General Knowledge
Words like run, jump, think, and swim belong to this part of speech that shows action.
Verbs
This ocean touches the East Coast of the United States.
Atlantic Ocean
This first President of the United States is featured on the $1 bill and quarters.
George Washington
The process by which green plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food.
Photosynthesis
Words that mean the same or nearly the same thing (like happy and joyful) are called this.
Synonyms
This landmark structure in St. Louis, Missouri, is known as the "Gateway to the West."
Gateway Arch (or The Arch)
Name the largest state in the US by land size, which is separated from the lower 48 states.
Alaska
The famous ship that carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic Ocean to Plymouth Rock in 1620.
The Mayflower
The center of our solar system, which holds over 99% of all mass in the solar system.
The Sun
Identify the adjective in this sentence: "The fluffy dog ran quickly across the yard."
Fluffy
Water moving through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation is known by this 2-word process.
Water cycle
These five massive freshwater lakes sit along the border between the US and Canada.
The Great Lakes
This famous midnight rider galloped through Massachusetts warning colonists that British troops were approaching.
Paul Revere
Animals that only eat plants (like deer or cows) are called this.
Herbivores
This type of punctuation mark is used to show ownership or to create contractions (e.g., it's or dog's).
Apostrophe
Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, this famous 1776 document declared the 13 colonies free from British rule.
The Declaration of Independence
This famous deep steep-sided canyon in Arizona was carved out by the Colorado River over millions of years.
The Grand Canyon
She refused to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking a major civil rights movement milestone.
Rosa Parks
Molten rock stored beneath Earth's surface is called magma, but once it erupts out of a volcano, it is called this.
Lava
A direct comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" (e.g., "Time is money") is called this.
Metaphor
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as" is called this figurative language term.
A simile
This major mountain range stretches over 3,000 miles from New Mexico up through Canada.
This civil rights leader gave the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C. in 1963.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The three primary states of matter are solid, liquid, and this.
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings (like their, there, and they're) are called this.
Homophone