Economics
Genetics
Government
Scientific Investiagtion
Mystery!
100
You Are A Small Kid Stranded On A Wrecked Ship. Is A Cellphone With Long Distance Service A Need Or A Want?
A Need Because You Are Stranded And You Need Immediate Help.
100
If a living thing inherits a behavior from their biological parent, it is called an:
Instinct.
100
Who Is This AND What Is This Person's Job?
Muriel Bowser!
She Is The Current Mayor Of Washington D.C!
100
How do you write a hypothesis?
Using an "if, then" statement.
100
What Kind Of Government Gives All The Power To A King Or Queen?
A Monarchy.
200
A Factory, A Knife, A Pair of Jeans, and A Guitar Are All Examples of What Type Of Resource?
Capital Resources!
200
In humans, both parents give each offspring some of their DNA. It is written into their genetic code which is kept inside of their chromosomes.
How many chromosomes should each human child have? What is it called if the number of chromosomes a child receives is wrong?
23 pairs, 46 total.
If a human child is born with a different number, it is called a mutation.
200
At A City Council Meeting, Someone Stands Up And Says: "It's Not Fair. Other States Get Actual House of Representatives and Senators. But, WE Only Get Shadow Representatives and Shadow Senators."
What is this person arguing in favor of?
They are arguing in favor of D.C Statehood.
200
What step comes after making a hypothesis?
Experiment!
200
The Nike store is having trouble selling running jackets that are decorated with bright, neon lightning bolt designs. They have a lot of supply, and little demand.
In a normal market economy, what should happen to the price of the good?
The price should be lowered.
300
Vivienne needs to make ten Valentines day cards to sell to her classmates by February 14th. If she is able to make four cards with teddy bears on them and five cards with hearts on them by February 14th, is there a scarcity of Valentines Day cards or not? (Explain Your Answer For ALL Points)
Yes, there is a scarcity of Valentine's Day cards because she needed to make ten and she was only able to make four and five, which equals nine total.
300
Look at this child. What are three physical traits that this child has?
The child has black hair, straight hair, green eyes, mono-lid eyes, fair skin, dimples, and attached earlobes.
300
What power does a mayor, governor, and the President all have?
They can all veto laws that their legislative branches make.
300
What step comes before the final step of the scientific method?
Analyze results or record data.
300
Look at the picture of this child. What is the MOST LIKELY prediction you can make about the color of their parents eyes? 
One or both parents probably have brown eyes.
400
In The Traditional Economy, People Barter To Get What They Want. What Is ONE Reason Why Bartering Isn't As Good Of A System As Any Of The Systems That Use Money? (Explain For ALL Points!)
Because You Need A Perfect Match.
For example, if you specialize in making bread and your neighbor specializes in making jelly, you are a perfect match because you each need what the other makes.
Most of the time, though, this does not happen.
400
Which of the following are NOT examples of inherited traits?
Scar on knee, Blood type, Hair color, Height, Dancing ability.
Scars and Dancing abilities are not inherited traits.
400
What is an example of a "check and balance" that the Legislative Branch has on BOTH of the other branches?
(Add HOW The Legislative Branch can do this to get DOUBLE Points!!)
The legislative branch can impeach the president AND impeach the supreme court justices.
The legislative branch can only do this if two-thirds of Congress votes to make it happen. This is called a super-majority vote.
400
Pretend you are doing the Skittles Experiment again. This is your hypothesis: "If I open a fun-size bag of skittles, then the most common color will be yellow." But, when you actually did the experiment, there were most common color was red and there were no yellow at all.
How would you write a good conclusion?
My hypothesis was not supported because red was the most common color, not yellow.
400
A Good Thing About A Market Economy Is That Money Is Easy To Use!
What Is A Bad Thing About A Market Economy?
It Can Cause Greediness Because It Is Easy For People To Hoard Resources If They Have The Money To Buy Them All.
It Is Also More Likely To Harm The Environment.
500
In A Market Economy, Supply & Demand Control The Economic System.
In January, It Is Common For Many Toy Sellers To Make Their Toys Much Cheaper Than They Were In December? Sometimes Even $100 Toys Can Be 50% Off! Why Does This Happen? (Explain Using Both Of The Words 'Supply' & 'Demand' To Get ALL Points!)
Toys Are Cheaper In January Because It Is After Christmastime. That Means The Supply Of Toys Is High And The Demand For Toys Is Much Lower Than It Was Just A Few Weeks Ago.
500
Give Two Examples of Inherited Behaviors (Instincts) and Two Examples of Acquired Behaviors (Learned).
Yawning, Breathing, Floating, Sleeping, Waking Up, Blinking, the Moro Reflex, and Flinching are all examples of Instincts.
Reading, Writing, Clapping, Singing, Dancing, Riding A Bike, Talking, and Caring About Others Are All Acquired/Learned Behaviors.
500
Name FIVE powers the Executive Branch Has.
The executive branch enforces laws, controls the military, talks about trading, treaties and/or peace deals with foreign countries, appoints the supreme court justices, and vetos bills.
500
What does every scientist have in common?
They all ask questions.
500
Look At The Picture Above. If the capital B represents a brown eyed gene and the lower case b represents green eyed genes, what is the percentage chance that a child will be born with green eyes?
It's a 50% chance that the child will be born with either eye color, green or brown.