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What country has been fighting a war against Russia for the last several years?
What is the formula to find the area of a triangle?
b x h / 2
OR
1/2 x b x h
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Between the rivers
Spell the term for when an organism has two DIFFERENT gene versions for a feature.
heterozygous
Who was the presenter of the first TED Talk we watched (back in the first or second week of school)?
Mark Rober
What is the most expensive object ever built?
The ISS (International Space Station)
If it costs $15 for 9 donuts, what is the price for 30 donuts?
$50
What was the Agricultural Revolution?
When humans started farming
ribosomes
What was the name (first AND last) of the main character from the novel Restart?
Chase Ambrose
In order to win the Presidency, a candidate must win this many electoral college votes.
270
42 is 30% of what number?
140
What is the term that describes when people concentrate or focus on a specific activity or good, and get really good at it?
specialization
OR
division of labor
What are the three types of molecules our bodies need to get from food and air?
glucose, amino acids, oxygen
In the sentence, "The frog sat behind the dog," what part of speech is the word "behind?"
preposition
Boar's Head shut down a whole processing plant in Virginia after it was found to have started the spread of what food-borne bacterial illness?
listeria
What is the surface area of a cube that has an edge length of 4 centimeters?
96 square centimeters
What is the term for when people change the growth of plants or the behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans?
domesticate or domestication
What are the three outputs of cellular respiration?
energy, water, carbon dioxide
What is the name of our school librarian? (Mrs....)
Mrs. Willis
What island off the coast of China does China consider a "breakaway republic" even though it established its own government in 1949?
Taiwan
What is the surface area of a square pyramid with a base of 8 inches on each edge and a side height of 6 inches?
160 square centimeters
Name or describe 4 of the 8 features of a civilization.
cities, government, established religion, writing, arts/architecture, public works, social classes, job specialization
From the Microbiomes unit, name TWO of the three reasons for why bacteria from a fecal transplant can help a person fight an infection.
Takes up food and space from bad bacteria, stimulates mucus growth, produces immune cells.
What disease did Sam Berns have?
progeria