Round 5 Governor's Cup Practice Questions - First Half

Which words in the following sentence need to be capitalized? Over six thousand people attended the fundraiser for Senator McConnell.

• Over, Senator, McConnell

• Over, Six, Senator

• Over, Six, McConnell

• People, Senator, McConnell

This twenty-four note melody is similar to Great Britain's "Last Post." It is played at wreath-laying ceremonies and memorial services, as well as miltary funerals. Give the one-word name of this bugle call.

• Taps

• Minutes

• Time

This type of joint only allows flexion and extension movement. It can be found in the knee, elbows, fingers, and toes. Identify the type of joint where two or more bones meet and allow back-and-forth motion.

• hinge

• door

• sling

Your teacher gives a five question true-false quiz. Assume you didn't study and have no idea what the answers are. How many different ways could you give answers for this quiz?

• thirty-two

• thirty-five

• twenty-two

This river begins on a plateau of the same name, and ends as part of one of Kentucky's major lakes. Along the way, it passes through Nashville, Tennessee. Name this river whose falls in Whitely County are an important tourist site in Kentucky.

• Cumberland

• Ohio

• Mississippi

This ionized gas consists of an equal number of positively and negatively charged particles, creating a medium with no overall charge. What is sometimes considered the fourth state of matter, distinct from the states of liquid, solid, or gas?

• plasma

• matter

• molecules

This teenage activist's speeches were published in a book title No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference. She has given a Ted Talk, addressed the World Economic Forum, and spoken before world leaders at the U.N. Climate Action Summit. Identify this Swedish climate change activist and founder of the School Strike for the Climate, also known as Fridays for Future protests.

• Greta Thunberg (Toon-bear-ee)

• Martin Smith

• Dr. Bob

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

This is something that causes a person to act, such as a reward for changing behavior. People respond to this by comparing costs and benefits. What is this that may be either positive or negative, such as the proverbial "carrot or stick"?

• Incentive

• Extinct

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is the following sentence's indirect object? Nana gave the baby a bath in the sink.

• baby

• bath

• Nana

You have three coins with two sides, heads and tails, that you flip. Expressed as a reduced fraction, what is the probability that all three will land with heads up.

• one-eighth

• one-fifth

• one-third