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Quiz Bowl Round 3

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which equation represents the following graph?
a)
y = 3x + 2
b)
y = -2x + 3
c)
y = 2x + 3
d)
y = -3x + 2
2.
WRITE AN EQUATION
For a field trip 4 students rode in cars and the rest filled nine buses. How many students were in each bus if 472 students were on the trip?
a)
4x=472
b)
9x=472
c)
4+9x=472
d)
4+x=472
3.
Maria has 25 dollars.  She has to buy a gallon of milk which costs $3.50.  She wants to spend the rest of her money on cereal.  If each box of cereal costs $4.50, how many can she purchase?
a)
4 boxes
b)
5 boxes
c)
6 boxes
d)
7 boxes
4.
Scott works on cars. He charges $35 for each car plus $7 per hour. Write an equation that represents this scenario if Kylie's car bill was $63.
a)
7x + 35 = 63
b)
7x = 63
c)
7x - 35 = 63
d)
35x + 7 = 63
5.
The steps in solving 5b - 6 = 24 are: 
a)
Add 6 to both sides and divide both sides by 5
b)
Add 6 to both sides and multiply both sides by 5
c)
Subtract 6 from both sides then multiply both sides by 5
d)
Subtract 6 from both sides then divide both sides by 5
6.
Solve 2x - 3 = 1 
a)
3
b)
2
c)
1
d)
-2
7.
Solve      7y - 4 = -11
a)
1
b)
2
c)
-1
d)
-2
8.
15 = 2a + 7
a)
2
b)
4
c)
12
d)
14
9.
x - 62 = 123
How should you show your work to isolate the variable and solve the equation?
a)
Add 62 to each side. 
b)
Subtract 62 from each side.
c)
Multiply each side by 62.
d)
Add 123 to each side.
10.
Figure out what n equals in this equation:
6n + 4 = -26
a)
n=-6
b)
n= -5
c)
n= 8
d)
n= -4
11.
erratic
a)
coming at short intervals or habitually
b)
characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
c)
liable to sudden unpredictable change
d)
able to be changed or adapted
12.
frequent
a)
coming at short intervals or habitually
b)
a standard against which other conditions can be compared
c)
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
d)
continuing firmly or obstinately in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.
13.

An antonym for negative is

a)

Subtraction

b)
a prohibition
c)

Not good

d)

Positive

14.

Fill in the blank

The tree really _________ my view of the mountains.

a)

enlightens

b)

obstructs

c)

obstacle

d)

engages

15.
render
a)
give (money or goods) for a good cause, for example to a charity.
b)
show in, or as in, a picture
c)
give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).
d)
be of the same opinion; agree.
16.
rueful
a)
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
b)
dark or dull in color or tone; gloomy.
c)
resulting from or showing sincere and intense conviction.
d)
sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
17.

subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

a)

submarine

b)

employee

c)

subordinate

d)

submissive

18.
theory
a)
a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
b)
a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
c)
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the world
d)
an individual rule as part of a system of law.
19.
contradict
a)
prove negative; show to be false
b)
state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
c)
make (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous.
d)
the quality of being alike
20.
additional
a)
the divisor of a fraction
b)
the process or skill of calculating the total of two or more numbers or amounts.
c)
further or extra
d)
a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.
21.

What does the word in RED mean? For a long time, in order to create a realistic virtual reality environment, you had to render as detailed a world as possible. (Warcross)

a)

be of the same opinion; agree.

b)

give (money or goods) for a good cause, for example to a charity.

c)

give or grant someone (power, status, or recognition).

d)

show in, or as in, a picture

22.

A synonym for FREQUENT is

a)

negative

b)

often

c)

rarely

d)

opposite

23.

An antonym for erratic is

a)

straightforward

b)

scattered

c)

regular

d)

erratic

24.

A person who is sad or apologetic is

a)

a friend

b)

wrong

c)

rueful

d)

dependable

25.

Fill in the blank

An athlete should practice _______.

a)

on Tuesday

b)

erratically

c)

frequently

d)

after lunch

26.

What is the holiday that celebrates the freedom from slavery?

a)

Independence Day

b)

Emancipation Day

c)

Juneteenth

d)

Kwanzaa

27.

This word means "the act of ending slavery."

a)

Emancipation

b)

Manumission

c)

Discrimination

d)

Abolition

28.

This is often referred to as the Columbian Exchange:

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Segregation

29.

During this time, many preachers shared the Bible with slaves.

a)

The Civil War

b)

Reconstruction

c)

The Great Awakening

d)

Juneteenth

30.

At first, African Americans were not allowed to fight with this army, but eventually they were granted permission to do so.

a)

The Civil War Army

b)

The Continental Army

c)

The Revolutionary Army

d)

The Colonial Army

31.

This abolitionist was a freed slave from New York.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

Sojourner Truth

32.

Which amendment gave black men the right to vote?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

1st Amendment

33.

All of the following are historically black colleges EXCEPT:

a)

Wilberforce University

b)

Spellman College

c)

Fisk University

d)

Hanson University

34.

What is emancipation?

a)

The act of a master freeing a slave

b)

Setting someone free from the power or control of another person

c)

The act of ending slavery

d)

Keeping people of different races or groups apart

35.

Who wrote a book about his capture from his African village when he was 10 and his journey to the Caribbean, and then to Virginia?

a)

Alex Haley

b)

Olaudah Equiano

c)

Crispus Attucks

d)

Frederick Douglass

36.

This abolitionist escaped from slavery when he or she was 29 years old.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

Dred Scott

37.

Treating people differently because of their race, religion, gender, or place of birth is called what?

a)

Racism

b)

Manumission

c)

Discrimination

d)

Segregation

38.

The act of a master freeing a slave is called what?

a)

Racism

b)

Manumission

c)

Discrimination

d)

Segregation

39.

During this part of the Triangular Trade, thousands of Africans died on the journey from Africa to America.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

The Middle Passage

c)

The Civil War

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

40.

Which of the following is NOT a historically black college?

a)

Morehouse College

b)

Tuskegee University

c)

Fairhaven College

d)

Bethune-Cookman University

41.

What event dealt with states that separated from the Union during the Civil War?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

13th Amendment

c)

Great Awakening

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

42.

Name the country's oldest private black university.

a)

Tuskegee University

b)

Wilberforce University

c)

Fisk University

d)

Spellman College

43.

Who started a newspaper devoted to anti-slavery?

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Phyllis Wheatley

44.

Which historical figure is also referred to as Moses?

a)

Crispus Attucks

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Gabriel Prosser

d)

Phyllis Wheatley

45.

Approximately how many historically black colleges and universities are there?

a)

Less than 50

b)

Between 75 and 100

c)

Just over 100

d)

Between 50 and 75

46.

Dred Scott believed he had become free when his slave master took him to which area?

a)

Virginia

b)

Canada

c)

Illinois

d)

New York

47.

The journey from Africa to America was known as what?

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Great Awakening

48.

What do we call a change to the Constitution?

a)

Proclamation

b)

Revision

c)

Addendum

d)

Amendment

49.

Which act ended slavery?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

15th Amendment

d)

1st Amendment

50.

Keeping people of different races or groups apart is called what?

a)

Racism

b)

Manumission

c)

Discrimination

d)

Segregation

51.

An area under the control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

a)

settlement

b)

colony

c)

city

d)

capital

52.

Government of a country controlled by the people living there.

a)

dictatorship

b)

colony

c)

self government

d)

Bill of Rights

53.

Assembly of people chosen to speak on behalf of a larger group.

a)

representative government

b)

Church

c)

assembly

d)

petition

54.

A group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

a)

self government

b)

democracy

c)

represntative

d)

assembly

55.

The act of buying and selling goods and services.

a)

colonize

b)

trade

c)

monarch

d)

bank

56.

To send goods to another country to sale. The colonies did this with cash crops in the Southern Colonies.

a)

trade

b)

import

c)

export

d)

mercantile

57.

First representative government in America started in Jamestown, Virginia.

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

b)

Maryland Act of Toleration

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

House of Burgesses

58.

An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony.

a)

charter

b)

constitution

c)

deed

d)

contract

59.

An organized assembly that has the authority to make up the laws for the colony.

a)

legislature

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Governor

60.

The policy of using colonies to bring wealth to the Mother Country.

a)

Columbian Exchange

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Exporting trade

61.

Which source of water pollution

includes oil and gasoline discharge

from automobiles and storm sewer

drainage?

a)

agriculture

b)

bacteria

c)

sedimentation

d)

urban runoff

62.

Which best explains the importance of

dissolved gases in the ocean?

a)

They help control pollution.

b)

They help provide oxygen for

aquatic animals.

c)

They help maintain a constant water temperature

d)

They help maintain constant levels of salinity

63.

How can the atmosphere be

considered part of the hydrosphere?

a)

It is a source of water.

b)

It blocks ultraviolet rays from the

sun.

c)

It contains the oxygen necessary

for life on Earth.

d)

It traps pollutants that would

otherwise harm the earth.

64.

Which pure substance is composed of

more than one element?

a)

carbon

b)

gold

c)

water

d)

sodium

65.

Which factor best explains why some

people will develop cancer and others

will not after being exposed to the

same high levels of a harmful

chemical?

a)

concentration of the chemical

b)

potency of the chemical

c)

individual susceptibility to the

chemical

d)

individual exposure to the

chemical

66.

Which is the best way to determine if

an object is made of pure silver?

a)

determine the solubility of the

object

b)

test to see if the object is

chemically reactive

c)

determine the density of the

object and compare the known

density of pure silver

67.

A layer of marine fossils is discovered

in a desert environment. Which

hypothesis best explains the

discovery?

a)

The area was once covered by water

b)

Volcanic activity once occurred in the area

c)

A catastrophic event once occurred in the area.

68.

Fossils of warm-weather plants were

found on an island in the Arctic

Ocean. What can best be

concluded from this discovery?

a)

Spores of plants drifted by air

currents to the island.

b)

Ocean currents carried the plants

to the island.

c)

The island drifted from a tropical

region to its present location.

69.

Which statement best explains the

reason muscle cells have more

mitochondria than skin cells?

a)

Muscle cells use more energy

than skin cells.

b)

Muscle cells have fewer proteins

than skin cells.

c)

Muscle cells have a smaller

nucleus than skin cells.

70.

What is the role of cytoplasm in a

living cell?

a)

fight infections

b)

digest proteins

c)

surround organelles

71.

How are parasites and viruses

similar?

a)

Both are contagious diseases.

b)

Both infect host organisms.

c)

Both break down food using

oxygen.

d)

Both reproduce using host cells

72.

Which describes a nonpoint source of

pollution?

a)

accumulation of oil in a stream

next to a gasoline station

b)

chemical spill in a river next to a

manufacturing complex

c)

runoff from a road into a nearby

stream

d)

liquid fertilizer flowing from a

barrel into a stream

73.

Which statement best explains the

reason some insects can walk across

the surface of a lake?

a)

Water is a polar molecule, and its

adhesiveness causes good

capillary action.

b)

Water is a non-polar molecule,

and its cohesiveness causes good

capillary action.

c)

Water is a polar molecule, and its

cohesiveness causes high surface

tension.

74.

What makes fertilizers a benefit to the

farming industry?

a)

They increase the nutrients in

soil.

b)

They increase the growth of helpful bacteria

c)

They decrease the chance of bacteria growing in the soil.

75.

Which statement supports the theory

of evolution?

a)

All living cells come from

previous cells

b)

All plants and animals have

DNA.

c)

Fossils provide evidence that

vertebrates share a common

ancestor

76.

Where is the majority of Earth’s

freshwater located?

a)

clouds

b)

polar ice caps

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

rivers

77.

What is one way scientists analyze the

health of a river?

a)

by measuring its dissolved oxygen

content

b)

by measuring its depth

c)

by measuring the speed at which

the river flows

78.

What is one way the government of

the United States attempts to reduce pollution in the oceans?

a)

create new desalination plants

b)

increase oil and gasoline productions

c)

enforce laws limiting trash dumping

79.

Which best represents a balanced equation?

a)

2H2 + O2 2H2O

b)

HgO Hg + O2

c)

2Fe + O2 Fe2O3

80.

Which is best represented by the equation?

2Mg + O2 2MgO

a)

Law of Conservation of Energy

b)

Law of Conservation of Mass

c)

Law of Superposition

81.
Plot
a)
Major Conflict
b)
Sequencing of events
c)
Timeline
d)
Purpose for writing the literary work
82.
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
a)
Simile
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Tone
83.
An adverb
a)
Modifies a verb
b)
Is an action
c)
Gives direction
d)
Uses conjunctions
84.
This children’s author wrote more than sixty books and loved to rhyme
a)
Shel Silverstein
b)
Dr. Seuss
c)
Roald Dahl
d)
J. K. Rowling
85.
Abash
a)
Recognize
b)
Repeat
c)
Suggest
d)
Humiliate
86.
What document was adopted by the continental Congress on July 4th, 1776?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
United State Constitution
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Bill of Rights
87.
Collective bargaining is
a)
Workers negotiating with employers
b)
Courts using judicial review
c)
Government regulation reviews
d)
The mass consumption of goods
88.
What federal program developed technologies for space flight that also applied to everyday life?
a)
OPEC
b)
EPA
c)
NASA
d)
HUAC
89.
Who runs the federal government?
a)
President
b)
Governor
c)
Mayor
d)
Supreme Court
90.
Gross income minus deductions is known as
a)
Social security
b)
Medicare
c)
Net income
d)
Employee benefits
91.
The process by which liquid water changes to a gas
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Infiltration
d)
Sublimation
92.
Which of these is NOT a solution?
a)
Salt water
b)
Coffee
c)
Juice
d)
Oil and water
93.
Where does a compass needle point?
a)
To the North Pole
b)
To the South Pole
c)
To the geomagnetic North Pole
d)
To the East pole
94.
Chlorophyll containing organisms lacking the true stems, roots, or leaves are known as
a)
Plants
b)
Animals
c)
Bacteria
d)
Algae
95.
A scientist who studies rocks is a
a)
Astronomer
b)
Geologist
c)
Meteorologist
d)
Oceanographer
96.
What is the name of the answer to a multiplication problem?
a)
Sum
b)
Product
c)
Difference
d)
Quotient
97.
What number is in the hundredth place 12.3456?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
98.
A 90 degree angle is what type of angle?
a)
Acute
b)
Obtuse
c)
Right
d)
Straight
99.
What is ½ ÷ ¼
a)
2
b)
c)
½
d)
100.
How many degrees does a triangle have?
a)
60
b)
90
c)
180
d)
360