Math Matters
The mathematical order of operations is often remembered by this acronym.
PEMDAS
The process scientists use to test a hypothesis through experiments.
Scientific Method
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed
1776
The main character or hero in a story
Protagonist
The number of continents on Earth
Seven
The sum of the angles in a triangle always adds up to this number of degrees.
180 degrees
The smallest unit of life in all living organisms.
Cell
The U.S. president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
The author of Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
William Shakespeare
The three branches of the U.S. government
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
The longest side of a right triangle is called this.
Hypotenuse
The force that pulls objects toward Earth's center
Gravity
The ancient civilization known for its pyramids and pharaohs
Ancient Egypt
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
The document that serves as the supreme law of the United States
The U.S. Constitution
The type of number that cannot be expressed as a fraction, such as pi.
The three states of matter commonly found on Earth
The war fought between the North and the South in the United States from 1861 to 1865
Civil War
The part of speech that describes an action or state of being
Verb
The ocean that borders the East Coast of the United States
The formula used to find the slope of a line.
(y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
The part of the atom that carries a positive charge
Proton
The global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945
World War II
The literary device where an object represents a larger idea
Symbolism
The largest desert in the world
Sahara Desert