STUFF YOU SHOULD PROBABLY KNOW
(Life Skills + Fun!)
(Life Skills + Fun!)
GPA stands for this.
What is Grade Point Average
Despite their terrifying rows of teeth, a shark's skeleton contains exactly this many true bones.
What is ZERO?
(It's entirely cartilage!)
A traditional bachelor's degree usually takes this many years to complete?
What is 4?
In chess, this is the only piece that can leap over other pieces.
What is the
KNIGHT?
This is the study of living organisms.
What is BIOLOGY?
True or False:
Your Freshman Year Grades don't count towards your high school GPA due to a thing called "HS probation period."
False!
What are you doing here? Go Study!
This lobe is responsible for vision and contains the primary visual cortex?
What is the occipital lobe?
These are the two most common college entrance exams taken in the US.
What are ACT and SAT?
In women's basketball, how many players does each team have on the court at one time?
What is
FIVE
(Go Mercury!)
This is the study of weather and the atmosphere.
What is meteorology?
Putting water on this type of kitchen fire will cause a dangerous explosion!
(Instead, smother it with a lid or baking soda.)
What is a grease fire
(or oil fire)?
This lobe is responsible for language, hearing, and musical abilities.
What is the Temporal Lobe?
The FAFSA help students apply for which of these things? A) College admission B) Financial aid C) Dorm rooms D) Student ID cards
B) What is Financial Aid?
This country has won the most men's
FIFA World Cup Cups.
What is
Brazil?
This is the study of insects.
What is Entomology?
Your teacher entered a zero for something you’re pretty sure you turned in. What's the best FIRST move? A) Have your parent email B) Complain to your friends C) Politely ask the teacher about it D) Ignore it
C) Ask your teacher!
This lobe, larger in Einstein's brain, is helpful in math and spatial awareness and is responsible for integrating sensory information, especially touch, sensation, or feeling.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
Which usually tells a stronger story about you? A) Joining 10 clubs but barely participating B) Being seriously involved in 2–3 things over several years
B) Being seriously involved and able to share about it!
Major League Baseballs don't last long. On average, a single ball is used for only this specific number of pitches.
What is
SEVEN
Felinology
is the study of this.
What is the the branch of zoology dedicated strictly to the study of cats.
These three things besides grades can make for a successful high-school experience.
What are activities, sports, clubs, service, friendships, relationships with teachers, leadership, attendance, trying something new, etc.
This lobe contains our moral center and allows us to follow social rules and laws. It also allows us to "see" ourselves in our mind's eye, and facilitates analysis, planning, and decision-making (among many other functions).
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Place the following in order from generally least to most expensive: Private 4-year university / Community college / Public in-state university.
What is: 1-Community College; 2-Public In-state university; and 3-Private 4-year university
This is the only sport ever played on the surface of the moon.
What is golf?
(Alan Shepard hit a ball with a 6-iron in 1971).
Gelotology
is the study of this.
What is the scientific study of laughter and its physical and psychological effects on the body.