Longest river in the world used for transportation.
What is the Nile?
100
The price of a theater ticket increased from $7.50 to $7.75. The theater sold 315 tickets at the higher price. With the price increase, how much more did the theater earn on the tickets?
$78.75
100
Figurative language type that is when the word sounds like what it describes or means.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Type of boundary is where two plates move in opposite directions as they slip past each other.
What is a transform boundary?
100
A series of lines or verses in which the first, last, or other particular letters when taken in order spell out a word, phrase, etc.
What is an acrostic?
200
Which item was papyrus often used?
What is writing paper?
200
What is the product of 2.52 and 3.4? (give the actual answer)
8.568
200
Multiple words in a phrase begin with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
200
Careful use of resources to reduce damage to the environment.
What is conservation?
200
Sumerian belief in many gods and goddesses.
What is polytheism?
300
System of thought seeks to understand the mysteries of life
What is philosophy?
300
At a store, Susan selected a pumpkin that weighed 35.2 ounces.
Pumpkins cost $1.80 per pound.
There are 16 ounces in 1 pound.
How much did Susan's pumpkin cost? (give your answer in dollars and cents.
3.96
300
To refer to a source of information in your writing.
What is to cite?
300
The first seismic waves to arrive at a seismic station
What is a P-wave (or primary wave)?
300
An instrument for writing or drawing, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or a similar substance enclosed in a long thin piece of wood or fixed in a metal or plastic case.
What is a pencil?
400
Roman General and Dictator that transformed Rome from a Republic to an Empire.
Who is Julius Caesar?
400
The ratio of nitrogen to potassium in a sample of soil 12:9. The sample has 36 units of nitrogen. How much potassium does the sample have?
27 units
400
A Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
What is a haiku?
400
The astronomical term for the bright trail of a
meteoroid passing through the atmosphere of the Earth.
What is a meteor?
400
A large spacecraft in orbit around Earth. It serves as a home where crews of astronauts and cosmonauts live. It is also a unique science laboratory.
What is the International Space Station?
500
Major trade route in China that spread throughout the Asian continent
What is the Silk Road?
500
To clean a tank, 3/4 cup of disinfectant is needed for every 2 gallons of water. How many cups of disinfectant are needed for 20 gallons of water?
7 1/2
500
A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.
What is a synonym?
500
The high point in a wave?
What is a crest?
500
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with width of 25 m and a height of 12 m?