8th Grade ELA
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How do you calculate the area of a triangle?
Base * Height/2
Who was the third president of the US?
Thomas Jefferson
What's the planet closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Name of device that many students have an addiction to?
Phones
Famous rapper who also wrote the poem "Rose that Grew From Concrete"?
Tupac Shakur
How many sides are there in a hexagon?
What year was the Declaration of Independence made?
1776
What charge does a proton have?
Positive
What's the most popular sport in the world?
Soccer
How many syllables are in the word onomatopoeia?
6
What is the square root 16?
4
What was the U.S. belief that Americans should expand west?
Manifest Destiny
What is the smallest and most basic form of a chemical or object?
Atom
Who is the richest person in the world?
Elon Musk
Use of repeated sounds or letters at beginning of a word? Ex. Sally sells sea shells
Alliteration
What is the only number that has the same number of letters as it’s meaning?
Four
What river was the original border in the western part of the 13 colonies?
Mississippi River
Where can you find the smallest bone in the human body?
Ear
Social media app that become widely popular in 2020?
Tik Tok
What is the name of the story we read at the beginning of the year about a boy who got caught in a hurricane while trying to save his tree?
Banana Tree
What is 3.14159 also called?
Pi
Name of the former slave who helped end slavery along with Abraham Lincoln?
Frederick Douglas
The earth has three layers that are different due to varying temperatures. What are its three layers?
Crust, Mantle, Core
Twitch streamer known for playing Fortnite and real name is Richard Tyler Blevin?
Ninja