Science
Q: What are the three states of matter?
Answer: Solid, Liquid, & Gas
Q: What are the 3 branches of the U.S. government?
Answer: Legislative, Executive, & Judicial
Q: What is conflict in a story?
Answer: A problem or struggle a character faces.
How do you add and subtract fractions with different denominators?
You find the common denominator
Q: What is a theme?
Answer: The moral or lesson of the story.
Q: What are the planets in our solar system in order from the sun? (remember "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles")
Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Q: What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
Answer: The Bill of Rights
Q: What is point of view?
Answer: The perspective from which the story is told.
How do you find the area of a rectangle?
Q: What is the plot of a story?
Answer: The sequence of events in a story.
Q: What is photosynthesis?
Answer: The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food (glucose) and release oxygen.
Q: What was the Boston Tea Party?
Answer: A protest in 1773 where American colonists, angry about unfair taxes on tea from Britain, boarded ships and threw tea into Boston Harbor.
Q: What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Answer: A simile compares two things using "like" or "as." A metaphor directly compares two things without using "like" or "as."
Triangles have 3 sides and angles and Quadrilaterals have 4 sides and angles.
Q: What is the difference between perimeter and area?
Answer: Perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape. Area is the space inside the shape.
Q: What is the food chain?
Answer: A sequence showing how energy moves from one organism to another.
Q: What are the four cardinal directions on a compass?
Answer: The four cardinal directions are north, south, east, and west.
Q: What is a sequence?
Answer: The order in which events happen in a story.
What is the difference between a factor and a multiple?
A factor is a number that divides evenly into another number. A multiple is the result of multiplying a number by another whole number.
Q: What is the difference between the summer solstice and the winter solstice?
Answer: The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.
Q: What is the difference between a herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?
Answer: Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat meat, and omnivores eat both plants and meat.
Q: What was the first colony established in the U.S.?
Jamestown, Virginia
Q: What is an author’s purpose?
Answer: The reason an author writes
Q: What is a decimal and how does it relate to fractions?
A decimal is another way to write a fraction
Q: What is the purpose of the Constitution?
Answer: To establish the structure of the U.S. government and define the rights and responsibilities of citizens.