Math
9 x 8 =
72
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is short-term and climate is long-term.
The period after the Stone Age is called the
Bronze Age
What determines setting in a story other than place?
In order to create fire, you need 3 things. What are they?
Oxygen, heat, and fuel
36 divided by 6
6
What is the name of the belt of volcanoes around the pacific ocean?
The Ring of Fire
The explorers that traveled west to discover the new land acquired by the Louisiana purchase.
Lewis and Clark
Beautiful/Ugly
Name 3 things a shelther would protect you from.
Sun, wind, precipitation, animals, insects, plants
112 =
121
What causes volcanoes?
Tectonic plates collide, and magma swells under the earth's surface, creating pressure that forces it's way up and out of the volcano.
Where would you find lines of latitude and longitude, and what do they tell you?
A map, and coordinates
Synonym/Antonym
Huge/gigantic
What direction are you headed if you are walking directly away from the sun at noon in the northern hemisphere?
North.
a + 42 = 63
Solve for a.
The breaking down of rocks through ice, water, biological factors, wind is
weathering and erosion
What is the name of the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
Bill of Rights
My father remembers one winter in New York when there was a terrible snowstorm. After the storm cleared, five feet of snow-covered everything like a blanket. Most of the time, New York gets much less snow. That winter was not TYPICAL. The word TYPICAL means?
the same as most
What are the two injuries/illnesses that result from prolonged exposure to cold weather?
Frostbite and hypothermia
8 x 8 x 2 =
128
To change matter from one state to another you would want to add or remove...
Heat
What are the two houses of Congress?
The Senate, and the House of Representatives.
Bob asked Jane to go to a party. She said that she wasn't sure if she could go. Then Bob asked Debbie if she could go with him. Debbie said yes. Then Jane called Bob and said yes too. For Bob, this was a DILEMMA. The word DILEMMA means?
problem/conflict
How can you tell how far away a lightning storm is?
Count the number of seconds between the flash of light and the clap of thunder; divide this by five to find the number of miles away the storm is.