8th Grade
Math
Math
Find x of the following equation:
30=-3x + 15
Which is faster in the air, the speed of sound or the speed of light?
The Speed of light.
What is the US equivalent of a Prime Minister?
President
What are different words with the same pronunciation called?
homonyms
What do people call the underground system in London?
The tube
No Calculator:
What is the square root of 144?
Answer- 12
Which type of star is the sun?
It is a Yellow Dwarf
Which country backed the colonists in the revolutionary war?
France
What is expressing the same message in different words called?
Paraphrase / paraphrasing
What is the official language of Albania?
Albanian
What is 1/4 + 1/2 =?
What is 3/4?
Which planets are considered gaseous?
Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter
In modern urbanized societies the most common is the family, consisting of parents and their children. What is this family called?
A nuclear family.
What is the lesson or moral of a piece of writing called?
Message / theme
What is arachnophobia?
The fear of spiders.
How many degrees does a triangle have?
180
In which ocean is 'Mariana Trench' located?
What is, the Pacific Ocean?
What is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from standard values to which it belongs.
A subculture
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with two or more clauses, one of wich is the main clause and others are subordinate clauses.
How many days are in a fortnight?
14 (two weeks)
What is the diameter of a circle that has a radius of 3.25?
6.5
What season is the sun in its highest in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere?
Summer
A system that is carried out with the help of sounds and symbols and acts as a means of cultural and social communication is called ... ?
A language
What is an unexpected turn in the plot called?
a twist
How many continents are there in the world? Name them.
There are 7 continents are Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.
What is the formula for area of a square?
A=S2
What force causes a book to slow down when sliding across the floor?
Friction
In which country was the first nuclear power plant launched?
The USSR, in 1954. Obninsk nuclear power station
What is the difference between historic and historical?
What was Shakespear's theatre called?
The Globe
What is the sum of all angles in a trapezoid?
The sum of all the angles in a trapezoid is equal to 360 degrees.
Who invented the telescope?
Gallelli Galileo
What is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide called?
(where values, tastes and styles become universal, differences between countries and peoples on different continents disappear)
Globalization
What does to procrastinate mean?
to delay; to put off doing something
What is the state flower of Arizona?
Saguaro