Controls the cell and carries information for reproduction and directs all cell activities.
What is the nucleus?
100
The liquid that is in the cell; all of the organelles are suspended in this liquid.
What is cytoplasm?
100
Two or more simple sentences joined by a conjunction (but, and, or) and a comma that goes before the conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
100
The chief writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
100
A simple machine that Martin used to load his dirt bike in the back of his pick up truck.
What is an inclined plane?
200
What does the idiom "jump the gun" mean?
a. go ahead too quickly
b. write a story
c. spy on someone
d. shoot something
What is go ahead too quickly?
200
The value of this expression 4 x (3+6) - 5
What is 31?
200
Words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings.
What is a homophone?
200
The US city that was burned in 1812.
What is Washington, DC?
200
A rabbit is this type of consumer.
What is a herbivore?
300
"Don't tear out that lovely flower!" Which meaning of the word tear is used in this sentence?
tear 1. to pull by force 2. to run 3. to make a hole in 4. to divide
What is 1. to pull by force?
300
The divisor in this problem: 505/6=84 R1
What is 6?
300
A sentence that gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
300
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
300
The force that is constant everywhere on Earth.
What is gravity?
400
What does the word plastered mean in the sentence below?
I looked straight over the audience, my head up, a smile plastered from ear to ear.
a. wounded
b. looked
c. spread
d. disappeared
What is c. spread?
400
9/2 as a mixed number
What is 4 1/2?
400
A sentence part that is missing either a subject or predicate.
What is a sentence fragment?
400
The freedoms guaranteed by the first amendment.
What are the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
400
This word best describes the production of sound.
What is vibration?
500
Which word has a prefix that means before?
a. ballerinas
b. previewing
c. advice
d. experience
What is b. previewing?
500
7/8 - 3/8 = ?
What is 4/8 or 1/2?
500
Words that help the reader move from one idea to the next: for example: first, finally, then, before.
What are transition words?
500
This keeps one person or one group of people from having all the power.