Math Mania-Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities
Science Sparks-Interdependence and Ecosystem Stability
Language Legends-Fiction Genre
History Highlights-Reconstruction
Fun and Games-Houston Texans
100

Write “Five less than twice a number n"  

2n - 5

100

Name a biotic factor in an ecosystem.

Living organisms (Alternates: Organism, Plant, Animal)

100

What literary term means the main message or lesson of a story?

Theme

100

Which amendment protected voting rights for African American men?

15th amendment

100

Where did the current Houston Texans go to college?

Ohio State

200

Evaluate 4x + 7 when x = 3.

19

200

What happens to consumers when producers decrease?  

Population decreases (Alternate answers: Fewer consumers, population declines, consumer decrease)

200

What type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as?"

simile

200

What system of labor replaced slavery in much of the South after the Civil War?

sharecropping

200

Who led the Texans in rushing this year?

Woody Marks

300

Solve x - 9 = -21.

-12

300

If predator populations increase, what happens to prey?

population decreases (Alternate answers: Prey decrease, prey decline, population drops)

300

What is the turning point in a story called?

Climax

300

Which amendment granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people?

14th amendment

300

What year were the Texans founded?

2002

400

Solve -0.5x + 3 > 7.

x < -8

400

What occurs when a top predator is removed?

Trophic cascade (Alternates: ecosystem imbalance, food web disruption)

400

When the narrator is outside the story and uses “he,” “she,” or “they,” what point of view is used?

Third person

400

What laws enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction ended?

Jim Crow

400

Who was the first head coach for the Texans?

Dom Capers

500

Which value makes the equation true?
2(x + 4) = 3x − 2

x = 10

500

Loss of a keystone species causes what change?

Ecosystem imbalance (Alternates: Food web disruption, tropic cascade, system instability)

500

What literary device occurs when a writer hints at events that will happen later in the story?

Foreshadowing

500

What agreement led to the removal of federal troops from the South in 1877?

Compromise of 1877

500

Who is the all-time receiving leader of the Texans?

Andre Johnson