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Type of Question
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Information it
Will Provide
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Who
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The name of a person or number of people
eg
Who invented electricity?
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What
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A description of an event, fact or details of something.
eg
What causes acid rain?
What
sort of animal is a whale?
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When
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The time of an event or a date?
eg When did Madame Curie make her most important
discovery?
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Where
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The location of a place, object or event
eg
Where can you find the Western Swamp tortoise?
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Why
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The reason or cause for something happening
eg
Why did Simpson and his donkey become so famous?
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What if...
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A prediction of what might happen.
eg
What if there was a major chemical spill in the Swan River?
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How
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An explanation of a process
eg How have farms changed since Mediaeval times?
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