What digit is in the ten thousands place?
4,392,865
9
All matter is made of _______.
atoms
What kind of job did Ms. Wood have before she became a teacher?
She worked in insurance and financial planning.
Place in alphabetical order:
trot, train, truck, tread
train, tread, trot, truck
Complete this analogy:
height : inches :: weight : ______
Pounds
What country is highlighted in red?
The United Kingdom
1,000,000 - 472,689 = ?
527,311
Four main possibilities are: freezing (from liquid to solid), melting (from solid to liquid), boiling or evaporating (from liquid to gas), condensation (from gas to liquid)
What year did the first Nintendo game console come out?
1983
Place in alphabetical order:
blank, black, blaze, blare
black, blank, blare, blaze
What is wrong with this sentence?
He walked to the store and buy some milk.
The verb tenses don't agree - walked is past tense and buy is present tense.
What is a longhouse?
A type of dwelling used by certain tribes of Native Americans.
147 xx 64
9,408
What word do we use to describe everything (living and nonliving) that exists in a particular environment?
Ecosystem
When you rent an apartment, are you responsible for taking care of the lawn?
No, the apartment complex or property management company is responsible for the upkeep of all lawns and yards.
Place in alphabetical order:
coronation, cornet, comet, coddle
coddle, comet, cornet, coronation
Where do the commas go?
I saw a happy fluffy adorable little puppy on my walk home yesterday.
After happy, fluffy, and adorable.
In what year was the Louisiana Purchase made?
1803
Reduce to simplest form:
12/18
2/3
The tube that carries food to the stomach.
Esophagus
What question can you never answer "Yes" to?
"Are you asleep?"
Place in alphabetical order:
jingle, jangle, jinx, jack, jazz
jack, jangle, jazz, jingle, jinx
What narrative voice is being used above?
Third person omniscient
What were Lewis & Clark's first names?
Meriwether (Lewis) and William (Clark)
432 + 697 + 825
1,954
How many centimeters in a meter?
100
What is the average annual salary of a family living in Southern California?
$70,000 - $80,000 per year
Place in alphabetical order:
hornet, hare, hubris, hammock, hip
hammock, hare, hip, hornet, hubris
This sentence asserts a claim that the writer intends to prove.
A thesis statement.
Southwest
(12-:4)^2+5xx3-16-:4
20
What is volume?
The amount of space something takes up.
What is the average monthly rent people pay in Ontario?
$2,300 per month
Place in alphabetical order:
lime, lance, lame, last, land
lance, land, lame, last, lime
Give an example of a protagonist and an antagonist (not necessarily from the same story).
Answers will vary. Judge will decide.
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Antarctica
4.2 xx 3.17
13.314
What are the three types of rock?
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
What came first, the chicken or the egg?
The egg. Dinosaurs lay eggs long before there were chickens.
Place in alphabetical order:
whim, wine, whoa, whoop, wham, waste
waste, wham, whim, whoa, whoop, wine
What is setting?
Where AND when a story takes place.
Four US States start with the letter A. Name them please.
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona & Arkansas
12,964-:14
926
Which organ removes waste from the blood?
kidney
What is an HOA?
Homeowners Association; it is an organization that homeowners pay each month in addition to their mortgage.
Place in alphabetical order:
place, pace, piece, phase, parcel, placard
pace, parcel, phase, piece, placard, place
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Tone is the author's attitude towards his/her/their subject. Mood is how the author is trying to make the reader feel.
What was the Boston Massacre?
A deadly riot in 1770 that energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution.
Find the area:
30 ft2
What are the three types of -vores? (words that describe what an animal eats)
Omnivore, Carnivore, herbivore
How many hours are teachers required and paid to work?
We are contracted and paid for 7.25 hours (although many teachers work 8-10 hours per day, which means we work for free A LOT)
Place in alphabetical order:
shout, supper, shun, sidle, shoot, saddle
saddle, sidle, shoot, shout, shun, supper
What is theme?
A universal idea, lesson or message explored in a creative work, usually summed up in a single sentence.
Name one of Benjamin Franklin's inventions.
Lightning rod, bifocals, swim fins, Franklin stove, glass harmonica
Find the volume:
5,124 yd3
Name the tree primary participants in an ecosystem's food chain/web.
Producer, Consumer & Decomposer
When it comes to a job, what is the difference between an independent contractor and an employee?
An independent contractor is not an employee of the company, rather, the company hires independent contractors to do specific work for them. Also, the company does not withhold taxes before paying the contractor like they do with a regular employee.
Place in alphabetical order:
dire, driver, diner, divine, drove, drain, disdain
diner, dire, disdain, divine, drain, driver, drove
What is an allegory?
A story that is not intended to be taken literally, but is intended to teach a lesson or convey a message.
Who was the ninth president of the United States?
William Henry Harrison