Algebraic Thinking
Solve for x: 3x + 4 = 13.
What is 3?
The part of a sentence that names who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use light energy to make food.
What is photosynthesis?
The three branches of the U.S. Federal Government are Legislative, Executive, and _____.
What is Judicial?
Simplify: 4(2x-3).
What is 8x - 12?
Choose the correct word: "Their/There/They're uniforms are clean."
What is "Their"?
The system responsible for transporting blood throughout the body.
What is the circulatory system?
Law passed by Congress and signed by the President.
What is a federal law (or statute)?
Solve for x: 2x/5.
What is 15?
The type of sentence that states the main idea of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
The physical expression of genes.
What is phenotype?
The belief that a country should use its strong military to defend and promote its own interest.
What is militarism?
Translate to an equation: "Seven more than twice a number n equals 23."
What is 2n+7=23?
Identify and correct the error: "Neither of the applicants were ready."
What is "Neither of the applicants was ready."?
A factor that is measured or observed to determine the effect of the independent variable.
What is a dependent variable?
Authoritarian political ideology emphasizing a singular culture and a strong leader.
What is fascism?
Solve the system:
{(x+y=10), (2x-y=3)}.
x=13/3, y=17/3
The author's purpose when a passage's tone is urgent and persuasive.
What is persuade the reader to act?
The process by which organisms regulate their internal environment to maintain stable conditions.
What is homeostasis?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld state laws requiring racial segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal," which was later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?