Engineering
Find the equation of a line parallel to y= 3x- 7
y= 3x + 6
parallel lines have the same slope (m)
The part of the immune system is responsible for producing antibodies in response to antigens?
What are B cells (specifically plasma cells)?
The early settlers of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia who spoke French
Who are the Acadians?
Who said it: "To be, or not to be, that is the question"
Who is William Shakespeare? (from Hamlet)
The boundary in which two tectonic plates move away from each other, often creating mid-ocean ridges
What is the divergent boundary?
Simplify: a(b - c) - 2a(c + b)
-1ab - 3ac
The name of the valve that separates the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart?
What is the mitral valve (or bicuspid value)?
The year ALL Canadian women were given the right to vote
What is 1960? It wasn't until 1960 when all Canadians, including Indigenous peoples were granted the right to vote at the federal level.
The repetition of the vowel sounds inside several words within one line of poetry, as in "Go row the boat home."
What is assonance?
The climate classification system most widely used to categorize global climates based on temperature and precipitation
Köppen Climate Classification
Value of π (pi) to two decimal places? (CHALLENGE: 200 pts to the the house that can list the most correct and longest value of pi)
What is 3.14? (3.1415926535897932384626433832795028)
In muscle physiology, this protein plays a crucial role in regulating muscle contraction and blocking myosin-binding sites
What is the Tropomyosin?
The Métis leader that led the Red River and North-West Rebellions and fought for Indigenous rights
Who is Louis Riel?
This philosopher argued that the moral worth of an action depends solely on whether it can be universalized, using what they called the "categorical imperative"
Who is Immanuel Kant?
Yucatan, Iberian, and Balkan are all examples of this physical feature
What is a peninsula
Write the slope-intercept form of the linear equation for the line passing through (3,9) (5,4)
Algebra: y=-5/2x+33/2
The enzyme is responsible for unwinding the DNA helix during DNA replication?
What is the Helicase?
At the beginning of the '60s, the political movement that swept all through Quebec City
What is the Quiet Revolution?
In rhetoric, the three modes of persuasion identified by Aristotle?
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
What is the epicenter?
Write the equation in point slope form for a line that goes through (3,2) and has a slope of -2
y-2=-2(x-3)
The part of the brain is primarily responsible for regulating homeostasis, including temperature, hunger, and thirst?
What is the Hypothalamus?
Canada’s first French-speaking Prime Minister (CHALLENGE: for 100 bonus points name the years in which they served)
Who is Sir Wilfrid Laurier? 1896-1911
The American poet known for using dashes and unconventional capitalization, and often explored themes of death, nature, and immortality in short, lyric poems?
Who is Emily Dickinson?
The phenomenon caused by the Earth's rotation which deflects winds and currents to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere?
What is the Coriolis effect?