Social Studies
This July 4th, America is celebrating what special milestone?
Our 250 year anniversary.
What are producers on the Energy Pyramid?
Plants.
What is a "Closed" Ecosystem?
A Closed Ecosystem is sealed, so no air can get in.
What is the difference between a Simile and a Metaphor?
A Simile is an interesting comparism that uses "Like" or "As". A Metaphor is an interesting comparison that does not use "Like" or "As".
What does Don Quixote think that he is?
A Knight Errant.
What important document did our country sign 2 1/2 centuries ago?
The Declaration of Independence, marking our freedom from British rule.
What do the Secondary Consumers eat?
The Primary Consumers.
What are Decomposers in an Ecosystem?
Decomposers are organisms—primarily bacteria, fungi, and certain invertebrates—that break down dead plants, animals, and waste into simple inorganic nutrients.
In Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, name this type of figurative language:
“Horror looks you straight in the eyes.”
Personification.
What is Sancho's donkey named?
Dapple.
Why does Mexico celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
Cinco de Mayo commemorates Mexico's winning the Battle of Puebla.
What is a Tertiary Consumer?
A Tertiary Consumer is at the highest point on the energy pyramid. They have few, if any, preditors.
Name two possible Limiting Factors that can limit the population in an Ecosystem.
Lack of sunlight, Lack of water, temperature that is too hot or too cold, lack of food, lack of space, disease, hunters, drought.
What is this type of figurative language?:
“lucky just to linger in your light.”
Alliteration (the repetition of consonant sounds).
In reality, what is Aldonza?
A prostitute.
What is the signicance of Cinco de Mayo? What amazing feat did Mexico accomplish on May 5, 1862?
Mexico beat France with only 4,000 soldiers. France had 8,000.
What is transfered from plants, to animals, and again to other animals that are on different Trophic Levels of the Pyramid?
Chemical Energy.
What type of symbiotic relationship would "Mutalism" be?
A type of symbiotic relationship in biology where two different species interact in a way that benefits both species (++)
What is a Hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration.
What does Don Quixote attack because he believes it to be a montrous giant?
A windmill.
What were the three main reasons that the Black Plague spread across the World?
1. Expansion of Trade routes via trading ships.
2. Poor sanitation and high rodent populations.
3. The bacteria spread easily from person to person through sneezing and coughing.
What is the difference between Food Chains and Food Webs?
Food chains are linear (e.g., Grass to Deer to Wolf). Food webs are a complex, interconnected network of multiple food chains that illustrates the feeding relationships and energy flow within an ecosystem.
What is the definition of Biotic Factors and Abiotic Factors of an Ecosystem?
Biotic Factors are the living parts (or once living parts) of an Ecosystem while the Abiotic Factors are the non-living parts like air and water.
What type of figurative language is "Jumbo Shrimp"?
An Oxymoron - two contradictory or opposite words to create an ironic effect.
Before he dies, how does Dulcinea (Aldonza) get Alonso Quixano to remember her and that he is Don Quixote de La Mancha?
She sings "The Impossible Dream" to him, his quest, or mission as a knight.