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LITTERATURE
GRAMMER
100

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

Cumulus clouds

100

This Caribbean country, known for its vibrant culture and Vodou traditions, is also a place where many religious sisters provide healthcare and education.

Haiti

100

This part of the cell is known as the “powerhouse” because it produces energy.

Mitochondria

100

This author wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.

William Shakespeare

100

This part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea.

A Noun

200

This instrument measures air pressure and helps predict the weather.

Barometer

200

This South American country, famous for Machu Picchu and its indigenous Quechua people.

Peru

200

This system in the human body includes the brain, spinal cord, and nerves, and controls both voluntary and involuntary actions.

Nervous system

200

This classic dystopian novel by George Orwell features the slogans “Big Brother is watching you” and “War is peace.”

1984

200

This punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or contractions.

An Apostrophe

300

This type of storm features strong winds rotating around a calm center called the eye.

Hurricane

300

This African country, with a history of missionary work, is known for its wildlife and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Tanzania

300

This plant tissue carries water from the roots to the rest of the plant.

Xylem

300

This beloved author created the character Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables.

L.M. Montgomery

300

In the sentence “She gave him the book,” this is the indirect object.

Him

400

This weather phenomenon occurs when warm air rises rapidly and creates thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.

Thunderstorm

400

This Asian country is the world’s most populous, with a significant Catholic minority mostly in the south.

India

400

Your bones are strong, but this body part is the strongest muscle by weight.

Masseter (jaw muscle)

400

This Margaret Atwood novel features the dystopian society of Gilead, where women have lost their rights.

The Handmaid’s Tale

400

This verb tense is used to describe an action that was completed before another past action.

Past Perfect Tense

500

This name describes a slow-moving, low-pressure system that brings prolonged rain and can cause flooding.

Depression (or cyclone in meteorology)

500

This island nation in the Indian Ocean, known for its diverse cultures and biodiversity, has a long history of Catholic missionary work.

Madagascar

500

This common kitchen ingredient can be used to make a volcano in a science experiment.

BAKING SODA

500

This Canadian author and Nobel Prize winner is known for short stories like The Bear Came Over the Mountain and Runaway.

Alice Munro

500

This mood is used for hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situations, as in “If I were rich, I’d travel the world.”

Subjunctive mood