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AVID
100

These small mollusks had a massive impact on ecosystems in the Great Lakes region.

What are Zebra mussels?

100

A segregationist and unfair policy in South Africa opposed by iconic leader Nelson Mandala. 

What is apartheid?

100

Substitution, elimination, and augmented matrices are common methods of solving these.

What are systems of equations?

100

Something that is seemingly everywhere is described as this. 

What is ubiquitous?

100

TRF

What is a Tutorial Request Form?

200

In the nomenclature of geological time, this word signifies the second largest time division. 

What is an era?

200

This type of landform influenced the development of the Roman Empire in what is now present-day Italy.

What is a peninsula?

200

GCF

What is the Greatest Common Factor?

200

A system of naming and classifying.

What is nomenclature?

200

Named for an ancient philosopher, it is a process of text-based discussion centered on questioning. 

What is a Socratic Seminar?

300

This has a surface of 196.6 million miles squared and is 92.96 million miles away from our Sun.

What is Earth?

300

Two ancient Greek cities often contrasted with one another. 

What are Sparta and Athens?

300

ax2 + bx + c = 0

What is a quadratic equation?

300
From the roots meaning love of humanity, it is the act of partaking in charity for the benefit of others. 

What is philanthropy?

300

These abiotic objects were used to refer to the things we prioritize in our time management. 

What are rocks, pebbles, sand?

400

An ecosystem that has been destroyed or negatively impacted will continue to change through this primary and secondary process. 

What is succession?

400

Diary entries, treaties, and archived photographs from newspapers are examples of this type of research material. 

What are primary sources? 

400

An integer whose square is not a whole number

What is a non-perfect square?

400

Land that is fertile is described as this.

What is arable?

400

Three levels of inquiry framed by gathering, processing and applying. 

What are Costa's Levels of Questions?
500

The deposited remains of an organism that occurred for a short amount of time over a widespread area is known as this.  

What is an index fossil?

500

Longstanding and repeated conflicts and situations that form the basis of study in history courses. 

What are enduring issues?

500

i2 = -1

What is an imaginary number?

500

To cut something short or abridge. 

What is to truncate?

500

WICOR stands for these essential AVID skills.

What is Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading?

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