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100

How Mary and Dawn know you're ready to register for a test

What is "A passing score on a practice test?

100

This is what "Break a leg", "He's a tall drink of water", and "Raining cats and dogs" are examples of

What are IDIOMS

100

A triangle has 2 angles with measurements of 39 and 90.  This is the measurement of the 3rd angle

What is 51?

100

The definition of this word is "educated guess."

What is hypothesis?

100

These are the 2 branches of Congress

What is the Senate and House of Representatives?

200

This is the "magic number" needed in order to pass a test

What is 145?

200

This is what you're doing if you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word by "reading around" it.

What is "using context clues."
200

This type of triangle as 3 angles with measurements less than 90.

What is an acute angle?

200

The prefix "ology" in the words biology, meteorology, astrology, and psychology means this.

What is "study of"?

200

This is the number of Senators that America has.

What is 100?

300

This is where you go to take a GED exam

What is Olean BOCES or Jamestown Community College?

300

This is a word that mean the same thing as another word- for example, "ill" and "sick"

What are synonyms?

300

This scientific notation number 1.34 x 10is the same as this number in standard form.

What is 1340?

300

This is the name of the table that chemists often refer to, which organizes types of matter by weight, etc,

What is the Periodic Table of Elements?

300

This is the "Law of the Land"

What is the Constitution.

400

This is what you need to take with you on test day.

What is your ID- driver's license, permit, passport, etc.
400

This is the definition for a word that mean the opposite of another word- for example, "tiny" and "enormous."

What are antonyms?

400

These are the 3 ways a ratio can be written

x:y, x/y, x to y

400

This is known as the building block of life; there are many different types.

What is a cell?

400

This is the number of judges in the Supreme Court.

What is 9.

500

This is how many sections there are on the RLA GED test.

What is 3.

500

This is another word for the author's attitude about something- for example, "sarcastic", "humorous," "formal" or "informal."

What is TONE?

500

If a student's first 3 test scores are 80, 95, and 70, what does test #4 need to be in order to have a MEAN score of 85?

What is 95?

500

This is the branch of science which studies inherited traits, DNA, Punnett Squares, etc.

What is genetics?

500

This is the name of the process by which we elect our President.

(Hint: Do not say "election."  It's more specific than that.)

What is the Electoral College?

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