Academic Bowl Practice 2

What is the four-syllable adjective describing mid-latitude forests consisting of trees that lose their

leaves during winter months?

• coniferous
• tropical
• deciduous
• evergreen

Individuals agreed to serve a master for a specified time in exchange for free transportation to a

colony in what is now the USA. What two-word term applies to these people?

• Contracted employees
• Enslaved workers
• Voluntary laborers
• Indentured servants

Who was the central character in legends concerning Will Scarlet, Little John, and Friar Tuck?

• Maid Marian
• King Arthur
• Sheriff of Nottingham
• Robin Hood

Divers sometimes suffer from the bends if they rise from deep dives to the surface too quickly. This

results from the accumulation of what gas in their respiratory systems?

• nitrogen
• helium
• argon
• carbon dioxide
• oxygen

The thirteen colonies that became the original United States of America were first loosely joined as

a single country by the provisions of what document?

• Articles of Confederation
• Mayflower Compact
• Constitution of the United States
• Declaration of Independence

The ocular lens of a microscope is marked 20x. The total magnifying power

of the microscope is 500x. What is the power of the objective lens?

• 25x
• 200x
• 50x
• 100x

What is the last word in the cliche, “Every dog has his ...”?

• day
• meow
• bark
• tail

What is the predicate adjective in the sentence, “The Cyborg aardvark of the starship Doodie is

most desirable because it is one of a kind”?

• aardvark
• starship
• Cyborg
• desirable

Name the explorer who wintered alone in the Antarctic from 1934 to 1935.

• Christopher Columbus
• Marco Polo
• Vasco da Gama
• Sir Richard Byrd

Most chemical compounds found in living cells are organic. What compound is the major

exception to this statement?

• Oxygen
• Nitrogen
• Carbon dioxide
• Water
• Glucose