Math
What is an example of the commutative property of addition?
1. 6 x (4 + 2) = (6 x 4) + (6 x 2)
2. (1 + 7) + 4 = 1 + (7 + 4)
3. 5 x 3 = 3 x 5
4. 8 + 9 = 9 + 8
What is 8+9=9+8?
What major issue led to the replacement of the Articles of Confederation?
A) The Boston Tea Party
B) Shay's Rebellion
C) Bacon's Rebellion
What is B, Shay's Rebellion?
How many phonemes are in the word ball?
What is three?
What is the main cause of tides on Earth?
What is the moon?
Which of the following is a prime number?
A. 1
B. 21
C. 13
D. 39
What is C, 13?
Estimate what percent of students are in 9th grade if there are 20 in 9th, 10 in 10th, 9 in 11th, 7 in 12th.
What is ~43.5%?
What is the driving force that inspired early American citizens to move westward because they had a "divine right"?
What is “Manifest Destiny”?
Which skill do beginning readers typically master first:
A. Dividing words into syllables
B. Blending onsets and rimes
C. Segmenting phonemes
D. Recognizing and producing rhyming words
What is C: segmenting phonemes?
Which of the following geological processes adds new rock to the surface of Earth?
(A) Volcanic activity (B) Glacial activity (C) Soil erosion (D) Weathering
What is A, Volcanic activity?
What is the primary purpose of the Bill of Rights?
A. To establish the three branches of government
B. To guarantee individual freedoms and rights
C. To divide power between state and federal governments
D. To allow Congress to create new laws
What is B?
To make fruit juice punch, Edie mixes two kinds of juices in the following ratio: 1 cup of pineapple juice to 3 cups of orange juice (1:3). How many cups of orange juice will they need to make 48 cups of fruit punch?
12, 16, 24, or 36
What is 36?
Which of the following major world religions is monotheistic?
(A) Hinduism (B) Buddhism (C) Islam (D) Shintoism
What is C, Islam?
Two hamsters sat in the cage side by side; a furtive, timid one and a glossy, bold one watched each other warily.
(A) simple sentence (B) compound sentence (C) complex sentence (D) compound-complex sentence
What is a compound sentence?
Which of the following laboratory instruments would be most appropriate to use in determining the volume of a large block of wood of unknown density?
(A) A metric ruler (B) A triple-beam balance (C) A 200 mL volumetric flask (D) A micrometer
What is A, a metric ruler?
Which of the following is an example of potential energy?
A. A moving car
B. A rolling ball
C. A lit lightbulb
D. A stretched rubber band
What is D, a stretched rubber band?
What are the only prime factors of a product that could be 2, 3, and 7?
A. 18 x 28
B. 20 x 21
C. 22 x 63
D. 24 x 35
What is A, 18x28?
Which of the following types of maps shows the boundaries of countries, states, and municipalities?
(A) Thematic (B) Topographic (C) Political (D) Meteorological
What is C, political?
Which TWO of the following can be classified as expository writing?
(A) A short story (B) A technical speech (C) A personal diary (D) A scientific report (E) An editorial commentary
What is B and D?
Which of the following is the broadest category in biological taxonomy?
(A) Genus (B) Order (C) Kingdom (D) Species
What is C, kingdom?
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
Which of the following is a behavioral adaptation?
A. Camouflage
B. Thick fur
C. Sharp claws
D. Migration
What is D, Migration?
A student plans to toss a fair number cube, with faces numbered 1 through 6, and a fair coin. What is the probability that the cube will land with a 4 on the top face and the coin will land heads up?
A. 1/12
B. 1/8
C. 1/6
D. 2/3
What is A, 1/12?
Jane is saving to buy a new car. Her friends are planning a weekend trip to the beach. She wants to go but decides that saving for the car is more important. Jane’s choice best demonstrates which of the following economic concepts?
(A) Opportunity cost (B) Supply and demand (C) Scarcity of resources (D) Comparative advantage
What is A, opportunity cost?
Mike loves playing football. He is the quarterback for his team, and he knows when to call the right plays. He hates having to miss a practice, and his teammates are frustrated when he’s not there. They always say, “Where is Mike? We are lost without him.” The team usually has a good practice even if he is not there, but they miss out on practicing key plays.
Which of the following best explains how the reader knows that the passage is from a thirdperson narrative?
(A) The narrator is only an observer of the action in the passage. (B) The narrator is participating in the dialogue in the passage. (C) The narrator discloses only his or her thoughts and feelings in the passage. (D) The narrator uses the present tense to discuss the conflict in the passage.
What is A, only an observer?
Of the following, which best describes an example of the Doppler effect?
(A) As light passes through a prism, the light separates into a rainbow.
(B) As a light beam passes from air into water, the beam changes direction.
(C) As a sound wave hits a wall, it is reflected and creates an echo.
(D) As an emergency vehicle approaches an observer standing by the road, the perceived pitch of the siren increases.
What is D?
A student is writing with clear sentence structure and correct spelling but lacks transitions. What writing skill needs focus?
A. Grammar
B. Word choice
C. Organization
D. Mechanics
What is C, organization?