8th Grade
Math
Math
Find the y-intercept of the following equation:
y = –5x + 8
Answer: 8
Most of photosynthesis takes place in…
Roots
Cotyledon
Flowers
Leaves
Answer 4. Leaves
Why did many people mock William Seward’s purchase of Alaska?
a. They viewed Alaska as an icy, barren place
b. They thought Alaska was too far away
c. They viewed Alaska as forbidden territory
d. They thought Seward had been fooled by the British
Answer: a. They viewed Alaska as an icy, barren place
What part of Pnineas’s brain was damaged?
Answer: frontal lobe.
What was the profession of Luke?
Answer: Physician/Doctor/Historian
Solve for d: 2(d + 2) = 10
Answer: d=3
What is the pH of distilled water?
Answer: 7
How did non-English speaking immigrants adjust to life in the United States?
a. They quickly learned English to assimilate as soon as possible.
b. They gathered together in neighborhoods with others of their same background.
c. They moved into apartments with family or friends who had learned English.
d. They bought farms that were at a distance from native-born Americans.
Answer: b. They gathered together in neighborhoods with others of their same background.
What two countries are the setting in the story I Am Malala?
Answer: England and Pakistan
What was Sarah's reaction to the news that she would bear a son?
Answer: She laughed
Write the following equation in slope intercept form: 2x-4y=88 Write any fractions in simplest form.
Answer: y = ½x - 22
What term describes a substance changing from a solid directly into gas?
Answer: Sublimation
John Rockefeller built a fortune in the oil industry by doing which of the following?
a. Hiring the best people away from competing companies
b. Using horizontal integration by creating trusts of many oil companies
c. Using vertical integration to control the entire railroad industry
d. Investing the money he had inherited from his grandfather
Answer: b. Using horizontal integration by creating trusts of many oil companies
Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
“According to the commercial, four out of five people surveyed said that they use Twinkle Bright toothpaste, so it must be the best.”
A: guilt by association
B: false causation
C: bandwagon
D: strawman
Answer: C: bandwagon
Which of Joseph’s brothers wanted to rescue Joseph out of the pit/well?
Answer: Reuben
Solve the following system of equations using substitution.
y=2x+4
x + y = 16
Answer: (4,12)
Name the male and female parts of a flower.
Answer: Male - Stamen; Female - Pistil
What organization helped provide education, housing, and jobs for African Americans after the Civil War?
Answer: Freedmen’s Bureau
Create an in-text citation using MLA format. The citation should go immediately after the cited text.
Student Text:
Ishmael starts his journey because he is poor and has nothing interesting to keep him on land. In this way, he fits into a pattern of famous heroes who feel bored or rootless when they aren’t on an adventure.
Original Source:
Moby Dick by Herman Melville, page 13. Published by Black and White Classics, New York 2014:
“Call me Ishmael. Some years ago–never mind how long precisely–having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world.”
Answer:
Ishmael starts his journey because he is poor and has nothing interesting to keep him on land (Melville 13). In this way, he fits into a pattern of famous heroes who feel bored or rootless when they aren’t on an adventure.
What is a parable?
Answer: A parable is a simple, vivid story, often used to convey a deeper moral or spiritual lesson
Solve the following system, using either substitution or elimination.
x + y = 6
−3x + y = 2
Answer (1,5)
Alternation of generations takes place in which group(s) of plants?
Vascular plants
Nonvascular plants
Seed-bearing plants and ferns
All plants
Answer: 4. All plants
Which of the following marked the end of armed conflict between the U.S. government and Native Americans?
The massacre at Wounded Knee
The Fetterman Massacre
The Apache Wars
The Battle of the Little Bigh
Answer: 1. The massacre at Wounded Knee
Is the following verb transitive or intransitive?
The biologist examined the cells with the new microscope.
Answer: Transitive
Which of the Gospels contains no parables?
Answer: John