Math
What is the difference between a factor and a multiple?
Factors are the numbers which divide the given number exactly, whereas the multiples are the numbers which are multiplied by the other number to get specific numbers.
Geography - What is the difference between physical and human geography?
Physical geography is the branch of geography dealing with natural features and processes of the earth. Human geography is the branch of geography dealing with how human activity affects or is influenced by the earth's surface.
What is the difference between a biotic and abiotic factor?
Biotic factors are living things within an ecosystem; such as plants, animals, and bacteria, while abiotic are non-living components; such as water, soil and atmosphere.
What are Canada's recommendations portion sizes for each food group in the food guide?
1/2 plate of fruits/vegetables
1/4 plate of protein
1/4 plate of whole grain foods
-Imagery
-descriptive language
-the 5 senses
-connecting the dissimilar
What is 45% as a decimal?
0.45
Geography - What is the difference between a push and a pull factor?
Push factors - factors that cause someone to leave an area/settlement - Example: warfare.
Pull factors - factors that attract someone to move to an area/settlement - Example: better paying jobs.
What are the 3 main points of the cell theory?
(1) All living things are made up of cells, (2) Cells are the smallest units (or most basic building blocks) of life, and (3) All cells come from pre-existing cells through the process of cell division.
What are the 6 nutrients?
carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water
What are the 4 types of mass media?
-informative
-educational
-persuasive
-entertainment
What is the difference between primary and secondary data?
Primary = data you collect yourself
Secondary = data collected from someone else's research
Primary sector: Represents companies that are involved in extracting natural resources and agriculture. Secondary sector: Companies involved in manufacturing, construction, and processing producing goods that use the resources obtained from companies within the primary sector.
Which state of matter is the most compressible and why?
Gases – they have more space between particles, allowing them to be compacted more when compressed.
To ensure online privacy and protection, a good password requires what?
-letters, numbers, and symbols
-uses at least one capital letter
-it's at least 8 characters long
-easy to remember but hard to guess
-it's never shared
Why might a writer choose to have no dialogue in a comic to tell a story?
•Sometimes, pictures are more impactful/powerful
•So you can understand how the character is feeling on a deeper level
•They want you to be empathetic with what the character is going through
•Action sequences
13 - (-6) + (-3) = ?
16
History - Medicare in the 1700's: How did the First Nations ward off scurvy? (A Vitamin C deficiency)
The First Nations made a tea of boiled White Spruce twigs and bark, or Hemlock in water and had their people drink the liquid to ward off this terrible disease.
What are the 4 most common causes of structural failure?
2. Faulty construction
3. Extreme conditions
4. Bad foundation
What is the difference between use, misuse, and abuse?
Substance use refers to the active use of a substance.
Substance misuse refers to using a substance for purposes it is not intended for.
Substance abuse refers to the overindulgence of a substance.
How do podcasts offset their production costs?
Most podcasts sell advertising space on their podcasts to offset the production costs.
Frank makes 76, 455 dollars a year. Calculate his monthly income if his income tax rate is 30%.
Frank makes $4459.88 every month after tax deductions.
Ex: Railway
● Intercolonial railway would allow tourism and travel to see families
● Intercolonial trade would increase
● United military to defend from Americans, Fenians, and other future threats
To lift a load 5 cm with a pulley system, 15 cm of string had to be pulled. What is the mechanical advantage of the pulley system?
To solve this, we need to divide the input distance by the output distance. MA = input distance ÷ output distance MA = 15 cm ÷ 5 cm MA = 3
How can you resolve a conflict?
-understand what the conflict or argument is about.
-avoid making things worse
-work together by actively listening and “I” statements like, “I feel hurt when…,” “I need to feel or be…,” and “I hear what you are saying, but I feel…”
-manage our emotions appropriately
When taking a direct quote from a literary document, how do you create an in-text citation?
“The exact quote encased in quotation marks” (Author’s Last Name or Organization Name, Year, Page #).