That School Life
Grammar & Punctuation
The Pharaohs
Earth as a System
Factor Frenzy (GCF & LCM)
100

This is the high-stakes physical sport of trying to throw a piece of crumpled paper into a trash can from across the room while shouting "Kobe!" or "Curry!"

What is Trashcan Basketball?

100

This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list or to join an introductory phrase to a sentence.

What is a comma?

100

Khufu is best known for commissioning the building of this massive tomb at Giza.

What is the Great Pyramid?

100

This "sphere" of the Earth system includes all of the planet's water, including ice, oceans, and rain.

What is the hydrosphere?

100

These are the only two factors of a prime number.

What are 1 and itself?

200

This is the universal signal that things are about to get serious: your PE teacher pulls out a massive, rolling rack full of these bouncy, red rubber balls.

What is dodgeball?

200

A word that takes the place of a noun, such as "he," "she," or "it."

What is a pronoun?

200

This female pharaoh is famous for her trade expedition to the African kingdom of Punt.

Who is Hatshepsut?

200

The Earth system that contains all living things, from the deepest ocean to the upper atmosphere.

What is the biosphere?

200

Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of 12 and 18.

What is 6?

300

This is the legendary (and usually fake) story about the student who once climbed all the way to the top of the gym ceiling using only this piece of equipment.

What is the climbing rope?

300

The part of the sentence that contains the verb and tells something about the subject.

What is the predicate?

300

Known as Ramses the Great, he signed the world's first peace treaty with this group.

Who are the Hittites?

300

This sphere includes the rocks, minerals, and landforms found on Earth's surface and interior.

What is the geosphere?

300

Use a factor tree to find the prime factorization of 20.

What is 22 x 5?

400

What is the Mascot of Obsidian Middle School?

The Bears

400

These are added to the beginning or end of a root word to change its meaning.

What are affixes (prefixes and suffixes)?

400

Senusret I was a patron of the arts; his most famous monument was this "sparkling" structure.

What is the White Chapel?

400

This sphere is the thin layer of gases that surrounds the planet, protecting us from UV rays and providing the oxygen we breathe.

What is the atmosphere?

400

Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8.

What is 24?

500

Even if you don't eat the main entree, every student is encouraged to visit this station to grab fresh fruits and vegetables.

What is the Salad Bar?

500

In the sentence "The cat sat on the velvet rug," the bolded section is known as this.

What is a prepositional phrase?

500

n Ancient Egypt, pharaohs were considered to be these, giving them absolute authority.

What are Gods?

500

Of all the water in the hydrosphere, this is the approximate percentage that is salty ocean water.

What is 97%?

500

A baker has 24 blueberry muffins and 36 bran muffins. What is the greatest number of boxes she can make with the same amount of each?

What is 12 boxes?