What is the process by which plants lose water vapor through their leaves?
transpiration
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific Ocean
What is 12 Γ 8?
96
Who was the first President of the United States?
George Washington
What is a word that means the opposite of another word?
antonym
What force keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
gravity
What line divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
What is the value of 3Β³?
27
What year did the American Civil War begin?
1861
What part of speech describes a noun?
adjective
What part of the cell contains genetic material?
nucleus
What country has the most natural lakes?
Canada
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length 10 and width 4?
28
Which ancient civilization built the pyramids?
Ancient Egypt
What is the main idea of a story called?
theme
What type of energy is stored in food?
chemical energy
What is the capital of Australia?
Canberra
What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8?
24
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson? (primary author)
What figurative language compares two things using βlikeβ or βasβ?
simile
What is the name of the boundary layer between Earthβs crust and mantle?
MohoroviΔiΔ discontinuity (Moho)
What is the name of the imaginary line at 0Β° longitude?
Prime Meridian
What is 0.75 expressed as a fraction in simplest form?
3/4
What war was fought between the North and South regions of the U.S.?
Civil War
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
stanza