Geography
How many continents are there?
seven
What tense is a sentence that describes something happening right now?
present tense
Identify the number in the tens place: 267
6
In which country did The Olympics originate?
Greece
Are reptiles warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
Cool-blooded
How many states are in the United States of America?
50
What tense describes something that will happen?
Future Tense
Identify the number in the hundred’s place: 339,256
2
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
Which animal is higher on the food chain, a lion or a zebra?
Lion
What is the name of the line that divide the Earth into northern and southern hemisphere?
Equator
What is the name of the person telling a story?
Narrator
What is ⅓ of 90?
30
Who is famous for saying "I have a dream"?
Martin Luther King Jr
What is the name of the force that keeps us grounded?
What is the name of the lines that run east to west across a map?
Latitude
A short story, often including a moral lesson and animals with human qualities, is called what?
Fable
How do you represent 13 ¾ with decimals?
13.75
How many stars are on the American flag?
50
What is a Geiger Counter used to measure?
Answer: Radiation
The state of Hawaii is surrounded by what ocean?
Pacific
What is the name of a collection of classical stories related to religion or cultural traditions?
Mythology
If Alex ate ½ the pie and Jenny ate ⅛ the pie, how much is left?
3/8 (three eights)
Which peoples invaded Britain in 1066 and ruled the land for almost 5 centuries?
The Normans
Weather that measures averages over a long period is called what
Climate
Imaginary line that runs from North to South and divides the world into the Eastern and Western hemisphere.
Prime Meridian
Which point of view uses the pronouns I, me, and my?
First Person
What is the mean of 9, 3, 4, and 2?
The mean of a set of numbers is the sum divided by the number of terms.
4.5
Which geopolitical event sparked the "Age of exploration", the time of European travelers and their travels around the world in search of new lands, markets, goods and so on.
Fall of Constantinople (1453)
What would happen to our days on Earth if the rate of the Earth's rotation on its axis increased?
days would be shorter
Name the 4 oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic
How many syllables are in each of the 3 lines of a haiku?
a Japanese poem (Haicai)
5, 7, 5
What is the area of a rectangular room if one wall is 11 feet long and the other wall is 14 feet long?
154 feet
In what year did Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863
Which two gases make up most of the Earth’s atmosphere?
nitrogen and oxygen
What do you call a partially closed-off coastal body of water where rivers meet the ocean?
if you say that in portuguese you score also
estuary
PT: estuário ou foz
A grouping of lines within a poem is called a _____.
stanza
If a square is five inches on each side, what is the perimeter of the square? Include the unit.
20 inches
Name the First Russian Tsar
Ivan IV the Terrible
Name the 8 planets in order from closet to the Sun to furthest from the Sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
All of the water on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface such as clouds is called the ______.
hydrosphere
A character that does not change throughout the story is called a ____________ character.
static
How many degrees is the angle where perpendicular lines intersect?
90
How many years did the 100 years war last?
Answer: 116 years
Complete the sentence to tell the charges of each: protons have a _____ charge, electrons have a _____ charge, and neutrons have a ______ charge.
positive, negative, and neutral
What do we call the large-scale movement of the Earth's crust?
tectonics
What type of conflict is this?
During the Civil Rights movement, African Americans fought for equal rights and to end racism.
a type of conflict that is commonly used in fiction. it denotes a story in which an individual (or a small group of individuals) chooses to or is forced to fight against their society or community
man vs. society
If an ice cream shop sells 102 ice cream cones a day at $3 each, how much money will they make in 5 days? Include the unit of measurement.
$1,530
One of the ancient world wonders, the “Hanging Gardens,” was found in which city?
Babylon
What is the name for the scientific study of traits passed down from parents to their children?
genetics
A map that shows the natural features of the Earth's surface such as landforms, bodies of water, and land elevation is called this.
topographical map
What is the name for the following part of speech:a form that is derived from a verb but that functions as a noun, ending in -ing
gerund
Jane paid $40 for an item after she received a 20% discount. Jane's friend says this means that the original price of the item was $48. Is Jane's friend correct? If not, what was the original price?
No, the original amount was $50.
The Aztec people sacrificed about how many people per year? (battle question)
250 000
What is the calm center part of a hurricane called?
Ozone is present in which layer of the atmosphere?
stratosphere
What type of conjunction is italicized in the sentence below?
I went to the store, but I forgot to get bread.
Coordinating conjunction
Convert 3/8 to a decimal and a percentage.
0.375 & 37.5%
Who was the first US president to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
Rain, snow, and sleet are all form of ________.
Precipitation