If x= -5 and y= 4 then the value of 3(x +2y) would be ______________.
What is 9?
100
The capitol of Missouri is located in this town.
What is Jefferson City?
100
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
100
This part of speech is used to link words, phrases, and clauses.
What is a conjunction?
100
When I was in 8th grade, this pop star's hair caught fire during filming of a Pepsi commercial.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
The scale on a drawing is 3 in. : 5 ft. A wood deck on the drawing measures 12 inches. The length of the actual deck would be ______________.
What is 20 feet?
200
The number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is nine?
200
The three basic needs of plants.
What is air, water, and light?
200
This is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion, like "Ouch, that hurt!"
What is an interjection?
200
While I am in 8th grade, I receive a text message that reads: "ROFL w/ BFF. The interpretation of this message is:
What is rolling on the floor laughing with my best friend forever?
300
90 is ____________ percent of 120.
What is 75?
300
The three branches of government.
What is Legislative, Judicial, and Executive?
300
The brain is part of this organ system.
What is the nervous system?
300
This is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things; for example, "His temper was as explosive as a volcano."
What is a simile?
300
When I was in 8th grade in 1983, this country music singer, and winner of the 4th season of American Idol was born.
Who is Carrie Underwood?
400
Several stores at Zona Rosa are having spring sales. The prices are reduced by 62.5%, 2/3, 75%, 1/2, and 7/10. The prices from greatest to least would be this:
What is 75%, 7/10, 2/3, 62.5%, and 1/2.
400
The current governor of Missouri is _____________.
Who is Jay Nixon?
400
The process by which plants use energy from sunlight to produce sugar.
What is photosynthesis?
400
This part of speech modifies a noun or prounoun by giving more information about the noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
400
When I was in 8th grade, this was a common 80's phrase "Gag me with a _________________."
What is a spoon?
500
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if the legs of the triangle measure 8cm and 6 cm.
What is 10cm?
500
The 47th vice-president of the United States; this is the current v.p.
Who is Joe Biden?
500
One of the primary differences between animal and plant cells is that plant cells have a ______ ________ and animal cells do not.
What is a cell wall?
500
A figure of speech in which an inanimate object is given human qualities or abilities; for example, "The trees were dancing in the wind."
What is personification?
500
When I was in 8th grade, this was a favorite Friday night activity where girls often wore white ones with yarn pom poms and boys often wore black ones.