Deductions
All planets revolve around the Sun.
Jupiter is a planet.
So...
Jupiter revolves around the Sun.
Statements end with a _____, questions end with a ________, and commands end with an ______.
Period
Question Mark
Exclamation Point
How many cents are in $1.00?
100 cents
What continent is Egypt on?
Africa
Did the Aztec civilization exist:
- before the Maya
- after the Maya
after the Maya
Name 4 things all living things need.
Food, Water, Shelter, Air
The Sun and the moon rise in the _____ and set in the _____.
The Sun and moon rise in the East and set in the West.
Looking at the MCAS of the person next to me is (expected/unexpected) because _________.
Unexpected because it is cheating
No planets that are not Earth have water.
Saturn is a planet that is not Earth.
So...
Saturn does not have water.
All statements start with ________ and end with ______.
All statements start with a capital letter and end with a period.
25, 50, 75, 1 dollar
The leader of Egypt was called a _____, who was buried in a _____.
Pharaoh
Pyramid
People who wander from place to place instead of settling to form a city are called _____.
Nomads
All living things are called ______ and are made of ____.
Cells
Why does the Sun have so much gravity?
It is so big!
When I get to the open-response section, how long of an answer is expected:
- 10 words
- 10 sentences
- 10 pages
10 sentences
Some planets have more than one moon.
Venus is a planet.
So...
Maybe Venus has more than one moon.
Find two things wrong with this sentence:
a vehicle is made to take you places
It needs a period and to start with a capital.
A vehicle is made to take you places.
Name two different ways to make $0.50 with coins.
2 Quarters
5 Dimes
10 Nickels
50 Pennies
(Any combination that adds to $0.30)
Flooding of the ____ River was (helpful/harmful) because ____________.
Flooding of the Nile River was helpful because it made the soil fertile for the growing of crops.
Did the Aztec make money by:
- building factories
- conquering other people
- growing expensive crops
Conquering other people
Eats
Makes food from sunlight
Photosynthesis
The Earth has 24 Time Zones because _______.
Earth takes 24 hours to rotate on its axis.
I am typing up my 10 sentences for the open-response section. When I finish, I should make sure:
- Sentences start with ____
- Sentences end with ____
- All words are ______
Sentences start with capitals
Sentences end with periods
All words are spelled correctly
The Sun provides heat and light.
A satellite revolves around a planet.
So...
Nothing!
What is wrong with this sentence:
is a bookcase a container
It needs a capital letter and a question mark.
Is a bookcase a container?
If you buy something with a big bill and need to find the change, what operation should you use?
Add Subtract Multiply Divide
Subtract
Pre-history means ______________.
Ancient Egypt (is/is not) prehistoric because ________.
Pre-history means the time before writing.
Ancient Egypt is not pre-historic because it had a writing system called hieroglyphics.
What disease from the conquistadors killed many of the Aztec?
small pox
The way an organism looks is called a ____ and the part of speech is _____.
What an organism does is called a _____ and the part of speech is ____.
Trait; Adjective
Behavior; Verb
Describe two ways the Earth is like the moon.
They both revolve and rotate.
Half of them can see the Sun at one time.
They are both made of rock.
I am taking the MCAS and get to a question I don't know the answer to.
Name a strategy I can use to help.
- Re-read the passage
- Cross out answers I know are wrong
- Take my best guess
The Sun is the closest star to Earth.
Planets revolve around their closest star.
So...
Earth revolves around the Sun.
Find four things wrong with this sentence:
dr bercaw owns a stopwatch
It need a capital D, capital B, period after Dr. and to end with a period.
Dr. Bercaw owns a stopwatch.
You buy a movie ticket for $12.
You give the clerk $20.
How much change do you get back?
20 - 12 = $8
Name two similarities between the Ancient Egyptians and the Inca.
- Polytheistic religion
- Got their food from farming
- Leader inherited their power
- Had a tax system
Name one similarity and one difference between the Aztec and the Maya.
Similarities:
-They both lived in Mexico.
- They both lived a long time ago.
- They both were polytheistic.
- They both had a written language.
Differences
- The Aztec lived after the Maya.
- The Aztec conquered other people, but the Maya did not.
- The Aztec had an emperor, but the Maya's king was not an emperor.
Wolves: Name two ways an animal cell is different from a plant cell.
Bunnies: We need a _____ to observe cells because _______.
Wolves: Animal cells have little vacuoles, no cell wall, and no chloroplasts.
Bunnies: We need a microscope to observe cells because they are so small.
Give two reasons it would be hard for astronauts to study the Outer Planets.
Outer planets are gas, so we cannot land on them.
They are far away, so it would take a long time to travel there.
They are very cold, so astronauts would need special equipment to stay warm.
They are past the asteroid belt, so astronauts would need to steer their rocket through without getting hit.
Before I read the passage, I should look at the open-response question because _________.
Before I read the passage, I should look at the pen-response question because then I know what evidence is important.