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100

What is a flash flood and where has it hit this week?

a sudden local flood, typically due to heavy rain.


It hit Texas.


100

Give me 3 synonyms to the word "courageous."

Valiant

Bold

Brave

100

List all the factors of 24.

1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24

100
How does hair grow?

The food we eat provides our bodies with nutrients we will use to nourish our scalp. The scalp will use the nutrients to feed the root of our hair follicles where it will create more hair follicles.

100

After they win the difficult divisional game, what does the chairman of the district say to Coach Yoast?

Coach, you just lost yourself the Hall-of-Fame.

200

What is inflation?

The rise in prices of goods. 

The currency losing value and buying power.

200

What do the words "bellow" and "undertaking" mean?

Bellow = is to cry out loud; roar

Undertaking = is a task often a difficult task

200

Show me all the ways you can write seven-tenths.


(200 points for each way you can convey the number)

(Drawings and explanations work as well)

Answers vary.

200

Why is the sky blue?

The sky is blue because the atmosphere is mostly made up of oxygen and nitrogen. When these gases interact with sunlight, it creates the color blue.

200

What does Gerry's ex-girlfriend say to Gerry after their divisional game victory as everyone is celebrating outside?

It'll take me some time but I am going to try (to learn about them and embrace them).


300

Why do the people/refugees of Morocco want to migrate to Europe?

People are leaving their war-stricken and poverty-stricken countries in hopes of finding a safer home with better opportunities. 

300

Why do forests grow on Atlas' feet?

It is because he's been holding up the sky in 1 position for over a thousand years. This is how long it takes for trees/forests to grow.
300

What is the perimeter of a garden that is 15 meters wide and 20 meters long?

70 meters.

300

How come Mars and and our Moon have different colored skies?

Mars has red skies because it's air(atmosphere) is made up of mostly carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide interacts with sunlight to create the color red.

The moon has no atmosphere thats why there is no color to the moon's skies.

300

What happens to Gerry as he drives off in midst of the celebration?

He suffers a car accident rendering him paralyzed from the waist down.

400
Why is it important to explore the deep ocean?

Compared to the billions of dollars we have spent on space exploration, we have not spent as much money in learning about the deep ocean. This is odd because everything we have found about space so far says that there is little to no life in space. But, in the ocean, we have overwhelming evidence that shows that there is so much life and that the ocean may hold solutions to a lot of the problems we have on Earth.

400

Why does Atlas suggest that he be the one to find the golden apples rather than Hercules?

He is a giant so he takes only a few strides to cross the ocean to get to the garden of Hesperides.

400
Our classroom is 25 feet long and 20 feet wide.


Mr. Chong is trying to figure out how much space he has in the classroom. 

How much space does he have inside of his classroom?

500 square feet.

400

Petey apologizes to Coach Yoast for walking out on the team and tells him that he'd like to play for Coach Yoast. What does Coach Yoast tell Petey?

Coach Yoast accepts the apology but does not let Petey play in the game. 

500

It takes Mr. Chong 3 inches of wood to make a clock.

Part A)
If Mr. Chong runs a workshop and has 3 feet of wood. 

How many clocks can he make?

Part B)

Bradley enters the workshop and orders 20 clocks. How many feet of wood does Mr. Chong need?

Part A) 12 clocks


Part B) 5 Feet

500

How do vaccines work?

Vaccines are weak or dead versions of the actual virus. We inject them into our bodies so that our body can become acquainted with the virus. It will create antigens/fighter cells that will recognize the virus in the future if/when we encounter it. This way, it prepares our body to fight off the virus.

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