Communication
Computation
Observation
CTWS
Potpourri
100

Which word is an example of a portmanteau:

Children, Smog, Beverage, Brunch

Brunch

100

This unit of measurement is equal to 100,000 centimeters

Kilometer

100

What are the 4 different kinds of waves?

Sound waves, light waves, electromagnetic waves, ocean waves

100

The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are known as...?

The Bill of Rights

100

What play is AL4 rehearsing tomorrow?

The Wizard of Oz

200

What kind of toad was Ami in A Snake Falls to Earth?

Dallas Toad

200

What are the names of all 6 math teachers this year at Red Bridge?

Yuliana, Eric, Jenny, Dylan, Elio, and Johanna

200

This type of sound wave cannot be heard by humans but allows doctors to see inside the body

Ultrasound

200

This document is also known as the blueprint for American Democracy

The Constitution

200

At Slide Ranch, getting goat milk sprayed directly into your mouth is known as taking a...

Hot shot

300

A critical reading strategy that involves quickly scanning a text to evaluate complexity and main idea

Skimming

300

This is the special name for any four-sided 2D shape (quadrilateral) where all four sides are equal.

Rhombus

300

The use of radio waves to send information wirelessly, like tracking animals with a tag

Radio telemetry

300

From the 1880s to the 1960s these state laws enforced racial segregation and discrimination, primarily of African Americans

Jim Crow laws or Black Code laws

300

What musical did AL4 students see in Term 1?

SUFFS

400

Fill in the blank with the correct quantifier: amount, number, fewer, or less

The _________ of students in AL4 has increased significantly this year. 


number

400

This number is the least common factor of the following numbers: 1400, 35, 77

7

400

These are all examples of what kind of rays?

Wifi, GPS, X-rays, microwaves

Electromagnetic

400

True or false: people born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens, but as residents of an unincorporated territory, they can't vote in U.S. presidential elections or have voting representation in Congress

True

400

Passed in 1938, this law established minimum age and minimum wage protections

Fair Labor Standards Act

500

This student of Thales theorized that the earth was suspended in space instead of floating on water

Anaximander

500

This is a common thermostat setting, and a recurring joke often heard in AL4

6-7

500

What kind of waves do noise-cancelling headphones use?

Sound waves

500

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free" is inscribed at the bottom of what American landmark? 

Statue of Liberty

500

What is the name of the stuffed dog that lives in the Roots? 

Haji