Poetry
Using exactly the right word to say what you mean is . . . ?
Descriptive language
What effect or principle explains the movement of air around an object, creating lift?
Bernoulli's Principle (or Effect)
How many degrees are in a triangle?
180
What do we call the smallest word part that has meaning, but is not a word by itself?
What kind of mythological creature is Grover?
A satyr
A metaphor that uses like or as is . . .
A simile
Which Canadian astronaut showed us how to brush our teeth in space?
Chris Hadfield
When writing coordinates, which axis is always written down first?
X
What does the suffix -ion mean?
The act or process of doing something
What monster did Percy defeat on his way to Camp Half Blood?
The Minotaur
What kind of poem does not rely on rhyme and uses line breaks to create emphasis?
Free verse
In which direction does gravity work on a flying object?
Down
What is it called when a 2D shape is moved around a coordinate grid, changing location or orientation?
Transformation
What part of a word stays the same while the prefixes and suffixes change?
The root
Who is Annabeth's mother?
Athena
At what celebration did Amanda Gorman recite her poem "This Hill We Climb"?
What were the two biggest factors impacting how our paper airplanes flew indoors?
Material and thrust
Successive transformation
What is it called when we separate out the root and all possible prefixes and suffixes in a divided box? (Hint: we usually do these on Fridays)
What colour food did Percy's mother always buy for him?
Blue
Who wrote the original "Where I'm From" poem?
George Ella Lyon
What force explains why a parachute works to slow falling objects down?
Drag
What transformation causes a shape to move, without changing orientation?
Translation
What does the root "terra" mean?
Earth or Earth-like
What is the name of Percy's sword?
Riptide