Math
What is the letter that represents an unknown number in a math problem called?
A variable
What is an author's opinion about something called in a text?
Claim
This is described as energy of motion.
Kinetic energy
What is 5th state alphebtically in the United States?
California
What is the name of the Greek hero who slayed the Minotaur?
Theseus
What is the type of quadrilateral has all equal sides, but not all equal angles?
rhombus
If you are making an educated guess about something that is happening presently in a story and the text never confirms whether your guess is right or wrong, you are making what?
An inference
A waves height affects its ___________ and its wavelength affects its ______________.
Amplitude (volume) and frequency (pitch)
In terms of land mass, what is the second largest continent in the world?
Africa
In a food chain, producers make their own food by using energy from the sun in a process called _________________.
Photosynthesis
Hank can run 50 feet in 10 seconds. At this rate, how many feet could he run in 2 minutes?
600 feet
What is described as the emotional reaction a reader gets from a word?
Connotation
What type of sedimentary rocks are formed from dissolved minerals left behind after water evaporates?
Chemical sedimentary rocks
What was the time period of mass execution of Jews and other minorities in Germany referred to as?
The Holocaust
Which planet in our solar system appears a blueish color because of the gases in its atmosphere?
Uranus
What is the area of the shape on the back board?
165 in2
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
My mom’s stomps shook the whole house as she came up the stairs to my room to yell at me for my grades.
Hyperbole
What type of organism eats a secondary consumer in a food chain/web?
tertiary consumer
Congress is a part of the ___________ branch of the government.
What were the names of the cities that the atomic bombs "Fat Man" and "Little Boy" were dropped on in World War 2?
Nagasaki and Hiroshima
How many cubes would fit into a box that has a length of 4 1/2 ft, a width of 3 feet, and a height of 9/4 ft if the cubes had sides with all 1/4 ft lengths?
1944
This narrative device is when an author gives the reader tiny little clues early on in a chapter/ story about what is coming later on.
Foreshadowing
In what region of the brain are memories stored?
Hippocampus
What were the temples people prayed to Gods in Ancient Mesopatamia called?
Ziggaurats
What is an Edgar?
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