STAAR Reading Smack Down! 5th grade Reading

Reading

100

The words spoken between characters in a story.

What is dialogue?

200

What figurative language is this? "The thunder boomed until the storm passed."

onomatopoeia

300

What is a selection written for a performance by actors on a stage, on television, etc.?

Drama or Play

400

What figurative language is this? "He flew out the door like a bull out of the shoot at a rodeo."

simile

500

What figurative language is this? "In the deep, dark dungeon, dread hovered."

alliteration

Science

100

Coal, oil and natural gas are all examples of...

What is a nonrenewable resource?

200

Rock, gravel, sand, dirt is an example of

What is sediment?

300

The amount of water vapor in the air

What is humidity?

400

To form fossil fuels you need four things

What is time, pressure, prehistoric animals and plants and compaction?

500

The Sun appears to change position or move across the sky during daylight hours. This is a result of

What is Earth's rotation

Math

100

Is a circle a polygon? Why or Why not

What is no it is not a polygon because it has curved lines?

200

A computer rounded the number 129.257 to the nearest hundredth. What is this number rounded to the nearest hundredth?

What is 129.26?

300

(12+40) x 10

What is 520?

400

1/6 x 2/3

What is 1/9?

500

[2(7.25) + 2(24)] - 10

What is a 52.50?