Middle School Science
What branch of science is dedicated to studying living organisms?
Biology
In 1849 some people were swept up in the excitement of what is called The Gold Rush. This happened in what state
California
What is the literary term used to describe where a story takes place?
Setting
Batman's real name is...
Bruce Wanye
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
Metaphor
Which organ covers the entire body and protects it?
Skin
Which is older? Egypt or the British Empire?
Egypt
The most basic part of a word such as hypno, pater or script.
Root word
What main character was captured during the movie Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and needed rescued?
Rocket Raccoon
What is the term for the main point of the text?
Central/main idea
True or False: The cell is the smallest unit of life.
True
What is the name of the roman emperor that created the month of July?
Julius Ceasar
What literary device is used in the following sentence?
She is like a pig.
Similie
What famous 90's Disney movie is one of the highest grossing musicals on Broadway?
Lion King
What reading strategy do we use when we are trying to make educated guesses about what will happen next?
Predicting
Name the element that all living things have in order to survive.
- Carbon
Who was the first black president of the U.S.A
Barack Obama
When an author provides hints to things that will happen later, the literary device is called...
Foreshadowing
"Just Keep Swimming," is from the movie...
Finding Nemo
through characterization, plot, setting, conflict, literary elements, resolution to conflict
Name at least FIVE planets in our solar system
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name the 7 continents:
North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Antartica, Europe, Australia
Define what author's purpose is and the types of author's purposes.
Author's purpose is their reason for writing. An author can Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe, or Explain
What is the new spiderman movie that is coming to theatres in June?
Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
Name the parts of the plot diagram in order
Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is the process by which plants make their own food?
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
What was the name of the European war that lasted from 1914 to 1918?
World War I
Define objective summary
What do the movies SHREK and THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE have in common.
They were directed by the same person: Andrew Adamson
and/or
Music was done by the same person: Harry Gregson Williams
What is the poem from "The Outsiders" that Ponyboy remembers learning?
Nothing Gold Can Stay
What is the substance that gives plants their green color?
CHLOROPHYLL
Which states were the last to join the U.S.A?
Alaska and Hawaii
What are the different types of writing?
Persuasive, Narrative, and Expository
The character of Katniss Everdeen actress in the movie "The Hunger Games"
Who is Jennifer Lawrence?
Define inference and explain how you use it when reading
An inference is when you use clues and facts from the text and your background knowledge to make an educated guess. You use inferences when you fill in the parts of the text that are unsaid, but you know they are true based on the facts from the text.