2023-24 Elementary Practice Questions - Round 8 - First Half

This chemical reaction powers rocket and car engines. It begins when a substance reaches its ignition point, and can cause an explosion if it happens very quickly. Name this combination of oxygen gas with another compound, which produces water, carbon dioxide, and often a flame.

• COMBUSTION

• FERMENTATION

• SUBLIMATION

• PHOTOSYNTHESIS

This author wrote of the Bandit King and Ned in The Witch's Boy. Her other young adult books include The Unlicensed Magician and The Ogress and the Orphans. Name this author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon.

• (KELLY) BARNHILL

• (NEIL) GAIMAN

• (KATHERINE) APPLEGATE

• (HOLLY) BLACK

This musical element is affected by a piece's harmonies and rhythms, as well as the timbres [TAM-burz] of the voices or instruments performing it. It can be homophonic or polyphonic. Give the name of this element that can be thick or thin.

• TEXTURE

• TEMPO

• DYNAMICS

• MELODY

You and your family are traveling on Interstate 64, crossing from Indiana into Louisville. If your destination is Lexington, in what cardinal direction are you traveling?

• EAST

• WEST

• NORTH

• SOUTH

On a number line, find the distance between negative 11 and 55.

• 66 (UNITS)

• 44 (UNITS)

• 64 (UNITS)

• 56 (UNITS)

This word can appear before "orchestra" to distinguish that group from a smaller chamber orchestra. Orchestras also play this kind of instrumental piece, whose movements can include a minuet and a finale. Joseph Haydn [HI-den] was the so-called "father" of what kind of composition, two of which he nicknamed "The Clock" and "London"?

• SYMPHONY

• SONATA

• CONCERTO

• OPERA

This so-called "force" really results from inertia. It's the reason that, when a car you're riding in turns right, you feel your body lean to the left. Name this imaginary force that affects objects moving in circular paths.

• Centrifugal force

• Gravitational force

• Electrostatic force

• Magnetic force

This early Kentucky politician lends his name to a county and town near I-64 between Louisville and Frankfort. Name Kentucky's first governor.

• Isaac Shelby

• John Adair

• James Garrard

• Green Clay

In 2023, this woman received a Caldecott Honor for her first self-authored picture book, Berry Song. Previously, she won the Caldecott for illustrating a book written by Carole Lindstrom. Who became the first Indigenous Caldecott winner for her work on We Are Water Protectors?

• Michaela Goade

• Yuyi Morales

• Sophie Blackall

• Christian Robinson

State the greatest common factor of 42 and 56.

• 14

• 6

• 21

• 7