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100

(5 x 103) + (6 x 102) + (7 x 1) =

What is 5,607?

100

The place and time in which a story takes place is known as...

What is the setting?

100

Part of the plant that absorbs water and minerals from the soil.

What are the roots?

100

Correct the following sentence:  kate and erin is going to the play after scool tomorow

Kate and Erin are going to the play after school tomorrow.

100

This is a cloud that forms near the ground.

What is fog?

200

3 1/4 + 6 5/8 =

What is 9 7/8?

200

"Your explanation was as clear as mud." This is an example of what kind of literary device?

What is a simile?  

200

Name 3 of the steps in the water cycle.

What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and run-off?

200
In a literary essay, a short statement that summarizes the main point or claim and is developed, supported and explained in the text by means of examples and evidence. 

What is a thesis statement?

200

This is the color that will be produced when red and blue are mixed.

What is purple?

300

.65 x 3.7 = 

What is 2.405?

300

The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.

What is the main idea?

300

Process that converts water and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen using the energy from sunlight.

What is photosynthesis?

300

Bang, Zoom, Zip, Cuckoo, and Sizzle are examples of this type of literary device.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

Solve 457 x 98 = 

What is 44,786?

400

Whitney and Claire both ate 1/3 of the pan of brownies.  If Natalie and Julie want to split the rest of the pan, how much of the original pan will each of them get?

What is 1/6?

400

Name at least 3 of the Story Arc components.

What are Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?

400

Name the 4 Earth spheres.

What are biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere?

400

The part of the writing process when writers look to make sure that punctuation and spelling are correct is known as...

What is editing?

400

30 + 56 x 7 + (42 + 8) - 3 = 

What is 469?

500

Dr. Otto and Mr. Schulte are flying to a conference in Miami.  They have $550 to spend while they are at the conference.  If they spend 1/2 of their money buying professional books for Riverbend teachers, and 1/4 of their money on books for students, how much money will they have left to spend on other things? 

What is $137.50?

500

Name 5 themes that are fairly universal in fiction stories.

What are:  Never judge a book by its cover, Treat others the way that you would like to be treated, Get to know someone before making a judgment about him/her, Life lessons can be hard, Hard work pays off in the end, etc.

500

Name 4 of the 5 steps in the Scientific Inquiry Process that we've been using in PLTW.

What are Ask (Question), Predict (Hypothesis), Investigate (Experiment), Observe (Analyze Data), Explain (Conclusion)?

500

Correct the following sentence...adam have you been to a circus befor asked andrew

"Adam, have you been to a circus before?" asked Andrew.
500

Name 5 of the 6 simple machines.

What are screw, wheel and axle, inclined plane, lever, pulley, and wedge?