Science
Plants produce sugars through a process that requires energy from the sun. What gas do plants release as a byproduct of this process?
Oxygen
What is the name of the lines that measure the distance North and South of the Equator?
Lines of Latitude
You're as cold as ice. What type of figurative language is this sentence?
Metaphor
Solve:
x+5=−3
x=−8
I have lived in three different countries, and I am fluent in three languages. Who am I?
Mrs. Price
In an ecosystem, what role do decomposers play?
Decomposers recycle nutrients from dead plant or animal matter back to the soil (or water in aquatic environments).
South Carolina is in what two hemispheres?
North and West
What is the term for how the reader feels when reading something?
Mood
Solve:
x−(−4)=7
x=3
Which teacher has two parents who are both retired educators?
Name one way humans can reduce their impact on the environment.
Accept any reasonable answer (recycle, use less water, plant trees, use renewable energy, etc.).
Mr. Sorrell's room is next door to Mrs. Davila's room. What is this an example of?
Relative Location
What is the term for rewriting a passage in your own words without shortening it?
Paraphrasing
Solve:
−3x=12
x=−4
Which teacher previously taught with the spouse of a different 7th grade teacher?
Mrs. Messer
If you're rolling two rocks down a hill—one small and one large—at the same speed, which one has more kinetic energy and why?
The larger rock has more kinetic energy because kinetic energy is proportional to the mass of the object.
What is the term for a group of island nations?
Archipelago
What type of rhetoric (persuasion) is used when you try to convince someone of something by pulling on their emotions?
Pathos
Solve:
2x=−5
x=−10
This teacher has 8 siblings.
Mrs. Davila (4 brothers and 4 sisters)
In a chemical reaction, what stays the same even though the atoms are rearranged into new molecules?
The total number of atoms (and therefore the total mass)
Better education, job opportunities, and being close to family are all examples of what?
Pull Factors
The meaning of the stem "geo" is origin or birth. Based on this, what is the meaning of the word "indigenous"?
The people native to an areas, the original people in an area
Solve:
2x+3=−7
x=−5
Which teacher has been skydiving?
Mrs. Wilson
What happens to materials when they go through a chemical reaction, like when paper burns?
New substances are created with different properties than what you started with
What climate zone is found in places like Italy and Greece with warm weather and typical crops of grapes, figs, and olives?
Mediterranean Climate Zone
What is the term for the meaning of a word that can be found in the dictionary?
Denotation
Solve:
31x−2=4
x=18
I have seen almost every episode of every show starring Guy Fieri. Who am I?
Ms. Clark
When you burn a piece of wood, what type of change happens?
Wood reacts with oxygen, producing new substances (carbon dioxide, water vapor, ash, and smoke).
Hinduism is practiced in some Middle Eastern countries today because of people historically spreading this religion as they traveled to the area to trade. The spread of practices like religion, language, food, etc. from one place to another is known as what?
Cultural Diffusion
What are the 5 author's purposes?
Persuade, Entertain, Explain, Inform, Describe
Solve:
−0.5x+1.5=−2.5
x=8
Which teacher once worked a 22-hour shift at a gas station?
Mr. Sorrell