BIOLOGY
A diverse group of tiny small organisms that float in water and cannot swim against a current.
Solve: 3(x+5)=5x-7
x=11
This literary device occurs when reality differs from expectations or when words have a meaning opposite to what is stated.
What is irony?
Two Progressive Era amendments expanded on the democratic ideals of American political philosophy, the first, in 1913, allowed for the direct election of senators and seven years later in 1920 another extended the right to vote to women. What are the two amendments described?
What are the 17th and 19th Amendments?
In 1955, this African American woman refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, helping spark a major civil rights boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Why is the cell membrane so important?
It acts as a protective barrier and regulates what enters and exits the cell.
A store is offering a 25% discount on a jacket that originally costs $80. After the discount, an additional $10 is taken off.
What is the final price of the jacket?
What is $50?
A literary device in which a word imitates the sound it describes.
What is onomatopoeia?
Supreme Court decisions which use the supremacy clause, commerce clause, and section 5 of the 14th amendment typically deal with which principles?
What is federalism?
In 2008, this Illinois senator made history by becoming the first African American elected president of the United States.
Who was Barack Obama?
What organelle is called the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
A school purchases 15 calculators for $24 each. The store gives the school a 20% discount on the total purchase.
How much will the school pay after the discount?
What is $288?
Jasmine had studied for weeks for an important exam. When she received her test, she encountered several unfamiliar questions. Although she felt discouraged, she took a deep breath, carefully examined each question, and used context clues and her prior knowledge to determine the best answers. By the end of the exam, Jasmine realized that her preparation and perseverance had helped her overcome her initial fears. What is the central theme of this passage, and what evidence from the text supports your answer?
Perseverance and preparation can help individuals overcome challenges.
Text Evidence: Despite encountering unfamiliar questions, Jasmine remained calm, used strategies, and continued working rather than giving up.
The constitutionality of Plessy v. Ferguson, which held that African Americans could be provided with "separate but equal" public facilities, was reinterpreted in Brown v. Board of Education. What is this an example of?
What is the Supreme Court overturning previous decisions?
On November 3, 2026, Americans voted in elections held halfway through a president's four-year term. What are these elections called, and which two chambers of Congress do voters elect members to?
What are midterm elections, and what are the House of Representatives and Senate?
What are the 4 phases of mitosis in order?
Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase, Telephase
A school orders 18 boxes of pencils. Each box contains 25 pencils. The school distributes 30% of the pencils to ninth-grade students. How many pencils does the school have remaining?
18 × 25 = 450 pencils
30% of 450 = 135 pencils distributed
450 − 135 = 315 pencils
During a school-wide assembly, the principal announces a new award recognizing students who demonstrate outstanding honesty and integrity. The first student called to the stage is Marcus, who secretly cheated on his final exam to earn the highest grade in his class. The audience applauds, unaware of what Marcus has done, but the reader already knows his secret. What type of irony is demonstrated in this scenario, and why?
What is dramatic irony? This is dramatic irony because the reader knows Marcus cheated, but the principal and audience do not. The reader possesses important information that the characters in the scene lack.
President Teddy Roosevelt strengthened the role and increased the visibiltiy of the office of President by using it as his "bully pulpit" to promote progressive legislation and encourage congress to act on the problems plaguing Guilded Age society. Name two of the progressive actions he took as president.
1. Resolving the 1902 Coal Strike – Roosevelt intervened in the coal strike and helped negotiate a settlement between mine owners and workers.
2. Conserving Land for National Parks – Roosevelt promoted conservation by protecting millions of acres of public land and expanding national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges.
3. Enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act – Roosevelt challenged powerful monopolies and trusts that engaged in unfair business practices.
Born into slavery, this abolitionist escaped to freedom and later helped guide approximately 70 enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
What are 4 abiotic factors that are used to classify aquatic biomes?
Salinity – The amount of salt in the water.
Water depth – How deep the water is.
Water temperature – How warm or cold the water is.
Water flow – Whether the water is still or moving, and how quickly it moves.
A school has 240 students. On Monday, 25% of the students were absent. On Tuesday, 20% of the students who were absent Monday returned to school.
How many of Monday's absent students were still absent on Tuesday?
25% of 240 = 60 students absent Monday.
20% of 60 = 12 students returned Tuesday.
60 − 12 = 48 students.
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. How many Pickled Peppers did Peter Piper Pick? This is an example of what?
What is alliteration?
The war in Europe was fought with industrial age production causing millions of deaths. New technologies like machine guns, artillery, tanks, aircraft and chemical weapons made old strategies of warfare obsolete. Thus, combat on WWI battlefields was characterized by what?
What is Trench Warfare?
This African American lawyer argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1952 and 1953, and later became the first Black justice on the Supreme Court.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?