ELA
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
Solve for x: 2x + 5 = 15
x = 5
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
The first governing document of the U.S., replaced by the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The date Halloween is celebrated each year.
What is October 31st?
The correct way to join two independent clauses with a comma and conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
Solve by substitution: y = 2x + 1 and y = x + 4.
x = 3, y = 7
The molecule that carries genetic information.
What is DNA?
The battle known as the turning point of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The classic Halloween movie where three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts.
What is Hocus Pocus?
The character or force opposing the main character.
What is the antagonist?
What is the shape of the graph of a quadratic function?
A parabola
Scientist known for the theory of natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
The time period when the U.S. shifted from farming to manufacturing.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The American short story where Ichabod Crane meets the Headless Horseman.
What is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
A type of writing meant to convince the reader of an idea or opinion.
What is argumentative or persuasive writing?
What does it mean if two lines have the same slope but different y-intercepts?
No solution (parallel lines)
The body system that produces hormones.
What is the endocrine system?
The attack that brought the U.S. into World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
The most popular Halloween candy in the U.S. (as of recent surveys).
What is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups?
The final paragraph that restates the thesis and wraps up the essay.
What is the conclusion?
Simplify: (x³)².
x⁶
The process that returns carbon to the atmosphere from living things.
What is respiration?
The 2001 terrorist attacks led to the creation of what government department?
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
The scientific term for fear of spiders.
What is arachnophobia?