8th Grade Math
How many sides are in a pentagon?
5 sides
What year did the Pilgrims land at Plymouth in North America?
1620
Which literary term means a short story designed to teach a moral or religious lesson?
Parable
Physical substance in general, is distinct from mind and spirit; in physics, that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.
What is Matter?
Which country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
What is 3 5/6 in decimal form, rounded to 2 decimal places?
3.83
The president of the United States is elected to a term of how many years?
4
Ms. Elizabeth walked through the jungle. Name the verb.
walk
Double Jeopardy
_______works against gravity.
Helium
Which continents does Turkey bridge?
Asia and Europe
How do you calculate the area of a triangle?
Base times height divided by 2
bxh/2
Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
What is the correct definition for the suffix "-ate?"
What is "To make, to act"
Which layer of the atmosphere does weather occur?
Troposphere
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras?
Pangea
How many seconds are in two and a half hours?
9000
Find the minutes in 2.5 hours (60+60+30)
150 x 60 (seconds in a minute) = 9000 seconds
Where was the First Continental Congress held?
Philadelphia
Who wrote the poems "Fire and Ice" and "The Road Not Taken"?
Robert Frost
The process in which water flows across a semi-permeable membrane
Osmosis
What are the Earth's five oceans?
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic) oceans
Bill wants to rent a truck for one day. Phil's Rentals charges a flat rate of $20 plus $2 per mile. Mother Truckers Inc. charges $3 per mile. After how many miles will the total cost for both companies be the same?
20 Miles
Where did the 'Shot Heard Round the World' take place?
Lexington and Concord
Oxymoron
Salt makes water boil faster.
True or False?
True
Which mountain range runs from Canada to New Mexico?
The Rocky Mountains