Vocabulary
English Conventions
Study Skills
Learning
The Brain
100

What is indictment?

What is a formal accusation or charge of a serious crime?

100

This punctuation mark is used to end a statement.

What is a period?

100

What is the term for studying last minute before a big assignment or exam?

What is cramming?
100

What is a SMART goal?

What is a goal that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound?

100

What lobe in your brain is responsible for handing sight?

What is the occipital lobe?

200

What is prerogative?

What is a special right or privilege that is given to someone or a group of people?

200

Choose the sentence with correct subject-verb agreement

A. The dogs runs in the park.

B. The dog run in the park.

C. The dog runs in the park.

D. The dogs runs around the yard.

What is C?

200

What is the term for switching between subjects while studying?

What is interleaving?

200

What are the three main sources?

What is primary, secondary, and tertiary?

200
How can you keep your brain in a healthy condition to remember things better?

What is having a balanced diet, getting enough sleep, exercising, and staying mentally active?

300

What is leeway?

What is the amount of freedom or flexibility to make decisions or take actions?

300

Choose the sentence that uses a semicolon correctly

A. I studied all weekend; because I had a big test on Monday.

B. I studied all weekend; I wanted to be fully prepared for Monday's test.

C. I studied all weekend; and I felt confident afterward.

D. I studied all weekend; preparing for my test

What is B?

(A semicolon correctly joins two closely related independent clauses.)

300

What are ways to practice retrieving information while studying?

What is brain dumping (starting out with a blank piece of paper and writing everything that comes to mind about that topic), and practice tests?

300
What are the three main ways to take notes?

What is the outline method, cornell note method, and mind-mapping method?

300

What lobe is responsible for decision making, planning, and reasoning?

What is the frontal lobe?

400

What is repose?

What is a state of rest, calmness, or tranquility?

400
This writing principle requires items in a list or series to have the same grammatical form, such as running, swimming, and biking.

What is parallel structure?

400

What is dual-coding?

What is using both words and visuals to explain a concept or idea?

400

What are the three main learning styles?

What is visual, aural/auditory, and kinesthetic?

400

Which brain structure plays the primary role in forming new memories?

What is the hippocampus?

500

What is knoll?

What is a small, rounded hill or mound of land?

500

This type of punctuation error occurs when two independent clauses are joined by only a comma.

What is a comma splice?

500

What are the three positive neurotransmitters that get released when exercising?

What is dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine?

500

Name 5 strategies for effective time management.

(Any of these 5) What is setting priorities, creating a schedule, breaking tasks down, avoiding procrastination, minimizing distractions, practicing time chunking, taking breaks, learning to say no, and seeking help and support?

500

What are the primary lobes of the brain?

What is the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe?
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