8th Grade Science
How many different elements have currently been described by science?
118
Who wrote Animal Farm?
George Orwell
What is a prime number?
A number greater than 1 that cannot be evenly divided by any number besides itself
What teacher graduated from the University of Colorado?
Ms. Rehberg
This war was started when the British government kidnapped American sailors.
What is the War of 1812?
What is the most common element in Earth's crust?
Oxygen
What is the name for a phrase that adds information to a noun?
Appositive
When does a graph decrease?
When the slope is negative
What core teacher(s) is/are from California?
All of us!
Who was the president during the Civil War
What is Abraham Lincoln
What are two essential characteristics of matter that distinguish it from energy?
It has mass and takes up space
What do prepositions do?
Tell location
What is the slope and y interecept for the following equation?
y=3x - 7
m= 3 and b = -7
Four
What are the 3 branches of the government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What is the periodic symbol for gold
What is AU
A work of literature based on someone's life (like Night) is called
An autobiography or biography
Describe an absolute value graph
V shaped
Which teachers have 2 sons?
Mrs. Ramey and Mr. K
What are the first ten amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
Aside from Newton's 3 Laws of Motion, what is often called Newton's Universal Law?
The Universal Law of Gravitation
Ethos, logos, and pathos
What is the quadratic formuia?
See board
How many years (combined) have the core teachers been teaching at SHS?
74
Who explored the Louisiana Territory?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark