Math
When two figures are dilations of each other and therefore similar, what is true about their angles and side lengths?
Angles of both figures are congruent (the same) - Side lengths are proportional (multiplied by a common scale factor)
What two factors affect the strength of gravity?
Mass & Distance
What year did the Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth?
1620
What is another name for a verb?
Predicate
How many doors are there in Ms. Heffernan’s room?
4
What’s the difference between a proportional linear relationship and a non-proportional linear relationship?
Graph- proportional start at the origin (0,0) or when x= 0, y= 0.
Besides mass, what affects acceleration?
Force
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
How many pages are you required to read in your IRB per term?
1,050
Which of your Emerald teachers attended F. A. Day Middle School?
Ms. Heffernan
What is the general equation of a linear relationship in Standard Form?
Ax+By=C
What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?
When two objects interact, they apply forces to each other of equal magnitude and opposite direction.
Correctly spell the name of the Native American tribe living in Plymouth at the time of the first Thanksgiving.
Wampanoag
What 2-word phrase should not begin an analysis sentence?
“This shows”
What is the full name of the person that F. A. Day Middle School is named for?
Frank Ashley Day
What is the slope of a line that goes through the points (8, -2) and (-4, -6)?
Slope is ⅓ (one third)
When do NEAP tides take place?
(name or draw a diagram)
First and Third Quarter Moons (when moon is perpendicular to sun)
Which president made Thanksgiving an official US holiday? Bonus 100: what year?
Abraham Lincoln (1863)
Who is the author of “We Wear the Mask”
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Name all the room numbers for the Emerald teachers
Barr-314
Heffernan-315
Kerner-320
Scott-331
Solve the equation for y (change from standard form to slope-intercept form).
4x + -2y = -12
y= 2x + 6
What is a spring tide?
Bonus 100 points: During which phase of the moon does it take place?
High tides are higher, low tides are lower
New Moon & Full Moon
When, officially, does Thanksgiving occur each year?
The fourth Thursday of the month (NOT the last Thursday!)
What is the theme of the current Book Club Unit?
Belonging
What is the post office address for Day? Bonus 100 (include zip code)
21 Minot Place
Newtonville, MA
02460