Middle School Science
What are the three main states of matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas
Who was the president during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is a person, place, thing, or idea called?
Noun
What is the term for the number at the bottom of the fraction?
Denominator
What is the name of the short, evil character in Shrek?
Lord Farquad
What is an educated guess or prediction about what you think will happen in a science experiment called?
Hypothesis
What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
Mayflower
The words he, she, I, we, us, and them are all example of what term?
Pronoun
How many degrees are in a circle?
360
What are the names of the two animals that befriend Simba when he runs away?
Timone and Pumba
What planet is made up mostly of water?
Earth
What political figure in Ancient Rome was killed by his friends while at work in the Senate?
Julius Caesar
What figure of speech directly compares two things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What term is another name for the perimeter of a circle?
Circumference
What is the name of the dragon in Mulan?
Mushu
What is the control center of a cell called?
Nucleus
What is the longest man-made structure in the world? (Hint: it is in Asia)
The Great Wall of China
What is the perspective from which a story is told called?
Point of View
At what Fahrenheit temperature does water freeze?
32
What cartoon character did Walt Disney create in 1928?
Mickey Mouse
Which is faster, the speed of light or the speed of sound?
Speed of light (186,282 miles per second) is faster than sound (1,125 feet per second)
This time period occurred around the 1300s to 1600s and was a time of the "rebirth" of great advancements in various fields such as art, architecture, politics, and science.
Renaissance
What term is used to describe the main idea of a story?
What is theme?
The type of math that requires someone to solve a problem of what X equals?
Algebra
What is the name of the "man" who had a heart too small around Christmas time.
The Grinch