Marvelous Math
This is the top number in a fraction, which shows how many parts of the whole you have.
What is the numerator?
This is the basic building block of all living things, often called the "unit of life."
What is a cell?
This type of word takes the place of a noun, such as he, she, it, or they.
What is a pronoun?
This ancient civilization is famous for building pyramids, mummifying pharaohs, and writing in hieroglyphics.
Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
This is the coldest season of the year, known for snow, ice, and shorter days.
What is winter?
This is the statistical "average" of a data set, found by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the total number of values.
What is the mean?
Water turning from a liquid into a gas and rising into the air is known by this scientific term.
What is evaporation?
Saying "the wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this literary device, which gives human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
These imaginary horizontal lines run east and west around the globe and measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
This primary color can be mixed with yellow to create the color green.
What is blue?
To find the area of this specific shape, you multiply its base by its height and then divide by 2.
What is a triangle?
These are the three main types of rock found on Earth: sedimentary, metamorphic, and this type formed from cooled magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
This is the main point or central message an author wants the reader to take away from a story or poem.
What is the theme?
This Greek city-state is widely known as the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
This is the capital city of the United States of America.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This is the absolute value of -7.
What is $7?
This type of resource, like solar or wind energy, can be replaced naturally in a short amount of time.
What is a renewable resource?
Words like huge and gigantic, which have similar meanings, are known as this.
What are synonyms?
This type of economy relies on hunting, gathering, and farming, with customs and traditions shaping how goods are made.
What is a traditional economy?
A standard musical scale has this many basic notes, often sung as "Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti."
What is seven?
This mathematical term describes the ratio of a person's distance traveled to the time it took, often measured in miles per hour.
What is unit rate (or speed)?
Located in the center of an atom, this core contains both protons and neutrons.
What is the nucleus?
This is the perspective from which a story is told, using words like I, me, and we.
What is first-person point of view?
This ancient trade route connected China to the Mediterranean Sea, allowing for the exchange of goods, culture, and ideas.
What is the Silk Road?
This type of graph uses long, rectangular bars to compare data between different categories.
What is a bar graph?