Scholars' Bowl Practice Questions (Middle School LV 1-A)

12 x 12

• 121
• 132
• 144
• 1212

Horizontal Axis

• y-coordinate
• x-coordinate
• y-axis
• x-axis

Giving human qualities to non-human things.

• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Tone

This children’s author wrote more than sixty books and loved to rhyme

• Shel Silverstein
• Dr. Seuss
• Roald Dahl
• J. K. Rowling

What document was adopted by the continental Congress on July 4th, 1776?

• Declaration of Independence
• United State Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights

What federal program developed technologies for space flight that also applied to everyday life?

• OPEC
• EPA
• NASA
• HUAC

Who runs the federal government?

• President
• Governor
• Mayor
• Supreme Court

The process by which liquid water changes to a gas

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Infiltration
• Sublimation

Which of these is NOT a solution?

• Salt water
• Coffee
• Juice
• Oil and water

Where does a compass needle point?

• To the North Pole
• To the South Pole
• To the geomagnetic North Pole
• To the East pole