This type of property is measured without changing the substance measured.
Physical
Dilating the point (8, 8) by a factor of 1/4 will give this point.
(2, 2)
-60
In The Lord of the Flies, the boys use one of these to signal the start of a meeting.
A conch shell
"The sun is a giant orange" would be an example of this type of literary device.
Metaphor
Mass, volume, and height are all examples of this type of physical property.
Extensive
This is always true about the angles of similar triangles.
They are the same.
Solve: 9 - (-5)
14
This landmark is the place where the first pilgrims landed.
Plymouth Rock
Fair catch
Rust and corrosion both occur because of this process.
Oxidation
A square of side length 8 inches is dilated by a factor of 1/8 and its sides become this long.
1 inch
Solve: (1/4) x (3/8)
3/32
This leader's group descends into "primitive" behavior after splitting from the main party in The Lord of the Flies.
Jack
This is the state flower of California.
The California poppy
Resistance to being scratched describes this unfortunately-named property.
Hardness
I used these two words to describe shapes that do not count as dilations.
Squished or stretched
If I translate the point (10, 3) 3 units down and 10 units left, I get this point.
(0, 0)
This is the year that the 13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain.
1776
Jeopardy
Osmium has the one of the highest concentrations of grams per cubic centimeter, otherwise known as this property.
Density
A circle of circumference 40 inches is dilated by a scale factor of 1/5, giving a circle with this circumference.
8 inches
The expression 0*x = 1 has this many solutions.
Thomas Paine distributed this pamphlet to the 13 colonies to argue for independence.
Common Sense
In 2022, researchers released this image, which was the first ever recorded photo of one of these objects.

A black hole