Language Arts
Identify this figurative language from Maniac Magee: "Finsterwald's backyard was like a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs…”
Simile
There are 6 cats and 3 dogs. What is the ratio of dogs to cats in simplest form?
1 : 2 or 1 to 2
What type of rock is formed from lava or magma?
Igneous
What river was near the Tigris River in Mesopotamia? (hint: We all sang a song about it)
Euphrates
How many students are on Team Fusion?
62
Identify the figurative language here from The Giver: “He saw nothing ahead except the endless ribbon of road.”
Metaphor
What is the area of a triangle with a base of 8 cm and a height of 10 cm? (don't forget the correct unit of measure)
40 square cm
What are the preserved remains or traces of plants or organisms in rock called?
Fossils
What is the name of the most famous Australopithecus?
Lucy
What type of bird came to the feeder in groups of 20 or more (and were rather large)?
Turkeys
Identify this figurative language used in Maniac Magee: "Vowels were something else. He didn't like them, and they didn't like him."
Personification
3/8 divided by 1/2 written as a fraction and a decimal
3/4 and 0.75
What instrument measures wind?
Anemometer
What pharaoh was supposedly killed by a hippo?
Menes
Name two of the three student governors on our field trip?
Ryleigh, Warren, and Elliot
Identify this figurative language used in Among the Hidden: “The smell of baking bread could fill three counties."
Hyperbole
Write 180/240 in simplest form
3/4
What kind of air pressure brings rainy, warm weather.
Low Pressure
What were the names of the two rivaling city-states of Ancient Greece? (Hint: we decided which one we most belonged to)
Athens and Sparta
Which letter of the alphabet is the most common for the first letter of last names on our team?
B
Of the five main characters in the books we read this year, which one did not have a last name revealed in the story?
Jonas (The Giver)
Mrs. Dente has 335 lemons. She uses 20% of them to make lemonade for the 6th graders. How many lemons were used to make lemonade?
67 lemons hahaha!
What describes whether an object will sink or float?
Density
What is the name of the hunting tool used by early humans that enables darts (sticks) to be thrown with more force? (We tried them out)
Atlatl
What was the messiest art supply? (Hint, Egypt)