Language arts
First and last name required: He was made of steel and worked in a steel mill. He could bend metal with his bare hands and never got tired. Who is this tall tale hero who represents hard working steelworkers?
JOE MAGARAC
Adrianna has a string that is 3 meters long. How many centimeters long is the string?
300 (THREE HUNDRED CENTIMETERS)
This Russian producer collaborated with Stravinsky. Both Pavlova and Nijinsky danced for him at the Ballets Russes. Who produced Mussorgsky's opera, Boris Godunov?
(SERGEI) DIAGHILEV
This doesn't change quickly like weather does. It is different in different places. What term describes the average weather over a long period of time?
CLIMATE
The Second Continental Congress adopted this document in 1777, though it went into effect in 1781. It provided for a one-house legislature and insisted on a weak central government. Name this document later replaced by the U.S. Constitution.
(THE) ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
This toy wishes to become real through the love of a child. He is nearly thrown away but is saved by magic. Name this soft stuffed animal from a classic story by Margery Williams.
VELVETEEN RABBIT
A point on the coordinate plane is located at six comma six. In which quadrant of the coordinate plane would you find the point?
FIRST (QUADRANT) (ACCEPT: (QUADRANT) 1)
Sometimes actors will break this and speak directly to the audience. What is the imaginary wall between the audience and the actors in a drama?
FOURTH WALL
These solar events can affect Earth's communications systems. They can also make the auroras brighter. What are these sudden bursts of energy from the sun?
SOLAR FLARES
To date, this man was the U.S.'s longest-lived president, dying at age 100 in 2024. After his presidency, he founded a namesake center whose work earned him the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Name this 39th president who, with his wife Rosalynn, built homes for the poor through Habitat for Humanity.
(JIMMY) CARTER
This suffix is used to form adjectives from nouns. It may be combined with the word "magnet" to describe one who has an attractive personality or with the word "history," to describe something of great value. What suffix means “having to do with” or “like”?
IC (NOTE: STUDENTS MAY SPELL I-C OR SAY "IC.")
In geometry, this angle gets its name from the way it looks. The rays of the angle lie in opposite directions from the vertex. What is an angle equal to 180 degrees?
STRAIGHT (ANGLE)
This element of art can be found between and around an object. It can be created by overlapping, size, or perspective. What element of art is an illusion created by artistic techniques?
SPACE
All cells have this thin, flexible structure. Substances that the cell needs to survive must pass through this cell part. What structure surrounds a cell?
CELL MEMBRANE
This governmental idea is closely related to checks and balances. It prevents any one person or group from exerting too much control over the federal government. Give this three-word phrase for the reason we have legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Writers often try to vary the way they say things, so this type of word is helpful. Examples of them for the word "said" might include "stated," "spoke," or "uttered." What term refers to words that have similar meanings?
SYNONYM(S)
UPS is packing books into a box shaped like a rectangular prism. The box is 6 units long, 4 units wide, and 3 units high. What is the volume of the box in cubic units?
72 (CUBIC UNITS)
Artists create these colors to make darker images. What colors are created when black paint is added to a hue?
SHADE
These plants do not have seeds, roots, or vascular tissues. Instead of roots, they have rhizoids. What nonvascular plants are considered bryophytes?
MOSS(ES)
Immigrants in this group often have special protections and legal statuses that may grant them assistance upon their arrival. Unlike other migrants, they don't move to a different country for economic opportunities or family reunification. Give the word for a person who flees their home country to escape conflict, persecution, or wartime conditions like starvation.
REFUGEE
Listen carefully to the following sentence. Martin Luther, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, delivered his most famous speech on August 28, 1963. How many commas are needed to correctly punctuate this sentence?
THREE
Leroy builds a model of a boat. The model is exactly one-tenth the size of the larger boat. Since the model and the real boat have all sides in proportion, what can be said about the two boats?
SIMILAR
This is an art movement of the 1940s and 1950s. It does not focus on realistic objects. In what art movement did artists like Jackson Pollock paint on large canvases?
ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM
Some invertebrates have specialized body parts for movement. They can be legs or wings. What are body parts of an organism that helps it move or complete other processes?
APPENDAGES
In economics, this word is an antonym of "scarcity" or "shortage." What is the condition when more of a product or service is available than people want to buy at the current price?
SURPLUS (ACCEPT: EXCESS)