MATH
What is 65 percent of 20?
30
A bird in its nest high up on a tree mainly has what kind of energy?
Gravitational potential energy
What is Author Wes Moore’s current job?
Governor of Maryland
What are the parts of an essay?
Intro, body paragraphs and conclusion
What year was Breakthrough Manchester founded?
1991
What is slope-intercept form?
y=mx+b
What are the two types of digestion?
Mechanical and chemical
What is Executive Order 9066 and what did it do?
Legal document that allowed the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII through the creations of "military zones"
What are the three parts of an persuasive essay's introductory paragraph?
Hook, counterclaim, and thesis
What name did Breakthrough go by when the program started?
Summerbridge
If Cathy makes 18 out of 30 basketball shots she takes, how many out of 100 would she make?
60
We add 1 drop of 5% red solution to a cup with 99 drops of water. What is the concentration of red solution?
0.05%
What is the difference between an abstract and concrete noun?
Concrete you can perceive with a least one of your senses, abstract you cannot perceive with any of the 5 senses.
What are the parts of F-TAP?
Form, Topic, Audience, Purpose
Which Teaching Fellows were once Breakthrough Scholars?
Rue, Byron, and Anthony.
What is the difference between polygons that are similar and polygons that are congruent?
Polygons that are congruent have sides that are equal and angles that are equal, polygons that are similar have angles that are equal and sides that are proportional.
What are the four chambers of the heart -- in order of how blood flows through them?
Right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle
Name 5 Active Reading Strategies
Infer, Connect, Question, Predict, Evaluate
What are the different types of writing?
narrative, response to text, informational, and persuasive.
What year was Deb's first summer as Executive Director?
2018
A ladder leaning against a house makes an angle of 60 degrees with the ground. The foot of the ladder is 7 feet from the house.
A. Draw a diagram or picture to represent the above situation.
B. How long is the ladder? Show or explain how you arrived at your answer.
The ladder is 14 feet long.
What is Newton's 1st Law of Motion?
An object in motion will remain in motion, or an object at rest will at rest, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
What fruit did Jeanne pray 3 times a day for nine days for?
Dried Apricots
What is the difference between ethos and logos?
Logos is about facts/statistics/outside research and ethos is related to the credibility of that information/your essay
Breakthrough Manchester is the _____ oldest Breakthrough location?
Third