LA
What is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis? For example: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"
Hyperbole
What are the two largest cities in Washington State?
Seattle and Spokane
What is the smallest building block of matter?
Atoms
A humpback whale is swimming at 240 meters per minute. If its speed remains steady, how much time will it take the whale to swim 480 meters?
2 minutes
In drama/theatre, this is a speech made by ONE character who speaks to a silent listener or an audience.
a Monologue
What figurative language term does this sentence represent?
"The crook was as sly as fox."
Simile
What year did Washington become a state?
1889
What two molecules make up the nucleus?
Electrons? Neutrons? Protons?
Protons and neutrons
This capacity equal to 4 quarts
A gallon
What is the difference between a ligament and a tendon?
Tendon attaches muscles to bone, ligaments attach bone to bone
A folktale that teaches a moral or lesson, often with animals as characters.
A Fable
Which of the following were the two regions of Native Americans? Coastal, Plains, Plateau, or River?
Coastal and Plateau
Where does photosynthesis occur in plants?
Chloroplasts
What is the greatest common factor of 18 and 24
6
When reading music, four of these notes equal one beat in 4/4 time.
a sixteenth note
words that imitate the sound they represent, for example: slam, splash, bam, belch
Onomatopoeia
Which of the following is NOT a subregion of Washington?
Puget Sound Lowlands
Okanogan Highlands
Cascade Mtns.
Palouse Basin
Palouse Basin
These are frozen gases and dust with a bright burning tail.
Comets
Find the percentage:
x/100 = 35/700
5%
This kind of artwork created out of tiny dots of paint and optical illusion does the color mixing.
Pointillism
Identify the subject:
"Please, feed the cat."
Implied You
What was the first European country to explore Washington State?
Spain
Starting at the sun and moving outward, what is the correct order of the planets in our solar system?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (Pluto is a dwarf planet)
What is the total number of degrees that are in a triangle?
180 degrees
In coding, what is a list of steps taken to complete a task?
An algorithm