8th Grade Academic Intramurals (WEEK 1)

Language Arts

100

Name the protagonist of the new novel you are reading?

Patrice, Reese, or 13 Female Astronauts

200

What is the difference between 1st and 3rd person point of view?

1st person= in the story uses I, me, my 3rd person= outside of story uses he, she, they, them

300

What does the word strategy mean? Use the word in a sentence.

A plane of action; ex. I developed a strategy for improving my grades

400

What does it meant to summarize a text?

Find the main ideas, and re-state them in your own words.

500

What are three types of articles would use steps in a process?

Recipes, How To articles, Technical Directions, Location Directions, Science Labs, etc.

Social Studies

100

Who fought in The Battle of Fallen Timbers?

U.S. and the Native Americans

300

True or False: George Washington supported the idea of political parties.

False

400

What treaty gave the U.S. access to the Mississippi River and Port of New Orleans?

Pinckney's Treaty

500

How many justices were originally on the Supreme Court?

6

Science

100

This structure of the eye is very colorful,and shares its name with a type of flower.

Iris

200

This part of the eye is a hole, which regulates the amount of light that can enter the eye?

Pupil

300

This structure acts like a movie screen in the back of the eye, and it is also where you will find your photoreceptors.

Retina

400

This clear portion of the eye is curved and bends light as it passes through it.

Lens

500

This part of the the eye relays information to and from the brain?

Optic Nerve

Math

100

x+2=17-4

x=3

200

13-5m=4-6m

m=-9

300

-16+4k=10(k+2)

k=-6

400

25+x=-3(x-7)

x=-1

500

3(2+5a)-10=-22+6a

a=-2

Constitution Week

100

What are the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution referred to as?

The Bill of Rights

200

Name 3 of the 5 Freedoms granted by the 1st Amendment.

speech, religion, press, petition, assemble

300

True or False: Amend means to change the Constitution?

True

400

The Constitution sets up which 3 Branches of the Government?

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

500

How many Amendments to the Constitution are there?

27