Word Wizards
What's the term for a word that sounds like its meaning (like buzz or bang)?
Onomatopoeia
What is 1/4 +3/4?
What is 1?
What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
What is gravity?
What do we call the study of how people, places, and environments are connected?
What is geography?
In science what tool would you use to look at tiny cells
What is a microscope?
What do we call a struggle between two opposing forces in story?
What is conflict?
A triangle has angles measuring 40 degrees and 60 degrees. What is the third angle?
What is 80 degrees?
What organ system includes the brain and the spinal cord?
What is the nervous system?
Which ancient civilization built the pyramids?
What is Ancient Egypt?
In math, what shape has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles?
What is a square?
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
A metaphor says something is something else; a simile uses "like" or "as."
What is the mean of the numbers: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14?
What is 10?
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
What is Mars?
What trade route connected China with the Middle East and Europe?
What is the Silk Road?
In ELA, what's the name for the narrator's attitude or feeling about what they're writing?
What is tone?
Which text structure explains cause and effect?
What is cause and effect?
Solve for x: 3x-2= 10
X = 4
What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas?
What is evaporation?
Who was the king of Mali known for his wealth and pilgrimage to Mecca?
Who is Mansa Musa?
What US document guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press?
What is the Bill of Rights?
What do we call clues in the text that help you figure out what a word means?
What are context clues?
A store has a 20% off sale. If a shirt costs $25, how much is the discount?
What is $5?
What is the difference between a renewable and non renewable resource?
Renewables can be replaced (like solar), non renewables run out (like coal).
What was the name of the leader in India who lead a peaceful protest against the British?
Who is Ghandi?
What is the acronym PEMDAS used for?
What is order of operations in math? Parentheses, Exponents, Multiply/Divide, Add/Subtract)