Science Grab Bag
Word Power
Read Between the Lines
Panther Wildcard
Mathletic Prowess
Arizona!
200
Humans breathe in this gas, which our bodies need to survive.
What is oxygen?
200
A word that means the same or nearly the same thing as another word is called this.
What is a synonym?
200
The most important point an author wants you to understand in an informational text is called this.
What is the main idea?
200
This law-enforcement agency provides police services to the unincorporated community of Golden Valley.
What is the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office?
200
9 × 7 equals this.
What is 63?
200
This is the capital city of Arizona.
What is Phoenix?
400
Animals that eat only plants are called this.
What are herbivores?
400
From our Word Study: sprint, dash, and hustle can all describe this general action.
What is moving/running quickly?
400
Words and sentences surrounding an unfamiliar word that help you figure out its meaning are called these.
What are context clues?
400
Black Mountain School first opened its doors in this year.
What is 1991?
400
What number makes this equation true? 8 × ___ = 72
What is 9?
400
Arizona is one of the four states that meet at this famous location.
What is Four Corners?
600
Water can exist as a solid, liquid, or this third state of matter.
What is a gas?
600
From our Word Study: stroll, wander, saunter, meander, and shuffle all describe different ways of doing this.
What is walking/moving?
600
Aria walks into class dripping wet, closes her umbrella, and puts her soaked backpack on the floor. You can infer this about the weather.
What is it is raining / it was raining?
600
Black Mountain School offers seven traditional sports—cheerleading, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, football, and soccer—plus this competitive activity where students battle using kings, queens, rooks, bishops, and pawns.
What is chess?
600
There are 6 teams with 8 students at each table. This many students are seated altogether.
What is 48?
600
This enormous canyon carved primarily by the Colorado River is Arizona's most famous natural landmark.
What is the Grand Canyon?
800
This part of a plant absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.
What are the roots?
800
Which word means to look at something very carefully: glimpse, inspect, stroll, or frolic?
What is inspect?
800
When you make an inference, you combine what you already know with this information from the text.
What is evidence/clues from the text?
800
This Arizona state highway runs through Golden Valley and connects Kingman with Bullhead City.
What is Highway 68?
800
A stadium has 9 sections with 12 seats in each section. This is the total number of seats.
What is 108?
800
Arizona shares its southern international border with this country.
What is Mexico?
1000
Earth spinning on its axis causes this pattern that we experience every 24 hours.
What is day and night?
1000
Which two words are closest in meaning: glance, examine, participate, engage?
What are participate and engage?
1000
A character studies every night, asks for extra practice, and keeps working after making mistakes. Which character trait is BEST supported by the evidence?
What is determined / persistent / hardworking?
1000
This five-letter Panther code stands for Pride, Respect, Intellectual, Dedicated, and Engaged and describes how students are expected to act throughout the school.
What is P.R.I.D.E.?
1000
Washington has 144 cards. He divides them equally among 12 students. Each student receives this many cards.
What is 12?
1000
Arizona borders five U.S. states. Name three of them.
What are California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and Colorado?