HS Basics

AVID

100

AVID is acronym for Achievement Via this. 

Individual Determination

200

In one of our AVID 9 study units, FNT stands for this.  

Focused Note Taking

300

Focused note taking has this many phases, fostering student practice to go beyond just writing notes by actively engaging with them. 

FIVE (5)

400

AVID using this literacy strategy to engage with text by not only reading, but underlining, highlighting and annotating. 

Close Reading

500

The AVID mission aims to do this by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. 

Close the achievement gap. 

MATH

100

If x + 5 = 11, then x equal this. 

6

200

10% of 90 is this. 

9

300

The word "difference" represents the result of using this math operation. 

subtraction

400

A triangle's interior contains this many degrees. 

180

500

In the equation for a line of the form y = mx + b, m represents this, also known as the rate of change. 

slope

SCIENCE

100

This is the first step of the scientific method. 

Form a hypothesis. 

200

This type of cloud looks like fluffy, white cotton balls in the sky.

Cumulus

300

Unlike meiosis, this type of cell division results in two daughter cells each having the same number and kind of chromosomes as the parent nucleus. 

Mitosis

400

A cosmological model explaining the existence of an observable universe, this theory describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. 

Big Bang

500

Where the processes or respiration and energy production occur, this organelle found in a cell is known as the "powerhouse".

Mitochondria

SOCIAL STUDIES

100

The number of continents on Earth. 

7

200

The Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian and the Arctic are names for these bodies of water. 

Oceans

300

This ancient civilization flourished within the Tigris-Euphrates river system.

Mesopotamia

400

This social science studies the mind and behavior. 

Psychology

500

This word is used to describe a forcible overthrow of government or social order. Gil Scott-Heron said it would be not be televised, Charlegmane tha God says it will. 

Revolution

ELA

100

A word (or part of speech) used to identify a person, people, or things. 

noun

200

An incomplete phrase is not considered a sentence but instead this word is used, also describing a broken piece of something. 

fragment

300

These tools are used by writers to hint at larger themes, ideas and meaning in a story. Some examples include allegory, allusion, irony, and foreshadowing. 

Literary device

400

 Allthough Shakespeare wrote a few comedies, he was most famous for writing plays of this genre, concerning the downfall of a character and often ending with death. 

tragedy

500

In academic writing, the three(3) major styles used to include these types of source references are MLA, APA, and Chicago.

Citations