Conservation of Matter
A substance that takes up space and has mass.
What is matter?
The name of the continuous natural process that
transforms rocks from one type to another over time.
What is the rock cycle?
The two parts of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so are examples of this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
Which word means a sudden shaking or trembling movement, often caused by force?
A) Concussion
B) Tremor
C) Slackening
D) Repercussions
What is Tremor.
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The state of matter where particles are charged and move freely.
What is plasma?
Rock formed from cooling lava or magma.
What is igneous rock?
The branch of government responsible for interpreting the law.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The type of sentence that asks a question.
A. Exclamatory
B. Imperative
C. Interrogatory
D. Declarative
What is an interrogative sentence?
Which word describes a loud, powerful impact or explosion?
A) Resilient
B) Tremor
C) Concussion
D) Tumultuously
What is Concussion
A figure of speech in which human qualities are given to non-human things.
What is personification?
The scientific law stating that matter cannot be created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.
What is the law of conservation of matter?
The process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces through wind, water, and ice.
What is weathering?
The term for when the President rejects a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
The rule that states verbs must agree with their subjects in number.
What is subject-verb agreement?
Which word means the weakening or slowing down of something?
A) Savored
B) Immense
C) Vanish
D) Slackening
What is Slackening.
The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
The process where liquid turns directly into gas without boiling.
What is evaporation?
The process where layers of sediment are pressed together over time.
What is compaction?
The fraction of votes needed for Congress to override a Presidential veto.
What is two-thirds?
The name “Mount Everest” is an example of this type of noun because it refers to a specific place.
What is a proper noun?
Which word describes a strong and often overwhelming reaction or consequence?
A) Frail
B) Apparatus
C) Repercussions
D) Glanced
What is Repercussions.
A figure of speech that makes an exaggerated statement for effect.
What is Hyperbole.
The phase change where a solid turns directly into gas without becoming a liquid first.
What is sublimation?
The rock type formed when extreme heat and pressure change an existing rock.
What is metamorphic rock?
The branch of government responsible for enforcing the laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
The type of sentence where the subject performs the action rather than receiving it.
What is active voice?
Which word means acting wildly and chaotically, often due to strong emotions?
A) Tumultuously
B) Surged
C) Muffled
D) Civilization
What is Tumultuously.
The term for when an author hints at events to come in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
The process by which a chemical reaction forms a completely new substance with different properties.
What is a chemical change?
The three main types of rocks.
What are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks?
The term for the system in which each branch of government has the power to limit the actions of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
The acronym used to remember coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
Which word is the opposite of resilient?
A) Strong
B) Fragile
C) Durable
D) Tough
What is Fragile.
A direct comparison that does not use “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?