Stormy Weather
Literary Characters
Online Learning
"A"lphabetical Verbs
Quarter Backs
400
In the flash-bang method, after a lightning flash, count until you hear thunder, then divide that number by 5 to find how many miles away the storm is because it takes roughly 5 seconds for this to travel 1 mile
sound
400
He's a tribute for District 12 in the Hunger Games & becomes Katniss Everdeen's love interest & main ally
Peeta
400
Read about black codes & scalawags at the ushistory.org unit on this post-Civil War era
Reconstruction
400
To totally nail a test or a golf hole
ace
400
The backs of 3 state quarters--Montana, North Dakota, and Kansas--feature parts of this critter 
buffalo
800
In 2016 a Delta plane's nose cone was damaged & windshields cracked by this type of precipitation
hail
800
This beloved children's character said, "The only reason for making honey is so as I can eat it"
Winnie-the-Pooh
800
At Bozeman Biology, you can "learn by" or learn about this process of fluid diffusion through a membrane
osmosis
800
To take on a new cause or a new kid
adopt
800
DAILY DOUBLE: She is on the back of Alabama's quarter; her name is there in English & in Braille
Helen Keller
1200
The warm waters near the Equator are breeding grounds for hurricanes, and as the warm air rises in the storm, this area of low pressure forms
the eye
1200
This Dickens orphan takes pickpocketing lessons from the Artful Dodger but gets caught the 1st time he tries it
Oliver Twist
1200
DAILY DOUBLE: Michael Hart started e-books & Project Gutenberg when he typed this famous document into a computer on July 4, 1971
the Declaration of Independence
1200
To stop a mission before it is completed
abort
1200
One of these always-at-the-ready soldiers is on the Massachusetts quarter
a Minuteman
1600
The "Super Outbreak of 2011" is named for more than 300 of these that struck 15 states
tornadoes
1600
In a Victoria Aveyard series, Mare Barrow is this "colorful" title character who fights the Silver bloods
the Red Queen
1600
At goodreads.com you can preview books like the tale of prejudice & memory, "Snow Falling On" these
cedars
1600
To detest
abhor
1600
This 1862 act that granted 160-acre parcels of land is commemorated by a national monument & a quarter back
the Homestead act
2000
Rapidly swirling air over a lake can make one of these: the itsy-bitsy spider knows about the word in another sense
waterspout
2000
In the book "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", this gypsy is hanged; in the Disney film, she lives
Esmeralda
2000
codeacademy.com has a section on "HTML &" this 3-letter mechanism for adding color & style to web pages
CSS
2000
It means " to attach" & contains a synonym for "to repair"
affix
2000
An America the Beautiful quarter depicts General Burgoyne surrendering his sword in this 1777 battle
Saratoga