Verbs

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20.1 Science Quiz

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3.2 Nouns from Verbs

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21.1 Missing Letters - Some Body Facts

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21.2 Missing Letters - Some Body Facts

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Collective Nouns

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5.2 More Nouns

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22 Countries and their Capital Cities

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6.1 “Ant” Words

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23 Capital Cities Word Search

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6.2 “Ant” Words

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24 More Countries and their Capital Cities

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7.1 Nouns and Their Adjectives

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25 Capital Cities Word Search

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7.2 Nouns and Their Adjectives

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27.1 Missing Letters - Oceans, Seas & Lakes

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27.2 Oceans, Seas And Lakes

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28.1 Animal Names

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28.2 Animal Names

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29.1 Australian Birds and Animals

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8.1 Crossword: Occupations

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8.2 Word Puzzle: Occupations

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Occupations Word Search

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10.1 Antonyms Crossword

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10.2 More Antonyms

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11.1 Another Antonyms Crossword

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29.2 Australian Birds and Animals

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11.2 Antonyms Word Puzzle

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29.3 Australian Birds and Animals

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12 Fun With Cryptics

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30.1 Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

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13.1 Word Squares

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30.2 Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

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30.3 Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

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14 Maths Crossword No. 1

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30.4 Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

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15 Maths Crossword No. 2

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31 Understanding What You Read

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17.1 Maths Crossword No. 4

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17.2 Mathematical Terms

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Answers

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 Put in the missing letters to complete the words. There is a clue for each word.

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A group of five players.

The Mystery Word  From your twenty answers above select the words to fit into the spaces below. If you select the correct words you will make a word running down the bold frame, which relates to the eighth word in the puzzle.

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Missing Letters

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ď ˛ The twenty words for the vocabulary puzzle in activity 2.1 can be found amongst this list of thirty, but be very careful for there are a number of traps which have been set to catch you out.

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ď ˛ All of the correct twenty words required in the vocabulary puzzle are in this word search.

Can you find them?

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Nouns from Verbs

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ď ˛ All the clues in this crossword are verbs.

All the answers are the nouns which come from these verbs.

Use your dictionary to find the answers.

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Nouns from Verbs

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 The words in this box are the answers to the crossword puzzle in Activity 3.1 . Choose from the list to find the missing words from these sentences:

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4 Letters food sale song

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1. In spite of his firm ___________the suspect was found guilty by the jury.

2. After the long drought the rains brought _________________________to the dry land.

3. Falling profits caused the _________________________ of the business.

4. The lady gave the police an accurate_________________________ of the thief.

5. Karri trees have a very slow rate of _________________________.  From the words you have studied on these two pages complete the boxes in this table.

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5 Letters blood entry 6 Letters deceit denial fright growth relief 7 Letters closure descent 8 Letters addition decision election marriage

9 Letters detention inclusion 10 Letters management 11 Letters description

Extra Challenge - Anagrams

An anagram is a word or phrase formed by re-arranging the letters of another word. In each of the following sentences the words in bold print are an anagram and the rest of the sentence is a clue to the solution. Here is an example: The moon starer studies the heavens.

The letters of moon starer can be rearranged to form the word astronomer, who is a person who studies the heavens.  Can you solve these anagrams?

Dear miner, this is what is left.

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This sound metre is very large.

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Time may idle, but start at once.

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Do not grieve son, it is I the king.

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Smile bear, you look unhappy.

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Collective Nouns

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Collective nouns are used to name groups of two or more things. For example a group of cattle is called “a herd of cattle”. The word “herd” is a collective noun because it refers to a collection of cattle.

This is a Ready-Ed Publications' book preview.  The clues in this word search are collective nouns while the words hidden in the puzzle are the nouns to which they refer, e.g. The hidden word for “herd” is “cattle”.

Answers in the word search can go in any direction.

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Words to find: (17) herd

gaggle

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school

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pack (2) skein

gang fleet

bouquet litter

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flock (2) galaxy

pair

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More Nouns from Verbs

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ď ˛ All the clues in this crossword puzzle are verbs. All the answers are the nouns which come from these verbs. Sometimes the same word can be both a verb and a noun. There are two examples of these in this puzzle.

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Verb Clues

Across 2. descend 3. confess 5. admit 6. relieve 8. approve 9. deceive 12. massacre 16. expend 17. conquer 18. enter 19. propose 20. satirise Down 1. include 2. deny 4. sell 5. analyse 7. equip 10. marry 11. refund 13. solve 14. appear 15. withdraw

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ď ˛ Using your dictionary try to complete as many answers as you can without looking at the words listed on the next page. That list contains all the answers listed according to the number of letters each word contains.

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More Nouns

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 When you have finished the puzzle on page 10 select nouns from the box to finish each of these sentences.

List of Nouns

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The words in this list are the answers to the crossword puzzle in Activity 5.1 .

4 Letters sale 5 Letters entry 6 Letters denial refund relief satire 7 Letters descent expense 8 Letters analysis

approval conquest marriage massacre proposal solution 9 Letters admission deception equipment inclusion 10 Letters appearance confession withdrawal

1. The department store has many new models for _______________________.

2. The burglars made a forced __________________________ into the bank’s vault.

3. These tickets will give you ___________________________ to the circus.

4. The __________________________ of the rescue ship brought great _____________________to the men in the life raft.

5. You cannot use this _____________________________ without the _______________________ of the manager.

6. The of Jack and Jill will take place in ____________________ the cathedral on Saturday.

7. The department store will ________________________ your money if you are not happy with your purchase.

8. Toni was excited by her __________________________ in the school team.

 Write sentences of your own which contain these words:

withdrawal

massacre

refund

solution

discovery

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 All the answers to this puzzle end in “ANT”. If you wish, you can write “ANT” at the end of each word in the puzzle. That will help you find the right answers, or you can just use your dictionary to finish the puzzle.

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The answers are in activity 6.2 , arranged in order from smallest to larger words. You might like to select the answers from that list, using your dictionary to check their meanings.

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Across 2. Victorious. Celebrating victory.

7. Plentiful.

8. Any letter which is not a vowel.

11. Very alert and watchful.

13. A person in a contest.

16. A beggar. A wandering tramp.

17. A maid, or butler etc.

18. Very still. Not moving or flowing (i.e. water).

19. Very brave. Courageous.

Down 1. A person who lives in (inhabits) a place. (i.e. a house, town, country etc.)

3. Unwilling.

4. A substance used to kill germs.

5. Uninformed. Having no knowledge.

6. Continual. Never ceasing.

9. A long way.

10. Substance used to revive or stimulate someone.

12. Very significant. Mattering greatly.

14. Very wasteful. Over spends.

15. A person who helps or assists.

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6.2 ‘ANT’ Words

 When you have finished the puzzle on page 12 select ‘ant’ words to finish each of these sentences.

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The words in this list are the answers to the crossword puzzle in Activity 6.1 . gallant servant vagrant abundant ignorant stagnant vigilant assistant consonant important incessant reluctant stimulant contestant triumphant extravagant inhabitant disinfectant

1. No creatures could live in the slimy, green,_____________________ pond.

2. The __________________ knight was __________________________ as he rode his horse from the arena.

3. Last night a lonely ________________ came to our door begging for food.

4. Because of the _________________________ rain the children could not go outside to play.

5. While on duty the sentry had to stay alert and be very ___________________.

6. While doing his knife trick the magician asked his __________________________ to hold the knives.

7. The old man was the only _________________________ of the large house.

8. The bank manager was _________________________ to lend more money to the _________________________ gambler.

 Write sentences of your own which contain these words:

important

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Nouns and Their Adjectives

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All the clues in this puzzle are NOUNS (names) while the answers are the ADJECTIVES (describing words) which are made from those nouns.

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Extension:  Look at the NOUNS in the clues to this puzzle. The suffix “ness” is used in many nouns. There are 6 of them used in this puzzle.

Change these adjectives to nouns. Remember if an adjective ends in “y” to change it to “i”. lazy tender clumsy thoughtful idle  Another less common suffix used in NOUNS is ‘dom’.

Here are the two used in this puzzle – freedom, wisdom. Can you think of two more ‘dom’ words?

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(Clue 1: One is an anagram of ‘bedroom’. Clue 2: Another is hidden in these sentences: “Try asking Dominic. He holds the monarch’s realm”.

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 The box below contains the answers to the “Nouns and Their Adjectives” puzzle in activity 7.1 .

Use them to check your answers in the puzzle or to help you find them. Make sure your spelling is accurate.

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Answers to Activity 7.1

3 Letters hot icy sad shy

4 Letters busy deep free kind late neat slow warm wise

5 Letters angry cruel dirty happy heavy nasty rainy rusty tasty timid tired

6 Letters greedy hungry rotten silent speedy stupid

7 Letters healthy jealous musical wealthy

8 Letters accurate friendly humorous horrible ignorant peaceful

Other Related Words  Can you complete this box of words which relate to some of those used in the puzzle?

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Crossword: Occupations

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 In this puzzle you are to write the words which tell us what people do. For example if the clue was “teaches children in a school” you would write “teacher”.

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Across 1. Fixes gas and water pipes.

3. Designs buildings.

4. Rides a bicycle.

8. A person walking.

9. Prescribes spectacles (glasses) for people.

10. Flies an aeroplane.

11. Solves crimes.

13. Makes things out of stone.

14. Studies languages.

16. Chops up and sells meat.

18. Looks after your teeth.

19. Makes bread.

21. Makes and sells jewellery.

22. Gathers news for a newspaper, radio or t.v.

23. A doctor who performs operations on people.

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3. Sells goods to the highest bidder.

4. Writes music.

5. Repairs and services engines.

6. Studies plants.

7. In charge of a game.

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12. Makes clothes for men.

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Word Puzzle: Occupations

8.2 List of Occupations

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This box contains the answers to the “Occupations” Crossword, in activity 8.1 , arranged in order from shortest to longest words.

4 Letters chef 5 Letters baker mason miner pilot 6 Letters barber tailor umpire 7 Letters butcher cyclist dentist plumber surgeon 8 Letters botanist composer jeweller linguist mechanic optician reporter

 In this box the longest word runs DOWN the centre.

Can you fit 12 more words from the list (all going ACROSS) into the other spaces?

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9 Letters architect detective 10 Letters auctioneer dressmaker pedestrian

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Occupations Word Search

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 Here is a small word search containing most of the words from the “Occupations” crossword.

See how many you can find.

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jeweller

baker

mason

barber

mathematician

botanist

miner

butcher

optician

chef

pilot

cyclist

plumber

dentist

reporter

detective

surgeon

dressmaker

tailor

 Think of five more occupations which are not in the crossword. Put them into this frame. (Write the occupations in the first column and a clue in the second.)

Occupations

Descriptions

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Antonyms Crossword

10.1

ď ˛ The answers to this puzzle are the opposites (antonyms) of the clues.

See how many you can do without looking at the list of answers in activity 10.2 .

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Clues

1

Across 3. gradual 5. compliment 6. reveal 10. exterior 14. find 15. cheap 19. increase 21. laugh 24. tight 25. temporary 26. cowardice 27. dry

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Down 1. narrow 2. answer 4. safety 7. employer 8. shallow 9. light 11. disobey 12. poor 13. always 16. difficult 17. sweet 18. innocence 20. cause 22. smooth 23. admit

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More Antonyms

10.2 Word List

 Choose words from the Word List which fit into the table below.

In each case you are given the first letter and the number of letters.

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Here are the answers to the Antonyms Crossword in activity 10.1 . There are 27 words in the list.

3 Letters cry wet 4 Letters deep deny easy lose obey sour wide

Verbs

Nouns

4) d

8) q

4) w

4) o

5) g

4) d

3) c

6) d

4) s

7) c

8) e

5) h

Magic Word Box  Can you place the following 8 words into this grid so that each can be read? Four words will go across and four will go down.

WHOM

5 Letters guilt heavy loose never rough 6 Letters danger effect insult reduce sudden

Adjectives

PENS

APES

MESS

WRAP

HOPE

ROPE

OPEN

(The word “woes” will be formed diagonally.

What are “woes”?)

W

7 Letters conceal courage 8 Letters employee interior question 9 Letters expensive permanent

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11.1

ANTONYMS are OPPOSITES

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Clues

Across 2. reveal 5. dry 8. innocence 9. poor 13. wild 14. laugh 15. find 17. admit 18. narrow 19. cause 20. remember

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11.2 Word List

ď ˛ The largest word is placed in the box below. Ten other words from the list of answers to the crossword can be fitted into the spaces - all going across.

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Here are the answers to the antonyms puzzle in activity 11.1 .

3 Letters cry wet

C

4 Letters deep deny easy lose obey sour tame wide

C

5 Letters allow heavy

N

6 Letters effect forget guilty insult wealth

I D E

T A L

7 Letters conceal courage 8 Letters employee 10 Letters accidental

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Fun With Cryptics

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This is a Ready-Ed Publications' book preview.  Here is a simple cryptic crossword. At first these puzzles don’t make sense but actually they are easier than normal crosswords if you know how the clues work.

There are only two types of clue in this particular puzzle:

1. In the first type the answer is hidden in the words of the clue. (See the bold letters in the first clue.) In one of these you have to read backwards.

2. In the second type the clue has the letters of the answer rearranged, i.e. an anagram.

(See the bold letters in the clue for 9 across. If you rearrange the letters of “use a gas” you will find another name for “saveloy”.

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3. Hope a cherry has yellow fruit.

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6. Ask it ten times. It has nine lives and is young and cuddly.

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8. It is freezing in the Arctic old man.

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9. Use a gas for this saveloy.

11. Broken shingle for a modern language.

Down

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1. Use lice sap for something extraordinary.

2. The clay ship makes this form of contact by touching.

4. Try its den and you’ll find the study of teeth.

5. The cool cheat rearranged something nice to eat.

7. Given tea! The answer is “NO”!

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Word Squares

13.1

Can you beat the record?

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The aim in this activity is make as many four letter and three letter words as possible and try to beat the record score.

— Four letter words score 4 points. Three letter words score 3 points. Two letter words do not score any points.

— Words can be read across (left to right AND right to left), up, down and diagonally.

 Study the letters in the 16 squares of this box: This box holds the record with a score of 63 points.

Can you see these words?: wren, rove, abet, pens, wrap, robe, even, nets, woes.

(9 × 4) = 36 bet, pen, rap, par, rob, eve, net, ten, woe. (9 × 3) = 27

W R A P

R O B E

E V E N

N E T S

Total = 63  Are there any of these eighteen words which you haven’t used before? If so, look them up in your dictionary and see what they mean.

Here is another square which scores 63 points and equals the record: List the 9 four letter words here ________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ List the 9 three letter words here _______________________ __________________________________________________

G N A W

N A M E

A P E S

T E N T

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ARE THERE ANY OF THESE EIGHTEEN WORDS WHICH YOU HAVEN’T USED BEFORE? IF SO, LOOK THEM UP IN YOUR DICTIONARY AND SEE WHAT THEY MEAN.

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Word Squares

13.2

 Here is a square which scores 56 points: It has 11 four letter words and 4 three letter words. Can you find them and list them here?

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List the 11 four letter words here__________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ List the 4 three letter words here __________________ _____________________________________________

W A L L A L S O P E E P

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 Arrange the following four letter words into the squares to make a score of 51 - (9 × 4) + (5 × 3): BEAM ONCE KNOB KNIT TEEM INCA NONE

(The word “NONE” has to be used twice.)

K N O N E

 Arrange the following words into the square so that they make 9 four letter words with a total score of 45 points.

R I C E

B E N D

A R I D

A L O E

(Clue: Arrange the four words above in the correct order (all going down) and you will create four more words going across. The last word reads the same backwards and you’ll end up with a total of 9 four letter words.)

Make up your own squares and try to beat the record of 63 points. Any score over 30 is very good indeed.

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Maths Crossword No. 1

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ď ˛ Try to complete as much of this puzzle as you can without looking at the answers provided in the box below.

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1.The total of two or more numbers.

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2.The longest straight line inside a circle.

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16.Two sixteenths = one ....

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The answers to this crossword are in this box.

Your dictionary will tell you the meanings of these words to help you complete the puzzle.

17.Part of a circle.

CLUES DOWN 1. A figure with four equal sides and four equal angles.

2. Number system based on ten.

3. One of three equal parts.

acute

addition

arc

circumference

decimal

diameter

fifth

eighth

half

hexagon

7. The top number in a fraction.

litre

numerator

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mean

radius

10. One of five equal parts.

scalene

sixth

11. A triangle in which all sides are different.

square

sum

4. The shortest distance from the centre of a circle to the outside edge.

5. Half of a third is one ....

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12. The average of a group of numbers.

Maths Crossword No. 2

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ď ˛ Try to complete as much of this puzzle as you can without looking at the answers provided in the box below.

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2.A five sided figure.

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4.The number which you divide by in a division problem.

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11.Part of a circle.

14.Unit of measurement volume.

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16.An angle less than 90°.

17.An enclosed figure with many sides.

18. A six sided figure.

Of the 20 answers required for this puzzle 13 were used in Maths Puzzle No 1. (activity 14) and you should know them. The remaining 7 words are listed here:

CLUES DOWN 1. One of five equal parts.

2. The answer in a multiplication problem.

3. An eight sided figure.

divisor

5. A line which is the shortest distance between two points.

octagon

7. Number system based on ten.

pentagon polygon

8. A four sided plane figure with four right angles and two pairs of equal sides.

product

10. One of two equal parts.

rectangle

12. The average of a group of numbers.

straight

13. A triangle in which all sides are different.

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Maths Crossword No. 3

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ď ˛ Try at first to complete this crossword without looking at the answers provided in the box below.

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1.One of three equal parts.

3.Parts of whole numbers.

6.A five sided figure.

8.An eight sided figure.

13.One thousand metres.

14.Number system based on ten.

16.The number which you divide by in a division problem.

17.An angle of more than 90 degrees.

19.One hundredth of a metre.

21.A six sided figure.

23.The average of a group of numbers.

25.Part of a circle.

26.Half of a third is one ....

27.One of five equal parts.

29.The top number in a fraction.

30.A four sided plane figure with only two sides parallel.

31.A triangle in which all sides are different.

CLUES DOWN ď ˛ 20 of the 30 answers required for this puzzle are found in activities 14 and 15. The others are listed here:

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10. centimetre

obtuse

denominator

pentagon

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diagonal

perimeter

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fractions

quarter

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gram

rectangle

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kilogram

trapezium

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The opposite angle.

A figure with three sides and three angles.

One of four equal parts.

The answer in a multiplication problem.

The bottom number in a fraction.

Unit of measurement - volume.

The shortest distance from the centre of a circle to the outside edge.

The total of two or more numbers.

The distance around any enclosed figure other than a circle.

Unit of measurement - mass (1 thousand grams).

The process of finding the total of two or more numbers.

A line which is the shortest distance between two points.

A four sided plane figure with four right angles and two pairs of equal sides.

One of two equal parts.

An angle less than 90 degrees.

Two sixteenths = one ....

Unit of measurement - mass.

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triangle

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Maths Crossword No. 4

17.1

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1. An enclosed figure with many sides.

2. An eight sided figure.

3. A figure with four equal sides and four equal angles.

4. One of four equal parts.

6. The shortest distance from the centre of a circle to the outside edge.

7. A triangle in which all sides are different.

9. One of three equal parts.

12. The top number in a fraction.

15. An angle less than 90 degrees.

17. A four sided plane figure with four right angles and two pairs of equal sides.

5. The distance around the outside of any enclosed plane figure other than a circle.

7. The total of two or more numbers.

8. One of five equal parts.

10. The opposite angle.

11. The answer in a multiplication problem.

13. A four sided plane figure with only two sides parallel.

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19. Two sixteenths equals one _______.

20. Number system based on ten.

14. The longest straight line inside a circle.

16. One of two equal parts.

18. Part of a circle.

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17.2

ď ˛ Select words from the box to describe each of these:

Clues

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Here are the answers to Maths Crossword 17.1 .

3 Letters arc sum

(3)

ONE

(1) (2)

4 Letters half 5 Letters acute fifth third 6 Letters eighth radius square

(4)

7 8 (6)

12 Ă— 9 = 108 (7)

7 Letters decimal octagon polygon product quarter scalene 8 Letters diagonal diameter 9 Letters numerator perimeter rectangle trapezium

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(8)

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Maths Test

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1. A large water bottle can hold 18 litres when 100% full.

What percentage of its capacity does it hold when it contains 12 litres?

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2. A truck and a car leave from the same place, at the same time to travel to a town which is 140 kilometres away. The car averages 80 kph and the truck averages 70 kph.

If the car arrives at 10.00 am what time will the truck arrive? (a) 12:00 am

(b) 10:25 am

c) 10:15 am

(d) 09:45 am

3. A microwave oven is marked to sell for $385.

The salesman said I could have it for $365.75.

What % discount was he offering me?

4. A large round table has a radius of 1.5 metres.

What will be the area of a table cloth if its area is 30% greater than the area of the table top?

(Answer to 2 decimal points) 5.

(A)

( B )

( C )

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Height of triangle (A-C) = 16 cm

( D )

Base of triangle (B-D) = 14 cm

Study the above diagram and answer these questions: (i)

What is the area of triangle ABD?

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(ii) What is the area of triangle ABC?

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6. In a lapathon Tom, who is sponsored for a total of $3.55 per lap, completed 43 laps. Jerry, sponsored for $4.25 per lap, completed only 35 laps. Who raised the more money, and by how much?

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7. In a class test 6 students scored 70%, 8 students scored 75%, 5 students scored 80% and 7 students scored 85%.

What was the class average in the test?

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8. Multiply 6 3/8 by 7 2/3.

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9. A Lotto prize of $455,550 is shared evenly by 15 joint winners.

How much does each winner receive?

.......................................

10. From 467.05 take 218.7.

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19.1

Missing Letters - Our Solar System

 Put in the missing letters to complete the words. There is a clue for each word.

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The largest planet.

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Planet with no moons - closest to the sun.

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Moon.

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Another planet with no moons.

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One of Uranus’ moons.

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First space craft.

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Moon of Pluto.

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Planet’s path around the sun.

9.

Jupiter and Saturn are mostly composed of this gas.

10.

Largest of Saturn’s moons.

11.

This gas makes up to 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.

12.

Fourth planet from the sun.

13.

The cold blue planet - eighth from the sun.

14.

First man to walk on the moon.

15.

Tiny planets, mostly between Mars and Jupiter.

16.

The scientific study of space.

17.

Instrument first used in space exploration in 1610.

18.

The ringed planet.

19.

Vast cluster of stars.

20.

One of Neptune’s moons (named after a fish god).

The Mystery Name T  From your twenty answers above select words to fit in the spaces below.

If you select the correct words you will make a great astronomer’s name running down the indicated frame which relates to the seventeenth word in the puzzle.

R A R A

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Missing Letters - Our Solar System

19.2

 The twenty words for the puzzle in activity 19.1 can be found among this list of 30 words:

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Armstrong

11

Ganymede

21

orbit

2

asteroids

12

Gagarin

22

Phobos

3

astronomy

13

helium

23

Pluto

4

Callisto

14

hydrogen

24

Saturn

5

Charon

15

Jupiter

25

Sputnik

6

comet

16

Mariner

26

telescope

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Deimos

17

Mars

27

Titan

8

Earth

18

Mercury

28

Triton

9

Europa

19

Neptune

29

Uranus

10

galaxy

20

Oberon

30

Venus

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Science Quiz

20.1

 On the next page there are 50 words to place correctly so that they match their definition.

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Use your knowledge of science to fill in the squares on the next page and to solve this riddle:

Why can’t a steam engine sit down?

The answer to this riddle is hidden in the squares which have this border around them.

Here are the 50 words in alphabetical order. amphibians

decibel

hail

magma

refraction

anemometer

degree

humidity

mammals

richter

atmosphere

epicentre

hydrogen

mantle

seismometer

barometer

evaporate

hygrometer

mercury

sperm

brass

eye

hypocentre

nile

thermometer

calcium

fertilization

iron

orbit

tides

carbohydrate

foetus

isobars

ovum

tsunami

circulatory

freeze

kidneys

oxygen

uranium

condense

gestation

kilogram

pluto

vacuum

copper

glacier

litre

puberty

watt

Here’s what to do: Step 1: Use your own knowledge to place as many words as possible.

2: Where you are in doubt use a dictionary and find the definition which matches that word.

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Remember you know how many letters are required for each definition because unused squares are shaded grey.

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Science Quiz

23.

Lines on weather maps showing places of equal barometric pressure.

The amount of water vapour in the air.

Gas needed by most living organisms.

The bending of light as it passes through water.

The point on the Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake.

To change from liquid water to solid water (ice).

Animals which give birth to their young and feed them on milk.

Liquid rock beneath the Earth’s surface.

A completely formed unborn baby.

An instrument for detecting and measuring earthquakes.

A huge destructive wave caused by an earthquake.

The place where an earthquake starts.

To change from water vapour to liquid water.

An instrument for measuring temperature.

A river of ice.

An instrument for measuring the pressure of the air (atmosphere).

The solid outer layer of the Earth.

The female reproductive cell.

Pellets of falling ice (frozen rain).

An instrument for measuring the humidity in the air.

To change from liquid water to water vapour.

A complete absence of air.

A decorative alloy (mixture) of copper and zinc.

24.

The penetration of a female sex cell by a male sex cell at the very start of pregnancy.

25.

Mineral needed for healthy bones and teeth.

An important energy source in the diet.

The onset of sexual maturity.

A metal used for electric wiring and heating elements.

The male reproductive cell.

Our most important metal.

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A unit of measurement - Volume.

A unit of measurement - Loudness.

An instrument for measuring the speed of the wind.

The period of development before birth.

The scale used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.

A unit of measurement - Mass.

The path of a planet around the sun.

The smallest and coldest planet.

Global movements of the oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.

A unit of measurement - Electric power.

Envelope of gases which surround the Earth.

The organ of sight.

The world’s longest river.

The organs which filter the body’s fluids.

The radioactive metal used in nuclear reactors.

A unit of measurement - Temperature.

The most common chemical element in the universe.

The planet closest to the sun.

Animals which live on the land but breed in the water (e.g. frogs).

The system of the body which distributes blood to all cells.

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21.1

Missing Letters - Some Body Facts

ď ˛ Put in the missing letters to complete the words. There is a clue for each word.

Rearrange the letters in the bold frames to create the two words we use to describe the _______. study of the human body: _ _ _ _ _

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Thick bony casing which protects the brain.

2.

The bone in your upper arm.

3.

They move bones by contracting and relaxing.

4.

They filter waste from your blood.

5.

Blood flows away from your heart through these.

6.

Your cells use this gas to turn food into energy.

7.

A large muscle used for breathing.

8.

Organs which transfer oxygen from our breathing to our blood.

9.

Organs used for smelling and breathing.

10.

The coloured part of the eye.

11.

Pits in your skin from which hair grows.

12.

It covers all of your body and holds it together.

13.

Stores vitamins and removes poisonous chemicals from your blood.

14.

It churns up the food you eat into a creamy mush.

15.

Twenty-six of these bones form your spine.

16.

Substance which produces blood inside your bones.

17.

A mineral which makes your bones and teeth strong.

18.

A mineral which prevents tooth decay and hardens bones.

19.

A mineral which helps cuts and wounds to heal.

20.

Chemicals which control the speed at which you grow.

The Mystery Word

I N

ď ˛ From your twenty answers above select words to fit into the spaces below.

If you select the correct words, in the bolder frame you will make the name of the body system which relates to the fourteenth word in the puzzle.

Y R C E

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Missing Letters - Some Body Facts

21.2

 The twenty words for the puzzle in activity 21.1 can be found among this list of 30 words:

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arteries

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iris

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plasma

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bladder

12

kidneys

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pupil

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calcium

13

liver

23

rectum

4

discs

14

lumbar

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skin

5

diaphragm

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lungs

25

skull

6

epidermis

16

marrow

26

stomach

7

follicles

17

muscles

27

tibia

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fluoride

18

myopia

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thyroid

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hormones

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nose

29

vertebrae

10

humerus

20

oxygen

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Countries and their Capital Cities ď ˛ Put in the missing letters to name the countries which match the cities.

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Take the following steps to complete this puzzle:

1. Use your own knowledge to complete as many as possible.

2. Referring to the index of your atlas, locate the remaining cities and see which country they are in.

3. Later, see if you can find the countries in the puzzle (Activity 23).

Cities

Countries

London Moscow Canberra Paris Rome Jakarta Washington D.C. New Delhi Colombo Ankara Tehran Bangkok Kuala Lumpur Tokyo Peking Cairo Wellington Suva

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Capital Cities Word Search

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ď ˛ Below is the same list of capital cities which were in Activity 22. Find the countries in the puzzle.

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Find the Mystery Country and its Capital When you have found all the countries in the word search the remaining letters spell the name of a country and its capital. Write them here: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Use this key to help you find the countries: The last column defines the square in which the first letter of each country can be found.

1 London

5C

2 Moscow

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3 Canberra

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4 Paris

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10 Ankara

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11 Tehran

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12 Bangkok

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14 Tokyo

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More Countries and their Capital Cities ď ˛ Put in the missing letters to name the countries which match the cities.

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Take the following steps to complete this puzzle:

1. Use your own knowledge to complete as many as possible.

2. Referring to the index of your atlas, locate the remaining cities and see which country they are in.

3. Later, see if you can find the countries in the puzzle (Activity 25).

Countries

Cities Copenhagen Santiago Helsinki Rangoon Havana Islamabad Lima Tai-Pei Hanoi Madrid Damascus Dublin Edinburgh Lisbon Beirut Seoul Nairobi Tripoli Reykjavik Budapest Jerusalem Vientiane

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ď ˛ Below is the same list of capital cities which were in Activity 24. Find the countries in the puzzle.

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Find the Mystery Sentence When you have found all the countries in the word search the remaining letters make a sentence which states a fact about our planet.

Work out what it is and write it here: ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Use this key to help you find the countries: The last column defines the square in which the first letter of each country can be found.

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Vientiane

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Valetta

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Katmandu

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Just Deserts

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 Deserts are arid regions which, as a general rule, receive less than 25 centimetres of precipitation(i.e. rain or snow) in a year.

Use your atlas to name 21 of the world’s deserts in the table below. You are given the country and location of each one.

When you have finished the numbers in the squares will spell out the two words which are missing from the paragraphs at the bottom.

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The next hottest are called cool coastal deserts. These are found within the same latitudes but the average temperature is much cooler because of frigid off-shore ocean currents.

Deserts in the 3rd category are called cold winter deserts. These have a wide range of average temperatures between summer (38°C) and winter (-12°C).

The 4th category deserts are called polar deserts. Nearly all their moisture is locked up in the form of ice.

The _ _ _ _ _ _ is the world’s largest desert. It is 70% gravel and 30% sand and it

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stretches across these 13 countries: Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Ethiopia, Eritria and Somalia.

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Missing Letters - Oceans, Seas & Lakes

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 Put in the missing letters to complete the words. There is a clue for each word.

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The world’s largest ocean.

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The sea between Quensland and Vanuatu.

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The sea between Australia and New Zealand.

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The sea between Panama and the West Indies.

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The sea at the southern entrance to the Suez canal.

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The sea between Africa and Italy.

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The sea east of Italy.

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Australia’s largest lake.

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The sea between Turkey and Greece.

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The Mystery Place

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 From your twenty answers above select words to fit into the spaces below.

If you select the correct words you will make the name of a famous manmade waterway.

It will be seen running down in the bold frame.

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ď ˛ Do some research on the secret place you have found and fill in the spaces below.

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The mystery place, which is a man-made waterway, is known as the .................................. ....................... .

Its construction started in the year ............................................... and after being abandoned for about ten years was finally completed in the year .................................. .

The two bodies of water connected by the channel are the.................................................... Ocean and the ............................................... Sea. Three sets of ...................................................................... at either end lift ships to 26 metres above sea level.

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Animal Names

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ď ˛ Write the name of the animals on the line beneath each picture. If there is a second line with this symbol (*) write the word we use for their babies. The first one has been done for you.

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Cat 1. ____________________

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ď ˛ Write the name of the animals on the line beneath each picture. If there is a second line with this symbol (*) write the word we use for their babies.

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29.1

Australian Birds and Animals

ď ˛ From the words listed in the box name the animals or birds in the pictures.

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Albatross Black Swan Dolphin Heron

Wombat Possum Jabiru Tammar

1.....................................................

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5. ...................................................

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Australian Birds and Animals

29.2

ď ˛ The following facts about these eight animals or birds are all mixed up. Use the numbers to copy the facts under the correct headings on the next page:

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6. When nesting the male and female take turns to sit on the eggs.

5. This bird is sometimes called the blacknecked stork or the policeman bird.

4. This bird spends most of its life at sea but they have to come to land to nest.

1. They eat cuttlefish and small fish, and can stay underwater for a long time without breathing.

5. This bird is found all over northern and eastern Australia as well as in New Guinea and southern Asia.

6. At times it will leave the water to graze on green plants on the bank of the river or lake where it lives.

8. This bird, which has a much shorter beak than the jabiru, also wades in the shallow water of swamps, lakes or streams hunting for fish, frogs, freshwater snails and insects.

It also eats mice and birds.

7. It eats termites.

4. In the spring this bird travels south to nest on one of the islands near the Antarctic Circle.

7. This animal is also known as the banded ant eater.

3. The only place on the mainland where this animal is found is near Pingelly, but it is also found on Garden Island, in the Abrolhos and on islands near Esperance.

4. Its narrow and long wings make this bird a master glider on a fresh wind.

3. It does not need to live near a creek or lake because it can get enough moisture from the grass, leaves and shoots which it eats.

4. The female lays only one egg, which is placed in a grass lined cone of mud.

7. This animal was almost extinct a few years ago but seems to be recovering after assisted breeding programs.

4. It feeds mostly on fish and squid which it takes from just below the surface of the sea.

5. These birds stalk about quietly, seeking prey in shallows of salt water creeks or swamps.

1. They are related to whales.

2. It eats leaves, buds, fruit, flowers and food scraps.

6. These birds live in many parts of the southern two thirds of Australia. They are common in Western Australia but thrive in New Zealand where they were introduced many years ago.

3. This small animal is closely related to the quokka.

5. Mostly it eats fish but also takes crabs, frogs, reptiles, rodents and carrion. It jumps along with great strides and then grasps its prey with a rapid forward thrust of its bill.

1. This animal can often be seen playing gracefully in the sea or a river.

2. It can climb trees by digging its strong claws into the wood or bark.

7. Like the possum, it makes its home in a hollow log but sometimes it digs a burrow to breed.

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2. This animal, which is active at night, makes its home in a hollow tree.

6. This bird feeds mainly below water, upending itself and using its long neck to reach towards the bottom and collect plants which grow there.

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30.1

Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

 Use your atlas to find these Australian places from the clues given. When you have filled all the squares, those which are shaded will spell out the name of a famous Australian.

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Capital of Queensland.

Town near the South Australian border (26S/139E

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River in the north. Flows into Prince Charlotte Bay. Stretch of water between Cape York and Prince of Wales Island.

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Island near Maryborough.

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Mount Isa is part of this range.

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This river crosses the border flowing south into Lake Eyre.

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Tourist island near Proserpine.

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Mining city close to the South Australian border.

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This long river flows south into the Murray River.

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Mountain near Coff ’s Harbour.

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This city is between Port Kembla and Sydney.

Australia’s highest mountain south-west of Cooma in the Snowy Mountains.

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This bay is near Bega.

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This town is near the source of the Castlereagh River.

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Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

ď ˛ Use your atlas to find these Australian places from the clues given. When you have filled all the squares, those which are shaded will spell out the name of a famous Australian.

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Capital of Victoria.

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Queenscliff is at the entrance to this bay.

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The border with South Australia bisects this bay.

This city, on the border with N.S.W., is close to Albury.

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Mountains to the south-west of Maryborough.

This river (the longest in Australia) forms the border with N.S.W Early gold mining city, west-north-west of Melbourne.

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City near Eaglehawk

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This large lake at 10S, is near Alexandra.

4. Tasmania Capital of Tasmania.

Second largest city in Tasmania, near 147E and 41S. This cape is at north eastern Tasmania.

Town on the western side, south-west of Rosebery.

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The Great Lake and Arthur’s Lakes are north of 42S. This lake is south of 42S.

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This harbour is on the western coast, south-west of Queenstown.

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Town which lies between Lake Gordon and Lake Pedder.

The most eastern peninsular in Tasmania.

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Cape on the north-west tip of Tasmania.

Large bay near Swansea (2 words).

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Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

 Use your atlas to find these Australian places from the clues given. When you have filled all the squares, those which are shaded will spell out the name of a famous Australian.

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Capital of South Australia.

Australia’s largest lake - 136E/29S. A small town near 32S and close to the N.S.W. border.

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Port city at the northern tip of Spencer Gulf.

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Mountain range running north/south (30 to 33S), east of Lake Torrens.

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Small town on the Nullarbor Plain, about 30.5S and 130.5E. It is named after Australia’s first prime minister.

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The name of the strait at the entrance of Saint Vincent Gulf.

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City close to the Victorian border and north of Port MacDonnell.

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Name of a valley famous for wine production, north east of Adelaide.

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Gulf - 22S and 114E.

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This cape is the most northern tip of the state.

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A cape to the entrance of King Sound.

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Port city a little north of Cape Naturaliste.

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Port city on King George Sound.

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Cape at the tip of Flinders Bay.

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Kimberley town south of Wyndham.

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Advance Australia: Find a Famous Australian

 Use your atlas to find these Australian places from the clues given. When you filled all the squares those which are shaded will spell out the name of a famous Australian.

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The largest city in the territory.

Large island, 131E.

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Town (134E) near the Tropic of Capricorn.

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The border with Western Australia passes through this lake.

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Name of the gulf at 132E.

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Some letters have this border around them:

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If you rearrange the letters in this border you can make the name of a very important Australian city: ...............................................................................

Write the name of the famous Australian here: ..........................................................................................................  Do some research and write some facts about him here: ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................

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Understanding What You Read Fat At The Flick Of A Switch

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NEW technology is making most Australians fat and lazy, a new study has warned.

No longer do we have to get off the couch to change the channel, get out of the car to open the garage, wash dishes or even leave our chair to communicate with colleagues in the office, thanks to e-mail. It has got to the stage where movement is seen by many as a time wasting inconvenience.

And it shows. The average male is 3.6 kg heavier now than 20 years ago and women have stacked on 4.8 kg.

About two thirds of men and half of women are over-weight or obese, and diabetes has reached epidemic proportions.

While hamburgers and fast food are often seen as the main cause of these problems, some experts believe that the development of computers is a far greater reason.

From this study it seems that computers were mostly to blame for Australians expending 800 calories less a day (the equivalent of a ten to twelve kilometre walk) since 1980.

Walk, mow, swim or play your way to health

MODERATE intensity activity is good.

It must be enough to cause a slight but noticeable increase in breathing and heart rate, totalling no less than 30 minutes a day on most days, or doing 30 minutes continuously.

Examples include brisk walking, mowing the lawn, digging the garden and medium paced swimming or cycling. The activity should be carried out for a minimum of about ten minutes at a time without stopping.

And the increase in effort-saving technology has coincided with busier lifestyles, compounding the problem.

Making a few changes in the daily routine can help. Examples are parking the car farther away from a destination and walking, walking up stairs instead of using the lift or escalator, or doing things by hand instead of using labour saving machines.

Exercise can be fun too, such as playing outdoor games with the children.

Last but not least, think healthy at meal times.

Research, has laid down guidelines for staying healthy.

The general thrust is - be active every day in as many ways as you can.

“We not only have less need to be active, but seem to have less time,” said an expert. “Now it is time to get moving again.”

The report, prepared by the University of South Australia and the Tasmanian Centre for Health Promotion and

1. This article is mainly about … (Tick the correct answer.)  a) A new electric machine to help people gain weight.

 b) The possible effects technology can have upon our general health.

 c) The advantages of technology.

 d) Comparing male and female weight statistics.

Answer “True” or “False” to each of these: 2. This newspaper article claims washing dishes is a waste of time.

.......................................

3. The average weight of Australians has increased in recent years.

.......................................

4. There are more overweight women than men in Australia.

.......................................

5. Fast foods are a bigger cause of obesity than computers.

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6. In 1980 the average Australian burnt up 800 calories more each day than he/she does today.

.......................................

7. A ten to twelve kilometre walk uses up 800 calories.

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9. The article argues that intense exercise every day is essential.

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10. The article suggests people should make a conscious effort to do some exercise each day.

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1. throat 2. Venus 3. trout 4. pigeon 5. vanish

6. spider 7. saucer 8. Sydney 9. guitar 10. lizard

11. uncle 12. Paris 13. galaxy 14. polite 15. mammal

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2. After the long drought the rains brought relief to the dry land.

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17. calcium 18. fluoride 19. zinc 20. hormones

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The mystery place, which is a man-made waterway, is known as the Panama Canal.

Its construction started in the year 1880 and after being abandoned for about ten years was finally completed in the year 1914.

The two bodies of water connected by the channel are the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Three sets of locks at either end lift ships to 26 metres above sea level.

The hottest ones are called subtropical.

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Dolphin • This animal can often be seen playing gracefully in the sea or a river.

• They are related to whales.

• They eat cuttlefish and small fish, and can stay underwater for a long time without breathing.

Possum • It can climb trees by digging its strong claws into the wood or bark.

• It eats leaves, buds, fruit, flowers and food scraps.

• This animal, which is active at night, makes its home in a hollow tree.

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Tammar • This small animal is closely related to the quokka.

• It does not need to live near a creek or lake because it can get enough moisture from the grass, leaves and shoots which it eats.

• The only place on the mainland where this animal is found is near Pingelly, but it is also found on garden island, in the Abrolhos and on islands near Esperance.

Albatross • The female lays only one egg, which is placed in a grass lined cone of mud.

• Its narrow and long wings make this bird a master glider on a fresh wind.

• It feeds mostly on fish and squid which it takes from just below the surface of the sea.

• In the spring this bird travels south to nest on one of the islands near the Antarctic Circle.

• This bird spends most of its life at sea but they have to come to land to nest.

Jabiru • Mostly it eats fish but also takes crabs, frogs, reptiles, rodents and carrion. It jumps along with great strides and then grasps its prey with a rapid forward thrust of its bill.

• This bird is sometimes called the black-necked stork or the policeman bird.

• These birds stalk about quietly, seeking prey in shallows of salt water creeks or swamps.

• This bird is found all over northern and eastern Australia as well as in New Guinea and southern Asia.

Black Swan • These birds live in many parts of the southern two thirds of Australia. They are common in Western Australia but thrive in New Zealand where they were introduced many years ago.

• This bird feeds mainly below water, upending itself and using its long neck to reach towards the bottom and collect plants which grow there.

• When nesting the male and female take turns to sit on the eggs.

• At times it will leave the water to graze on green plants on the bank of the river or lake where it lives.

Numbat • This animal was almost extinct a few years ago but seems to be recovering after assisted breeding programs.

• This animal is also known as the banded ant eater.

• Like the possum, it makes its home in a hollow log but sometimes it digs a burrow to breed.

• It eats termites.

Heron • This bird, which has a much shorter beak than the Jabiru, also wades in the shallow water of swamps, lakes or streams hunting for fish, frogs, freshwater snails and insects. It also eats mice and birds.

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The name of the famous Australian is Sir Robert Gordon Menzies.

Some facts about him are: • Australia’s longest serving prime minister (1939 - 1941 and 1949 - 1966) - a total of 19 years.

• Founded the Australian Liberal Party.

• Born in Victoria, 1894. Died in 1978.

• Educated at the University of Melbourne.

• He became a barrister, Q.C. and was appointed to the high court before entering politics.

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Understanding what you read (“Fat at the Click of a Switch”)

1.(b) 2.False 3.True 4.False 5.False 6.True 7.True 8.True 9.False 10.True

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