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Ketalee: Are you smarter than YOUR 5th grader?

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the first step in the Order of Operations?
a)
Multiplication
b)
Division
c)
Parenthesis
d)
Exponents
2.
What is the place value of the digit in red? 137.268
a)
tenths
b)
thousandths
c)
hundredths
d)
tens
3.
When you add decimals, you line up your decimals.
a)
true
b)
false
4.
What is 2.6 + 3.07?
a)
5.067
b)
5.13
c)
3.33
d)
5.67
5.
Which number has the greatest value? 120.6 or 120.60
a)
120.6
b)
120.60
c)
They're equal
6.
What is the value of 105?
a)
1,000
b)
10,000
c)
100,000
d)
1,000,000
7.
Which of the following is not an adjective?
a)
blue
b)
strong
c)
dozen
d)
fish
8.
What part of speech is the following word? student
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
verb
d)
conjunction
9.
How many coordinating conjunctions are there?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
9
d)
3
10.
Which word is not a coordinating conjunction?
a)
for
b)
and
c)
nor
d)
therefore
11.
What is the point of view of a story if the narrator uses pronouns such as 'I' or 'my'?
a)
first person
b)
third person limited
c)
third person omniscient
12.
What is the point of view of a story if the reader can tell the feelings of the characters?
a)
first person
b)
third person limited
c)
third person omniscient
13.
Which of the following is not an example of author's purpose?
a)
inform
b)
entertain
c)
persuade
d)
summarize
14.
Who was the famous abolitionist that wrote "The Liberator"?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
The Grimke Sisters
15.
Which famous abolitionist was an escaped slave who spoke out against slavery?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
The Grimke Sisters
16.
Which famous abolitionist spoke in favor of women's rights?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
The Grimke Sisters
17.
Which abolitionists were the daughters of a slave owner?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Frederick Dougalss
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
The Grimke Sisters
18.
The unfair treatment of a particular group is called ___________.
a)
discrimination
b)
abolition
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
slavery
19.
A series of escape routes and hiding places to bring slaves out of the south was called ________________________.
a)
discrimination
b)
abolitionist
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
slavery
20.
The most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Fredrick Dougalss
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Sojourner Truth
21.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called _______________.
a)
Gone with the Wind
b)
Steal Away Home
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Punished
22.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" described the cruelty of _________.
a)
fugitives
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
slavery
d)
Dredd Scott
23.
Which abolitionist lead a rebellion against slavery by attacking a U.S. Army post?
a)
John Brown
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
24.
Where was the U.S. Army post that John Brown attacked?
a)
Pensacola, Florida
b)
Ft. Benning, Georgia
c)
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
d)
Fort Sumter
25.
Another name for the United States is the __________.
a)
States
b)
Confederacy
c)
Union
d)
Free States
26.
What does "secede" mean?
a)
something use to plant in the dirt
b)
rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
c)
to withdraw or break away from a nation
d)
the separation or isolation of a race
27.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
28.
When was the Missouri Compromise reached?
a)
1820
b)
1850
c)
1776
d)
1803
29.
The right of a state to make political decisions for themselves is called _________. 
a)
Popular sovereignty
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Slave State
d)
Free State
30.
In which compromise did Congress create an invisible line across the United States saying slavery should only be below this line?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas - Nebraska Act
d)
Union Compromise
31.
Who was the enslaved man who argued for his freedom because he used to live in a free state?
a)
Dred Scott
b)
John Brown
c)
Harriett Beecher Stowe
d)
Harriett Tubman
32.
In the Dred Scott Decision, the Supreme Court said that slaves were _________.
a)
people
b)
property
c)
free
d)
children
33.
Abraham Lincoln was a ___________
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
34.
Abe Lincoln was elected president in ____.
a)
2016
b)
1860
c)
1942
d)
1776
35.
Which famous politician said "A house divided among itself cannot stand"?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John Breckinridge
d)
Benjamin Franklin
36.
Before being president, Lincoln was a ______.
a)
farmer
b)
lawyer
c)
chef
d)
student
37.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
a)
President before Buchanan
b)
President before Lincoln
c)
The first military officer of the Confederacy
d)
President of the Confederacy
38.
___________________ was the first state to break away.
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
West Virginia
d)
Florida
39.
The Civil War started on April 12, _________.
a)
1776
b)
1861
c)
1492
d)
1865
40.
True or False:
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter for about 34 hours.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
True or False:
The Southern states that broke away from the United States formed the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
True or False:
The Battle of Fort Sumter was the LAST battle of the Civil War.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Which organelle does a plant cell have but not an animal cell?
a)
nucleus
b)
vacuole
c)
cell membrane
d)
cell wall
44.
What is the purpose of the nucleus?
a)
directs the cell's activities
b)
holds the cell together
c)
makes food for the cell
d)
releases energy from food
45.
Which is the correct order of organization?
a)
cell, tissue, organ, organ system
b)
tissue, cell, organ, organ system
c)
organ system, organ, cell, tissue
d)
organ, organ system, tissue, cell
46.
Which is an example of a helpful microorganism?
a)
phytoplankton
b)
red tide
c)
ringworm
d)
E-coli
47.
By definition, an organism that is too small to be seen with the unaided eye is a
a)
microorganism
b)
bacteria
c)
mold
d)
protist
48.
By definition, a single-celled or multi-celled organism that shares traits with plants or animals is a
a)
protist
b)
microorganism
c)
mold
d)
bacteria
49.
___________ might be shaped like rods, spirals, or balls.
a)
molds
b)
protists
c)
bacteria
d)
fungi
50.
Penicillin is a substance made by a
a)
mold
b)
fungi
c)
bacteria