Vocabulary
Checking math
Banking
Debit Accounts
Pot Pourri
100
Money the bank puts into your account, just for having an account with them.  It's a percentage of your balance.

Interest

100

A deposit to your account (increases/decreases) the balance

A deposit increases the balance
100

The two most common types of bank account are ____ and savings accounts.

Checking

100

Name 2 advantages of a debit card.

What is convenient and small?

100

These are three examples of wild mammals

Ex. Mice, deer, wolves, lions, giraffes, dolphins

200

When you try to spend more money than you have in your checking account, you _______

Overdraft (or overdrawn)

200

A withdrawal from your checking account (increases/decreases) the balance.

A withdrawal decreases the balance
200

These are two examples of actions you can perform via mobile banking.

Ex: Check your balance, transfer funds, receive direct deposit, make person-to-person payments

200

When you sign the back of a check.

What is endorse?

200

When you mix red paint and yellow paint, you get this.

Orange paint

300

The word for how much money you have in your account.

What is balance?

300

(True/false) A debit card helps you build your credit score

False, a debit card and checking account don't build your credit score

300

The interest a bank pays you on the money in your checking account is typically this much.

Zero (or very little.)

300
When you get a checking account, the bank will give you this kind of card

A debit card (or ATM card)

300

This holiday was originally the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, the day when the veil to the afterlife was said to be the thinnest.

Halloween

400
Word for any activity on your account.
What is a transaction?
400

What does PIN stand for when using a debit card

What is a Personal Identification Number?

400

To sign up for direct deposit, your employer needs what two things?

The routing number (or FIN) and the account number.

400

What is an example of automatic online bill pay?

Ex: Sign up to have your electric bill paid monthly from your checking account

400

What does LASER stand for?

Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

500

A term used for a check that you do not have enough money in your account to cover.

What is bounced check?

500

How much interest would $2500 earn in a year in an account with 0.2% interest?

(2500*.002)

$5

500

If you DO NOT have overdraft protection, and you use your credit card at the grocery store for more than you have in your checking account, what will happen?

The card will be declined and you won't be able to buy the groceries.

500

Name two reasons why you should balance your account.

Real-time balance if kept up-to-date

Avoid account closure

Identify unauthorized transactions

Increase savings

Avoid  financial institution fees

500

This song has sold the most copies in history.

"White Christmas" by Irving Berlin
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