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100

Why do gasses expand?

Gas particles are farther apart and spread out compared to liquids and solids.

100

During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation. What did this do?

Freed the slaves in the South.

100

In the novel Tuck Everlasting, this family drank from a spring and became immortal. Who did not?

the Tucks (except the cat)

100

What is a reciprocal? 

When you take a fraction and flip it around (numerator and denominator switch places)

100

What natural disasater did Mrs. Babb live through this year? 

tornado

200

Earth completes one _____in 365 days.

revolution

200

Name the three branches of the US government and the role they play.

  1. Executive - approves and enforces laws

  2. Legislative - proposes and votes/creates laws

  3. Judicial - rules if laws are constitutional

200

Where does the novel Hatchet take place?

Canada

200

When you add or subtract fractions, what do you need to do first?

Find a common denominator

200

Ms. Henson attended what school from the ages of pre-school through 12th grade? 

Jefferson R-7! :)

300

name the 8 phases of the moon

new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, half moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waxing crescent

300

WW1 was fought between the Allied and Central Powers. What was the major event that led to WW1?

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

300

In the book Maniac Magee, why did Maniac leave the Beales home?"

He didn't want to cause them any more problems.

300

How do you find the volume of a rectangular prism?

L x W x H
300

Name one of the places Mrs. Lambert has traveled to (outside of the US).

Possible answers include: Mexico, Ireland, France, or Italy

400

the layer of the earth's atmosphere where the ozone is

stratosphere

400

Describe one way alliances among countries have helped the world and one way it’s hurt.

  1. Allows for trade, relationships among nations

  2. When countries are at war, it brings in a lot of countries at one time



400

 In the novel Number the Stars, the Rosens escaped to which neutral country?

Sweden 

400

Explain the difference between multiplying and dividing by a power of ten. (What do you do?)

Multiplying- Move the decimal to the right the same  number of times as the number of zeros

Dividing-Move the decimal to the left the same  number of times as the number of zeros

400

Which state is Mrs. Olson from?

North Carolina- home of the Tar Heels

500

Give two examples of decomposers. What do they do?

fungus/bacteria, break down dead things into nutrients

500

WW2 was fought between the Allies and Axis Powers. What side was the US on and why did they ultimately join the war?

Allies - Pearl Harbor

500

 "But at the same time he had a kind of grace, like a well-handled marionette." What type of figurative language is used in this quote from Tuck Everlasting?

simile

500

Solve the following equation: 

4 x (8+3) - 6 + (12/3) + 10

52

500

Put the 5th grade teachers in order from the least number of years teaching, to the most number of years teaching. (total-not just here at R-7)

Henson, Babb, Lambert, Olson

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