Science Stuff
What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food called?
Photosynthesis
What is the value of 7 \times 8?
56
Which country is directly north of the United States?
Canada
What is the term for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?
Antonym
What planet is known as the Red Planet?
Mars
What is the name of the force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?
Gravity
What is the perimeter of a rectangle with length 6 units and width 3 units?
Perimeter = 2(6) + 2(3) = 12 + 6 = 18 units
What ancient civilization built the pyramids at Giza?
Ancient Egyptians (or Egypt)
What punctuation mark ends a sentence that asks a question?
Question mark
How many continents are there on Earth?
7
What part of a cell contains the genetic material (DNA)?
Nucleus
Solve for x: 3x + 5 = 20.
3x + 5 = 20 3x = 15 \x = 5
Which war was fought between the North and South regions of the United States from 1861 to 1865?
The American Civil War
In a story, what name is given to the main character around whom the plot centers?
Protagonist
What is the largest mammal in the world?
Blue whale
What type of bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms?
Covalent bond
What is the mean (average) of the numbers 4, 7, 9, 10?
Mean = \frac{4+7+9+10}{4} = \frac{30}{4} = 7.5
What is the capital city of France?
Paris
Who wrote "Romeo and Juliet"? (Name the author.)
William Shakespeare
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
What is the name given to a change of state from a gas directly to a solid (skipping liquid)?
Deposition
A triangle has angles of 35^\circ and 65^\circ. What is the measure of the third angle in degrees?
Third angle = 180^\circ - (35^\circ + 65^\circ) = 80^\circ
What is the name of the line of latitude at 0^\circ that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
What is the literary term for an object or element in a story that represents a larger idea or theme?
Symbol (or symbolism)
Which element has the chemical symbol O?
Oxygen