6th Grade Math
What is the bottom number of a fraction called?
The denominator
What is it called when birds fly to warmer climates for the winter?
Migration
The Word IMMENSE means...
Very large or great in size, extent or quantity
What scandal forced President Richard M. Nixon to resign in 1974?
Watergate
Who is credited with inventing the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
How many colors are in the rainbow
7
What words mean addition
sum, increase, extra, together, total, more than
What are the three states of matter?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
What does scalding mean?
Hot or scorching
Which war was fought between the North and the South in the United States?
The Civil War
Who invented the light bulb?
Thomas Edison
How many sides does an octagon have?
8
What words mean to multiply?
times, product, of, by, doubled, as much
What is Newton's First Law of Motion also known as?
The law of inertia
Name 3 verbs
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence,
make, run, walk, cry
What did Thomas Paine write
Common Sense
What does the ‘www’ in a website URL stand for?
World Wide Web
What is the powerhouse of the cell?
Mitochondria
To make the number sentence correct, what number should be added to 106 to equal 158?
52
At what temperature does water freeze?
32 degrees F
The Word MISGIVING means
feeling of doubt, distrust, or uncertainty
Who is known for making to first American flag? And how was it different from todays flag?
Betsy Ross
13 stars and 13 stripes
What does Roman numeral “V” mean?
5
Americans began to form armed groups called militias. Because these men could be ready to fight very quickly, they acquired a special nickname. What was it?
Minuteman
If Lacey has 84 pink flowers, and Andrew has 95 flowers – how many flowers do they have in total?
179
Why do things fall when you drop them?
gravity
List 3 types of genres
horror, humor, mystery, folktale
What document required colonist to buy a government stamp for all paper documents?
The Stamp Act
Who was the first African American girl to go to school?
Ruby Bridges
The theme of a story or text is...
the underlying message or concept that the author is trying to convey to the reader. The theme of a story is generally an opinion the writer wants to convey through their storytelling.
What is 12 times 5?
60
____Is the measure of how far the particles in move away from there normal resting position.
amplitude
What is a conjunction
and, but, or
What is the Quartering Act force colonist to do?
House, feed, and pay for British soldiers
What is the name of the phenomenon where the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth?
Solar eclipse
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
split, each, quotient, out of, shared, per, equal pieces - These are key words that tell us to do what operation?
Divide
The points were the wave is the highest.
The crest
List 3 adverbs
a word that modifies or describes a verb
Very tall, sings loudly, moves quickly
Who were the two groups that fought in the Boston Massacre
The colonist and british soldiers
What president was in charge when slavery was abolished (put to an end)?
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Conversation between characters is called
dialogue