verified, graded A. 2022/2023
"WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - ✔✔They are palindromes
Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - ✔✔Thomas Paine
What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - ✔✔tigerhead
What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - ✔✔friction
Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle or an obtuse angle? - ✔✔obtuse angle
What continent lies East of Europe? (page 1) - ✔✔Asia
Correct the verb: "My friends have went to summer camp." - ✔✔"My friends have gone to summer
camp."
What government executive conducts most of its business in the Oval Office? - ✔✔President of the
United States
Each kind of atom is an element. Are most elements gases, liquids, or metals? - ✔✔metals
If your class is catting online with an author "real time," that's now. True or false? - ✔✔true
Do you wear a belt around your w-a-i-s-t or w-a-s-t-e? - ✔✔w-a-i-s-t
,Where were the shots fired that began the American Revolutionary War? - ✔✔Lexington,
Massachusetts
Which is a cardiovascular exercise: jumping rope or lifting weights? - ✔✔jumping rope
What large muscle helps you breath in and out: the heart or the diaphragm? - ✔✔diaphragm
A number that's divided by another is called the divisor. True or false? - ✔✔false.
Classify from lowest to highest: Sierra Nevada, Rockies, and Appalachians - ✔✔Appalachians, Sierra
Nevada, Rockies
"The angry sky dumped water on us!" Is this an example of personification or metaphor? -
✔✔personification
In what city was George Washington worn in as the first US president? - ✔✔New York City
Is a simple machine consisting of a wheel and a rope called a lever, a gear, or pulley? - ✔✔pulley
What is the tallest mountain in the United States? - ✔✔Mt. McKinley
Which uses a linking verb?
A: "Joe feels awful."
B: "Joe feels the dog's fur." - ✔✔A: "Joe feels awful."
What inventor used a steam engine to give greater power to boats? - ✔✔Robert Fulton
If your tea is decaffeinated, it has caffeine in it. True or false? - ✔✔false
,Do most of your muscles work individually or in pairs? - ✔✔pairs
Find the product of 80*7 - ✔✔560
On a map, the numbered and lettered squares form a pattern called ... what? - ✔✔grid
Answer with a homonym pair: What's it called when the cost of a bus ride is reasonable? - ✔✔fair fore
When the Aztecs were conquered by the Spanish, who was their chief? - ✔✔Montezuma
In chemistry, what does the symbol "C" stand for? - ✔✔carbon
What sport has been around the longest: roller skating, ice skating, or skateboarding? - ✔✔ice skating
"Jed was sick. Now he's better." Use a conjunction to connect these sentences - ✔✔"Jed was sick, but
now he's better."
Are the opening words of the Constitution called the Introduction or the Preamble? - ✔✔Preamble
To meditate, do you sit quietly and clear your mind or do you try to float in the air? - ✔✔You sit quietly
and clear your mind.
Which forms over an ocean: a hurricane or a tornado? - ✔✔a hurricane
Our bus left at 12:45 pm. The trip took 4 1/2 hours. What time did we arrive? - ✔✔5:15 pm
Name the largest mountain system on the continent of Europe - ✔✔Alps
, Is a flashback a story interruption that gives past information or a brainstorm? - ✔✔It's a story
interruption that gives information that happened in the past
Who led the Spanish army that conquered the Aztecs? - ✔✔Hernando Cortes
Which is the best conductor of electricity: wood, ceramic or copper? - ✔✔copper
Is "confetti" bits of colored paper or very thin noodles? - ✔✔bits of colored paper
Spell the noun that comes from the adjective "silly." - ✔✔silliness
In what war were the American forces called the Continental Army? - ✔✔The American Revolution or
War of Independence
The bald eagle has no feathers on its head. True or false? - ✔✔false
During an equinox, are the hours of daylight and darkness equal or unequal? - ✔✔equal
Using pencil and paper, find the sun of $23.47 and $69.03 - ✔✔$92.50
Which of these European cities is the largest: Berlin, London, or Paris? - ✔✔London
Should Tina "lay" or "lie" the pencil on the desk? - ✔✔lay
What machine made the US the largest producer of cotton in the 1800s? - ✔✔the cotton gin
Who discovered the law of gravity? - ✔✔Isaac Newton
Sapphire, turquoise, and navy are all shades of what color? - ✔✔blue