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100

Identify respectively each of the following four as durable or non-durable goods.      

1.  light bulbs    

2.  automobile  

3.  dishwasher  

4.  socks

1. non-durable; 2. durable; 3. durable; 4. non-durable

100

Identify respectively the adverb in each of the following four sentences.   

1. The car rolled slowly through the intersection.   

2. The speaker addressed the audience solemnly.   

3. Dad impatiently stomped out the door.   

4. Will you park your car nearby?

1. slowly; 2. solemnly; 3. impatiently; 4. nearby  

100

 There are 270 students at Colfax Middle School where the ratio of boys to girls is 5 to 4. There are 180 students at Winthrop Middle School where the ratio of boys to girls is 4 to 5. The two schools held a dance and all of the students from both schools attended.

State in simplest fractional form, how many students at the dance were girls.

22/45

100

Match each of the following four parts of a plant cell to its description 

A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4  

100

Unscramble the following letters to form the name of the fortified area built at the top of a large hill in ancient Greece  

A, C, I, L, O, O, P, R, S

acropolis  

200

Which one or ones of the following four are considered fixed costs?

1. rent 

2. insurance  

3. wages  

4. energy costs  

1. and 2.

200

Fill in the blank in each of the following three idioms with the missing animal name.    

1. Hold your (blank), I’m almost there.    

2. They were dropping like (blank).  

3. I’m watching you like a (blank)

1. horses; 2. flies; 3. hawk

200

A grocery store sign indicates that bananas are 6 for $1.50 and oranges are 5 for $3.00. Find the total cost of buying 2 bananas and 2 oranges.

$1.70

200

Arrange the following four levels of taxonomic classification from that being the most specific to that being the broadest.  

1.  species  

2.  kingdom    

3.  genus  

4.  phylum

1, 3, 4, 2   (Note: species; genus; phylum; kingdom)

200

Identify the structures, built by the ancient Romans, used to bring water from far away sources into their cities and towns.

aqueduct(s)

300

I will give you every other letter of a two-word economic term from your glossary. Identify the term.  

1st word: ___ I ___ C ___ L  

2nd word: ___ O ___ I ___ Y

fiscal policy

300

Match each of the following four types of literary character to its definition. 

A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4  

300

Chris offered the salesperson at a furniture store $600 for a couch and a chair. The offer included the 8% sales tax. To the nearest dollar, calculate the cost of the furniture given that the salesman accepted Chris’s offer.

$556

300

Fill in the blank with the missing science term.  

The (blank) spectrum reflects the total range of wavelengths.

electromagnetic  

300

Fill in the blank with the missing two-word legal term. 

A (blank) is a group of people designated to conduct an official investigation to determine whether or not the government should bring criminal charges against someone suspected of a crime.

grand jury

400

Match each of the following three economic terms to its definition.

A-2, B-1, C-3

400

Which one of the following four phrases is the last line in the Langston Hughes poem “Mother to Son”?       

1.  and sometimes goin’ in the dark      

2.  and life for me ain’t been no crystal stair       

3.  don’t you set down on the steps       

4.  the golden broach my mother wore

2. 

400

A scale drawing for a construction project uses a scale of 1 inch = 4 feet. The dimensions for the rectangular family room on the scale drawing are 7.5 inches by 12 inches. Calculate in square feet the actual area of the floor of the family room.

1,440 (square feet)

400

Identify respectively both the reactants and the products of photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide, water;    glucose, oxygen      (accept: sugar)

400

Match each of the following three branches of government to the function each performs. 

A-2, B-3, C-1  

500

Which one of the following four types of inflation results from excessive demand by consumers?  

1. cost-push inflation  

2. anticipated inflation 

3. demand-pull inflation  

4. anticipated inflation

3.

500

Match each of the following four authors to her work.   

A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

500

John sells rings for a living. He sells 35 rings a month. The rings cost him $30 each and he sells each one for $150. His monthly operating costs are $1,500. To the nearest whole dollar, calculate John’s annual income.

$32,400  

500

Name the four pieces of information found in each element’s block on a periodic table.

(element) name, (atomic) number, (element or atomic) symbol, (atomic) mass

500

Give the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the US to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain.

Common Sense

600

Match each of the following four taxes to its definition. 

A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4

600

Fill in the blank in the following sentence with one of the four given choices. 

When a direct quote is interrupted or followed by a phrase such as “said Bob,” this phrase would be set off by a (blank).

1.  comma       

2.  semicolon  

3.  colon  

4.  hyphen  

1. comma

600

State the equation of a line that passes through the point (1, -1) and is perpendicular to y = 3x +2.

y  = – 1/3x – 2/3

600

Match each of the following four terms to its definition.

A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4

600

Identify the two-word legal concepts that prohibits state and federal governments from prosecuting individuals for the same crime on more than one occasion.

double jeopardy

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