Coding Basics
Core Vocab
Stuff You Should Know.
Jones Middle School
Random Life Trivia
100

What command makes Karel move forward one square?  

move();

100

What is the process of finding and fixing errors in your code called?

Debug

100

What's the capital of Texas?

Austin

100

What school district is Jones Middle School? 

Prosper ISD

100

How many legs does a spider have? 

8

200

How do you add color to an object in python? 

color("#a83269")

begin_fill()

circle(50)

end_fill()

200

What do we call notes in code that Python ignores?

Comment

200

How many minutes are in one hour? 

60 minutes 

200

What city is Jones Middle School in? 

Frisco

200

What force pulls objects toward earth? 

Gravity 

300

What Python function is used to get input from a user?

input()

300

What is a block of code that performs a specific task called?

Function

300

Ms. R has 100 stickers to share equally among 4 students.
If each student gets the same number of stickers, how many stickers does each student receive?

25 stickers 

300

Jones Middle School is named after a person. What is that person's first name? 

Daniel 

300

What is the largest land animal? 

Elephant

400

Name at least three data types we used this year.

  1. int – for whole numbers (e.g., 5, -12)

  2. float – for decimal numbers (e.g., 3.14, 0.5)

  3. str – for text/strings (e.g., "Hello", "Sphero")

4.  bool – for True/False values (e.g., True, False)

400

What is it called when you join two strings together using +?

String concatenation

400

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter 

400

What was the first day of school? 

August 12th, 2025

400

Which city in Texas is the largest by population? 

Houston

500

What are the names of the two coding “animals” or characters we used in our lessons this year?  

Karel and Tracy

500

What is the actual value passed into a function’s parameter called?

Argument

500

Who was the US President in 2010? 

Barack Obama

500

What is the first and last name of our school principal? 

Zachariah DeVito

500

When's Ms. Robinson's birthday?

Six-seveeeeennnnn

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