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Principal's Academic Challenge #1a

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The element _______is found in all of the organic compounds.

a)

Iron

b)

Carbon

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Oxygen

2.

Monosaccharides are monomers of

a)

Lipids

b)

Nucleic Acids

c)

Proteins

d)

Carbohydrates

3.

The main function of a carbohydrate is

a)

long term energy storage

b)

stores genetic information

c)

a source of energy

d)

regulates and controls all body processes

4.

What suffix (word ending) is used in the names of most carbohydrates?

a)

-ase

b)

-yme

c)

-ose

d)

-nic

5.

These are examples of

a)

complex carbohydrates

b)

simple carbohydrates

c)

proteins

d)

nucleic acids

6.

What type of fat is liquid at room temperature?

a)

Unsaturated

b)

Saturated

7.

What type of fat comes from plant sources?

a)

Unsaturated

b)

Saturated

8.

What type of lipid is pictured?

a)

Unsaturated fat

b)

Saturated fat

c)

Phospholipid

d)

Steroid

9.

Which of the following is not true of cholesterol?

a)

Type of wax

b)

Is a type of steroid

c)

Needed for nerve cell function

d)

Component of cell membrane

10.

What is shown in the image?

a)

Phospholipids

b)

Bilayer

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

All are true

11.

Solve this problem: 50 - (3 x 2) x 4

a)

26

b)

176

c)

376

12.

What is 35/5?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

13.

Solve this problem: 50 - (3 x 2) x 4

a)

26

b)

176

c)

376

14.

Name the branch of government that carries out laws.

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Administrative

15.

Solve: (20/4) + (2 x 5) - (7-3)

a)

6

b)

11

c)

25

16.

Where did the Continental Army train during the winter of 1777-1778?

a)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

b)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

c)

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

d)

Reading, Pennsylvania

17.

What would be my first step? 3 + 4 x 6 - 4 =

a)

addition

b)

multiplication

c)

subtraction

d)

exponents

18.

What does the word "setting" refer to in a story?

a)

the time and place

b)

the plot

c)

the characters

d)

the ending

19.

What body system breaks down food into nutrients and gets the nutrients into the blood?

a)

nervous system

b)

circulatory system

c)

digestive system

d)

endocrine system

20.

Identify the adverb in this sentence: The flag flew victoriously above the battlefield.

a)

victoriously

b)

battlefield

c)

flag

d)

flew

21.

13+58\frac{1}{3}+\frac{5}{8}

a)

511\frac{5}{11}

b)

611\frac{6}{11}

c)

2324\frac{23}{24}

d)

2424\frac{24}{24}

22.

Juanita made a fruit salad. She put 3 7/8 (mixed #) cups of cantaloupe and 2 2/4 (mixed #) cups of honeydew melon in the salad. How may cups of melon did she put in the fruit salad?

a)

6 3/8 cups

b)

6 cups

c)

4 1/2 cups

d)

1 1/4 cups

23.

What is it called when the hours of daylight and darkness are equal?

a)

June

b)

equinox

c)

equator

d)

midnight

24.

What is the name of the chart that organizes elements?

a)

The Periodic Table

b)

The Agenda

c)

The Calendar

d)

The Glossary

25.

How many people are in the House of Representatives?

a)

9

b)

435

c)

100

d)

276

26.

Where did Japan bomb the US that resulted in the US entering WWII?

a)

Gettysburg

b)

New York

c)

Florida

d)

Pearl Harbor

27.

How would you make a contraction for the words are not?

a)

arent'

b)

aren't

c)

arn't

d)

ar't

28.

Who was the second US President?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

John Adams

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Donald Trump

29.

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

General Cornwallis

30.

What holiday is used to celebrate the birthday of the United States?

a)

Memorial Day

b)

Veterans Day

c)

The Fourth of July

d)

Arbor Day

31.

Which expression represents the phrase “4 times the sum of 9 and 6”?

a)

4×(9+ 6)

b)

4x9+6

c)

9+6x4

d)

9+(6X4)

32.

What is another word for opposite?

a)

synonym

b)

antonym

c)

same

d)

duplicate

33.

What part of speech is the word Orlando in this sentence: She went to visit Orlando.

a)

a verb

b)

a proper adjective

c)

a proper noun

d)

an adjective

34.

28+48\frac{2}{8}+\frac{4}{8}

a)

58\frac{5}{8}

b)

68\frac{6}{8}

c)

78\frac{7}{8}

d)

616\frac{6}{16}

35.

"He's as happy as a clam" is an example of what type of figurative language?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

idiom

36.

The force that occurs when two surfaces rub against each other is called:

a)

fraction

b)

friction

c)

heat

d)

roughness

37.

Math (Level III)

Which expression is a simplification of

 (x2+6x−27)(x−3)\frac{\left(x^2+6x-27\right)}{\left(x-3\right)}  

a)

(x+9)

b)

(x-9)

c)

(x+6)

d)

(x-6)

38.

Science (Level II)


I throw 4 objects into a lake, which object will float the best?

a)

A rock with a density of .87 g/ml

b)

A toy with a density of 2.3 g/ml

c)

A cell phone with a density of 1.2 g/ml

d)

A chemistry book with a density of 5 g/ml

39.

Science (Level III)


Which of the following is NOT classified as matter?

a)

Rock

b)

Light

c)

Air

d)

Steam

40.

English (Level II)


In the passage from the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel, the following passage is an example of what literary device? “Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.”

a)

Alliteration

b)

Allusion

c)

Repetition

d)

Parallelism