Math
ELA Figurative Meanings
ELA Root Words and Affixes
Science
History
100
Erin reads 540 words in 6 minutes. What is her reading rate, in words per minute?
90 words per minute
100
Giving human qualities to animals or objects
personification
100
What does the prefix re- mean?
again
100
Identify the name of the process that occurs in the chloroplast of a cell when light energy is used to build sugars out of carbon dioxide and water
photosynthesis
100
Event in which 6 million Jews died
Holocaust
200
Convert 1/5 to a decimal
0.2
200
When using certain online chat programs, a person can appear invisible so that others cannot see that he or she is online and available to talk.
Based on the context of the sentence, the oxymoron "appear invisible" means that
A. a person's online presence is unknown.
B. a person has created a false identity.
C. a person’s safety is at risk when he or she is online.
D. a person has signed out of the online chat program.
A. a person's online presence is unknown.
200
What does the prefix macro- mean?
large
200
Identify the cell organelle in which cellular respiration most often takes place
Mitochondrion
200
Japanese cities where atomic bombs were dropped
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
300
Which property is illustrated by the equation below?
7+3=3+7
commutative property of addition
300
The author makes hints in the story about future events
Foreshadowing
300
How does an animal that is a biped move around?
A. on wings
B. on four legs
C. on two feet
D. on its stomach
C. on two feet
300
The basic building blocks of all living organisms
cells
300
How did the Louisiana Purchase impact U.S. expansion?
*A. It allowed access to the Pacific Coast, which increased foreign trade.
*B. It doubled the size of the United States and secured access to foreign markets.
*C. It quadrupled the size of the United States and created an alliance with France.
*D. It allowed access to the Great Lakes, which strengthened Northern industries.
B. It doubled the size of the United States and secured access to foreign markets.
400
For a scavenger hunt, Jim's mom distributed a bag of 360 jelly beans evenly into 24 plastic containers and hid them around the yard. If, after the hunt, Jim has a total of 120 jelly beans, then how many of the plastic containers did he find?
8
400
Hector did not agree with the amount of money the mechanic charged for fixing his car. Hector and the mechanic exchanged words. Finally, Hector decided just to pay the bill, and he vowed never to return.
What is the best meaning for the euphemism "exchanged words"?
A. punched each other
B. had an argument
C. told jokes
D. traded business cards
B. had an argument
400
My father tells people that he was raised in a metropolis.
What is the meaning of the Greek root polis in this sentence?
A. shape
B. new
C. city
D. free
C. city
400
Identify the missing level of biological organization
Cell~tissue~_________~organ system~organism
organ
400
machine that increased agricultural production and contributed to the growth of slavery in the south
cotton gin
500
Solve.
3x=-7x+30
x=3
500
It can be difficult for judges to decide which team performs the best at a debate competition, but when one team prepares more thoroughly than its opponent, that team often wins hands down.
What does hands down mean as it is used in the sentence?
A. painstakingly
B. quickly
C. easily
D. powerfully
C. easily
500
People who suffer from allergies often take a type of medicine called an antihistamine. What does an antihistamine do?
A. It combines with histamines.
B. It acts against histamines.
C. It increases the amount of histamines.
D. It works with histamines.
B. It acts against histamines.
500
A soccer player kicks a soccer ball across a field.
What happens to the soccer ball when it is kicked?
*A. Kinetic energy from the soccer player's foot is transferred to the soccer ball.
*B. Kinetic energy from the soccer ball is transferred to the soccer player's foot.
*C. Both the soccer player's foot and the soccer ball lose kinetic energy.
*D. Both the soccer player's foot and the soccer ball gain kinetic energy.
A. Kinetic energy from the soccer player's foot is transferred to the soccer ball.
500
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address attempted to
*A. grant concessions to Southern states to end the Civil War.
*B. convince foreign governments to give money to the North.
*C. build common bonds between Southern slaves and whites.
*D. strengthen Northern determination to fight and win the Civil War.
D. strengthen Northern determination to fight and win the Civil War.