Measurement Mash-Up
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Science Potpurri
The Art of the Chart
100
Use me on the STAAR test to convert customary units of measurement to metric units of measurement.
What is the STAAR mathematics chart?
100
We are the four signs of a complete sentence.
What is an initial capital letter, subject, predicate, and end punctuation?
100
I live on a farm that someone else owns. If I'm lucky, the owner might give me a small portion of his crops after I plant, grow, and harvest them for him.
Who is a sharecropper?
100
I am the approximate amount of time it takes the moon to pass through all of its phases once.
What is 29.5 days?
100
How many days are in two years? Use your STAAR mathematics chart to come up with an answer.
What is 730 minutes?
200
I am a metric unit of measurement you can use to measure the length of a road.
What is a kilometer?
200
I am the part of the Language Arts Reading textbook you use to find definitions for vocabulary words.
What is the glossary?
200
I was the president of the United States during the Civil War. After the war, I was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford Theatre.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
We are the changes that animals go through over time as they respond to changes in their environment.
What are adaptations?
200
I am the number of cups in three quarts.
What is 12?
300
I am a customary unit of measurement that would be reasonable for measuring the amount of liquid in a small glass or cup.
What is an ounce?
300
I am the first thing you should do before beginning to write your first draft.
What is brainstorm (prewrite)?
300
We are two opposing lead generals. One of us was a man with a bad reputation who led the Union to victory. One of us was a man with a great reputation who led the Confederacy to defeat at The Battle of Gettysburg.
Who are Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee?
300
If I have a backbone, I'm called this. If I don't have a backbone, I'm called this.
What are verebrates and invertebrates?
300
I am the number of minutes in 4 hours.
What is 240 minutes?
400
I am customary unit you could use to measure an elephant or an SUV.
What is a ton?
400
I am an essay that uses a mixture of facts and opinions to influence or change a reader's thinking.
What is a persuasive essay?
400
I am the three primary causes of the Civil War.
What are slavery, states' rights, and money?
400
If I have hair, feed my babies with milk, and am warm-blooded, I am this type of animal.
What is a mammal?
400
I am the number of millimeters in two meters.
What is 2000?
500
I am the correct way to measure using the STARR mathematics chart.
What is linining up the zero with the end of the object being measured?
500
We are the four main parts of speech. One of us is a person, place, thing, or idea. Another is the action in the sentence. One of us modifies the word that stands for the person, place, thing, or idea. Another modfies the action word. Name us in ABC order.
What are adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs?
500
I am a time of trouble after the Civil War. The Freedman's Bureau tried to help African Americans during this time but some angry Southerners weren't ready to allow ex-slaves to live in peace.
What is Reconstruction?
500
I am the "C" word that describes patterns of temperature and weather in one area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
500
I am the number of grams in 5 kilograms.
What is 5000?
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