SCIENCE AND REASONING
This property of a substance measures how much mass it has per unit volume.
What is density?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This gas is taken in by animals during respiration.
What is oxygen?
This line of latitude runs through the middle of the Earth.
What is the equator?
This sport uses terms like “strike,” “spare,” and “frame.”
What is bowling?
Light bends when it moves from one medium to another due to this phenomenon.
What is refraction?
This novel by Harper Lee explores racism and moral growth in the American South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
This type of animal maintains a constant internal body temperature.
What is an endotherm (or warm-blooded animal)?
This ancient structure in Egypt was built as a tomb for pharaohs.
What is a pyramid?
This unit is used to measure electrical resistance.
What is an ohm?
This type of reaction absorbs energy from its surroundings.
What is an endothermic reaction?
A sentence fragment that depends on an independent clause for meaning.
What is a dependent clause?
This organ filters waste from the blood in humans and many animals.
What is the kidney?
This war was fought primarily between the Allied and Axis powers.
What is World War II?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or form contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
According to Newton, an object in motion stays in motion unless acted on by this.
What is an external (unbalanced) force?
This term refers to a hint or clue about what will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
This symbiotic relationship benefits one organism while harming the other.
What is parasitism?
This document, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
This instrument measures atmospheric pressure.
What is a barometer?
This constant determines the strength of the gravitational attraction between two masses.
What is the gravitational constant (G)?
This epic poem by Homer recounts a long journey home after the Trojan War.
What is The Odyssey?
This animal uses echolocation and is the only mammal capable of sustained flight.
What is a bat?
This explorer is credited with the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
This term refers to the fear of confined spaces.
What is claustrophobia?