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100

What is the quotient of 1,251 ÷ 3?

417

100

What branch of the United States governmentinterprets laws?

The Judicial branch

100

What science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo?

Chemistry

100

What is the central point or topic that a text or a paragraph conveys called?

Main idea

200

What is the formula of the area of a circle?

Πr2

200

Who is the head of the executive branch?

The President.

200

What is the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body?

The cell

200

What is a word that modifies (describes) a verb called?

Adverb

300

What is the formula of the area of a triangle?

Base x height

300

What is the first part written in the Constitution called?

The Preamble.

300

How many planets are in the solar system?

8

300

What is that figure of speech that shows a comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated?

Metaphor

400

Consider five to the power of 3.  Which number represents the base and which number represents the exponent?

5 is the base, and 3 is the exponent.

400

When was the constitution signed?

1787

400

Which planet has the most moons?

Saturn

400

What is a type of communication that does not use a word's literal meaning?

Figurative language

500

Which statistical term represents the number you get by dividing the sum of a set of values by the number of values in the set?

Mean

500

What is the legislative branch also known as?

Congress

500

What substance does the chemical formula H 2 0 indicate?

Water

500

Which one of the following is a possessive adjective?  There, they’re, their

Their