8th Grade Math
What is the longest side of a right triangle called?
What is the hypotenuse?
This state of matter has a fixed shape and size.
What is solid?
This is when 2 words means the same thing
synonym
What is the document signed on July 4, 1776?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is Rosa Parks known for?
Refusal to move her seat on a Montgomery bus-this act started a movement (bus boycott, lawsuit against segregated public transportation!)
The number of days in a leap year.
366
Combine like terms: 6a+4a+4b+7
10a+4b+7
What is the closest planet to the sun in our Solar system.
What is Mercury?
"The wind howled throughout the night." Identify the literary device.
What is personification?
What is the amendment that abolished slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Card game wher participants yell out ONE word.
UNO!
Simba, Mufasa, Nala are characters from which movie?
What is "The Lion King"?
Write 6.12x 10^2
What is 612?
If you cool a gas, it may ______ into liquid
condense/ change
The grammar term for "To" + a verb
Infinitive
What is the year the Constitution was written?
What is 1787?
Name the colors of the rainbow.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
How many months are in a school year?
10
x - 9 = 2
x=11
The temperature at which ice melts.
32 F
,I need to go home," noah said.
How many grammar errors are in this sentence?
2, the comma in the beginning AND Noah should be capitalized
Ancient writing in Mesopotamia that was pressed on clay
Cuneiform
The other school (not VMS) where Mrs. Hogeland works
Parkside
This game uses something called a birdie.
What is badminton?
in an ordered par (x,y) which number represents x and which represents y?
x is the first number; y is the second number
This part of a plant cell is responsible for photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
A reference to a literary work or historical figure or fact that a reader should recognize.
What is an allusion
Area of land between the Tigres and Euphrates Rivers known to be the "Cradle of Civilization"
The Fertile Valley Crescent
What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
To explore the Louisiana Territory and map a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Short story with a "Vexing Vulture Eye"
"Tell-Tale Heart"
1/3 + 3/4
1 & 1/12
What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth
In literature, this is the term for the opposition to the main charater?
Who or what is the antagonist
Name of Greek Army that rose to power around 650 BC.
Who are Spartans
The Royal's residence in London
Buckingham Palce
What is the longest bone in the human body?
What does PEMDAS stand for?
Parentheses, exponent, multiply/divide, add/subtract
What part of the cell contains genetic material?
What is the nucleus?
Define "irony" and provide an example.
When the opposite of what is expected occurs. Example: A firehouse burns down.
Catholic person who came up with 95 objections to the church.
Who is Martin Luther
What president was in charge when slavery was abolished (put to an end)?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
What are the five qualities of EAGLE Way
Ethical Accountable Generous Leader Enthusiastic