Assorted Math
What is 2/5 as a decimal?
0.40
When is Earth Day?
April 22
Name one thing that your LOCAL tax dollars go to.
Schools, infrastructure (roadways, bridges, etc.) police/fire departments, parks, libraries, sanitation, etc
Inner planets are closer to the sun and inside of the asteroid belt and outer planets are further from the sun and outside of the asteroid belt.
What country is both an island and a continent?
Australia
What is 4/7 + 3/14 in simplest form?
11/14
Why is Earth Day celebrated?
During what decade in the 1900s did Earth Day start?
It started in order to demonstrate global support for environmental protection, raise awareness about pollution and climate change, and encourage action to protect the planet.
1970s
Name and briefly explain two of the ten amendments to the Constitution outlined in the bill of rights for 100 points each.
Answers vary
What is the difference between an asteroid and a comet?
Asteroids are rocky, metallic bodies that formed in the warmer inner solar system (mostly between Mars and Jupiter), while comets are icy, dusty "dirty snowballs" that originated in the cold outer solar system
Which iconic baseball player broke Major League Baseball’s racial segregation barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Solve the following equation using PEMDAS: 10 / (3+2) x 4 + 5 squared + 6 - 9 = ?
30
Materials found in nature that are useful to humans are called....
The study of living things and how they interact with their environment is called...
Living things are referred to as...
Natural resources
Environmental science
Organisms
What are the three branches of government and what does each of them do?
Legislative - Makes laws (Senate & HOR)
Executive - Enforces laws (President)
Judicial - Interprets laws (Judges/Supreme Court)
Name all of the planets in the Milky Way Galaxy including Pluto.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Who was the very first Disney princess in 1937?
Snow White
Solve the following equation for x using the distributive property, inverse operations, and combining like terms: 7(2x-3)+6=-2(-6x-20)-1
x = 27
There are 9 levels on the 'classification' World Wildlife Fund chart beginning with 'not evaluated' and ending with 'extinct' when it comes to all species of animals. Name 4 of the 7 classifications in between these two for 100 points each.
Data deficient, least concern, near threatened, vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, and extinct in the wild/functionally extinct.
Name and explain four different types of government for 100 points each.
Federal, democracy, plutocracy, oligarchy, capitalist, monarchy, regional/local, communist, constitutional monarchy, transitional, despotism, totalitarian state, revolutionary, anarchy, Republic, and dictatorship.
The moon is about ____ miles away from the earth.
Which planet in our solar system has the most moons with 285?
Which planet has no moons (there are two, name one)?
In what year did the first person walk on the moon?
250,000 miles
Saturn
Mercury/Venus
1969
What is the only vegetable that is also classified as a flower?
Broccoli
Principal loan amount: $38,250
Annual interest rate: 3.75%
Term of Loan: 12 years
How much will you end up paying in interest using the formula I=PRT? How much will you end up paying all together when you add the interest and the principal loan amount?
(38,250)(0.0375)(12) = $17,212.50 in interest
$17,212.50 + $38,250 = $55,462.50 total
Define the following words that pertain to environmental science for 100 points each:
Endangered
Habitat
Deforestation
Biodiversity
Sustainability
Endangered: species (plants or animals) at high risk of extinction, threatened by habitat loss, population decline, or human activity
Habitat: the natural environment, home, or place where a specific plant, animal, or organism lives, grows, and finds the necessary food, water, and shelter to survive
Deforestation: the purposeful and permanent clearing or thinning of forested land by humans, converting it to non-forest uses like agriculture, ranching, or development
Biodiversity: the total variety of all living organisms on Earth, encompassing the intricate variations within species, between species, and across entire ecosystems
Sustainability: the practice of meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs, ensuring a balance between environmental, economic, and social health
What is the name for both legislative bodies (Senate and house of representatives) combined?
What is the presidential process of rejecting a law?
What is the highest judicial body in the land?
What is the group of 15 advisors to the president called?
Congress
Veto
Supreme Court
Cabinet
The sun is the largest....
The sun's surface temperature is about ____ degrees.
The earth is ____ miles away from the sun.
Our Galaxy is called the...
The sun is primarily made up of the gas called...
Star
10,000 degrees
93 million
Milky Way
Hydrogen
What is the world's deadliest animal?
A mosquito