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A synthesis is a new, bigger idea that a reader makes based on combining important details from multiple sources.  This is another word for this "a-ha" moment or big take-a-way.

What is an epiphany?

100

This is the saltiest body of water in the world; people that go into this body of water will easily float high on top of the water; there is no aquatic life in this sea; your skin can get burned by the salt if you stay in too long  

What is the Dead Sea?

100

2x - 11 = -19

What is -4?

100
This is the name of the blanket of air that surrounds the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
100

A new piece of hardware or software; redesigning a device many times in order to make it better.

What is iteration?

200

This literary technique is used when you expect one thing to happen but the exact opposite happens instead; also known as a weird coincidence.

What is irony?

200

These famous landmarks lies close to the Nile and are over 5000 years old.

What is the Great Pyramids of Giza?

200

20/50 = 30/?

What is 75?

200

This law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?

200

This wall can be seen from space; Somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million people died building this over the centuries.

What is the Great Wall of China?

300

This is a type of inference when a reader figures out something the author hasn’t actually said.  This is what we call it when something is "understood" and not directly stated.

What is implied?

300
"The sun will never set on the ________ empire" was a phrase used during the Age of Imperialism.

What is British?

300

Area of circle = 3.14 x radius2

If the radius of a circle is 3, the area of that circle would be this.

What is 28.26?

300

This cell part is known as the powerhouse because it creates and stores energy.

What is the Mitochondria?

300

An ordered set of instructions used to carry out a task.

What are algorithms?

400
Mystery, fantasy, biography, and science fiction are all examples of this literary term.
What is genre?
400
This man-made waterway separates North America from South America.
What is the Panama Canal?
400

The amount of a 20% tip left for a meal that costs $49.

What is $9.80?

400
This is the term used to describe the energy of an object when it is moving.
What is kinetic energy?
400

The Great Barrier Reef is located along this continent.

What is Australia?

500

John smells burnt bacon coming from his neighbors house.  He concludes that his neighbor must have burnt their breakfast.  This is an example of what literary word.

What is inference?

500
This the largest country in South America.
What is Brazil?
500

-234 + 876 - (-235)

What is 877?

500

This natural disaster that forms from an underwater earthquake or volcano.

What is a tsunami?

500

A device that gives a range of readings.

What is an analog?