Algebra
Exponential functions are written in the format a(b)x. What does the value of "a" represent?
The initial value or y-intercept
What is natural selection?
Passing on traits that provide offspring an advantage
What needs to change here?
Before becoming an astronaut. She went to college in New York.
The period after astronaut should be a comma
Which problem in the savanna regions of Africa is caused by population pressures and overuse of the land?
Desertification
World Geography!
This system of racial segregation ended in 1994 when South Africa held its first free and fair elections in which every person could vote.
Apartheid
Fill in the blank: When using the product rule, you should multiply the coefficients and _______ the exponents.
add
What is an angiosperm?
A plant that produces flowers or fruit
What change needs to be made to this sentence?
Before he went to the restaurant, the one with his favorite lasagna he had to pick his mom up from work, finish his chores, and go to the store.
Add a comma after lasagna
What were the ancient civilizations during the colonial period that left behind building structures and other inventions we still use today?
Maya
Algebra!
If a system of equations creates two parallel lines, how many solutions does the system have?
None
What is another word for x-intercept?
zero, root, or solution
Why do muscle cells need a lot of mitochondria?
Mitochondria produce the ATP (energy) that muscles use to contract
What is a stanza?
a group of lines in a poem
The Himalayan Mountains in South Asia were formed by tectonic plates doing what?
Colliding and folding upward
English!
What is it called when an author gives human characteristics to something non-human?
personification
The graph of the equation y=x2 is transformed to create the graph of y=x2+4. How is the new graph different?
It is shifted up 4 units
Fill in the blank:
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, ________, Family, Genus, Species
Order
What is a first person narrative?
It is a story told from the perspective of the story teller; uses words like "I," "me," and "my."
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) was created to do what?
control the price and production of oil
Biology!
What is the function of the nervous system?
To transmit signals between the brain and the rest of the body
What is the domain of any quadratic function?
All real numbers
What two kingdoms are prokaryotic?
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Describe the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
Similes make a comparison by saying that something is like something else but metaphors make the comparison by saying that something is something else.
The Spaniards would force the Natives to build a product using raw materials that were found in the countries and ship it to Spain. Then they would sell the product back to the Natives at a higher price. This would be an example of what?
Mercantilism
World Geography!
What is the movement of people from the countryside to the city called?
rural-to-urban migration