WorksheetsMath Terms
Total questions: 98
Worksheet time: 49mins
Decade is to ten years as fortnight is to ...
four days
two weeks
six months
fourteen hours
the time between two full moons
What has length and width but no depth or thickness?
A plane (or surface)
A cube
A sphere
A line
What kind of triangle has three unequal sides?
skew
scalene
isosceles
congruent
equilateral
What term do mathematicians use for a quantity which is greater than any assignable quantity?
Infinity
Zero
Prime
Variable
Circumference is to circle as ---- is to polygon.
Perimeter
Diameter
Radius
Area
A mathematical surmise which generalizes from a set of particular observations with no known exceptions and for which no formal proof has been derived is a(n) ...
axiom
postulate
conjecture
hypothesis
probability
An angle that is between 180 degrees and 360 degrees is a(n) ...
acute angle
right angle
obtuse angle
reflex angle
straight angle
The name given to a step-by-step procedure for carrying out algebraic operations is just as applicable to a cake recipe or instructions for programming a VCR. What is this term?
Algorithm
Heuristic
Variable
Equation
Two intersecting planes form a ...
right angle
vertical angle
dihedral angle
An equation which is true for every value of the unknown is what kind of equation?
Identity equation
Quadratic equation
Linear equation
Conditional equation
A straight line which is approached but never actually reached by an infinite branch of a curve is a(n) ...
cycloid
quartic
centroid
asymptote
intercept
15. Consequences A theorem that is a direct consequence of another theorem is called a ...
Corollary
Lemma
Axiom
Postulate
What set of positive integers satisfies the equation, a squared + b squared = c squared?
trigonometric identities
Cartesian coordinates
Pythagorean triples
Fibonacci sequences
ordered pairs
Another name for a sine curve is ...
ellipse
cycloid
conic section
periodic curve
geometric spiral
Name the process of moving a quantity from one side of an equation to the other side by changing its sign of operation.
Transposition
Substitution
Elimination
Factorization
The fixed ratio between the size of the model and the size of the real object is called the ...
scale
dimension
volume
area
The most frequent score in a set of scores is the ...
mode
mean
datum
median
average
Archimedes described it as greater than 3 10/71 and less than 3 10/70. Today that number is called ...
pi (π)
phi (φ)
e (Euler's number)
gamma (γ)
A mathematical statement admitted without proof is a(n) ...
theorem
axiom
principle
hypothesis
conclusion
Any digit that is obtained by actual measurement and is not simply a placeholder used to position the decimal point is what kind of digit?
significant digit
decimal digit
placeholder digit
approximate digit
A torus resembles which breakfast item from a bakery?
Bagel
Croissant
Muffin
Danish
Which concept on the left is not paired with numbers or symbols that illustrate it?
integer, -4968
coefficient, 5x + 9 = 3
identity, 7 + 0 = 7
additive inverse, 22 + (-22) = 0
reciprocals, a/b + b/a = 1
Euclid referred to what when he said this: In the same plane they will never intersect or meet, no matter how far they are extended.
Parallel lines
Perpendicular lines
Intersecting lines
Curved lines
The opposite ends of any diameter of a sphere are described as being what kind of points?
antipodal
anecdotal
antecedent
antithetical
antemeridian
Cardinal numerals designate which of the following?
Order
Quantity
Color
Shape
Which plant is not paired correctly with a part people ordinarily eat?
turnip - root
eggplant - fruit
asparagus - stem
cauliflower - flower
Brussels sprouts - seed
What is the Italian word for an appetizer?
antipasto
dolce
formaggio
zuppa
What spice is traditionally stuck into hams or floated in cider?
cloves
cinnamon
nutmeg
cardamom
Food Preservation: Which method of food preservation was developed most recently?
salting
pickling
smoking
sugaring
freeze drying
What is the collective name for such additions to hamburgers as onions, relish, catsup, and mustard?
condiments
toppings
fillings
dressings
A vegetarian traveling abroad would find which dish unacceptable?
ratatouille
Welsh rarebit
crepe suzette
moo goo gai pan
fettuccini primavera
A chef chops a head of cabbage into fine strips. He sprinkles it with salt, and allows it to ferment slightly. The result is an acidic, tangy-flavored food called ...
sauerkraut
coleslaw
kimchi
pickles
One stick of butter weighs how many ounces?
4 ounces
2 ounces
8 ounces
6 ounces
Citrus: The outer colored part of the rind of citrus fruits is called the ...
zest
pulp
core
pit
Max allowed some milk to spoil. He then threw away the whey and kept the curd. What common food is he probably making?
cheese
butter
yogurt
ice cream
Which is not a root vegetable?
okra
garlic
shallot
parsnip
Jerusalem artichoke
Bread gets its light and fluffy texture from what gas produced when Saccharomyces ferments the carbohydrates in bread dough?
carbon dioxide
oxygen
nitrogen
hydrogen
Name the liquid found in the home consisting of dilute acetic acid.
vinegar
lemon juice
milk
baking soda solution
You can keep sliced avocado from discoloring by sprinkling it with ...
salt
coke
water
lemon juice
monosodium glutamate
The cooking process used when you place meat on a rack or spit under direct heat in an oven is called:
Broiling
Baking
Steaming
Poaching
What common material used in cooking can be produced by grinding the seeds of these plants?
Flour
Sugar
Salt
Vinegar
Another name for coriander is ...
basil
cilantro
marjoram
rosemary
tarragon
Ostrich roasting takes 20 minutes per pound at 350 degrees. If it is to be served at 8 PM Friday, when should you start cooking a 120-pound bird?
Start cooking at 12:00 AM Friday
Start cooking at 8:00 AM Friday
Start cooking at 4:00 AM Friday
Start cooking at 4:00 PM Friday
The general term for foods made of raw fish and wrapped in seaweed or a soft rice shell is:
Sushi
Tempura
Ramen
Gyoza
A common kitchen device used to raise the boiling point of water is:
Pressure cooker
Microwave oven
Toaster
Refrigerator
To partially cook by boiling in preparation for some other final cooking method is called ...
blanching
roasting
grilling
baking
Penelope has a pan of burning bacon fat on her stove. She should definitely not attempt to extinguish it by ...
pouring water on it
covering it with a jacket
dumping sand into the pan
throwing baking powder on the flames
using a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher
Soaking meat in a flavored liquid prior to cooking is called ...
marinating
basting
roasting
poaching
Mrs. Crauker has a dozen eggs but is not sure if they were fresh. By placing them in water, she will know they are bad if they do what?
Float to the top
Sink to the bottom
Change color
Make bubbles
Which spice has a distinctly licorice flavor?
anise
curry
cumin
caraway
allspice
The plant with enormous leaves is:
Banana plant
Rose
Cactus
Lavender
Commercial brown sugar is simply refined sugar with what added?
Molasses
Caramel
Honey
Corn syrup
Select the French phrase that means "baked with a topping of grated cheese or crumbs."
En croûte
Au gratin
Sous vide
À la carte
The same stimulant present in tea and coffee is also present in ...
aspirin
chocolate
citrus fruits
Condiment Culture: The condiment named for the English city where Oliver Cromwell achieved victory by routing the Scots and Charles II in 1651 is ...
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce
Sriracha
Dijon mustard
Which national park east of the Mississippi River has the highest mountains?
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Everglades National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Acadia National Park
The Badlands of South Dakota and Canyonlands of Utah were both formed primarily by ...
erosion
glaciation
wave action
meteorite impact
volcanic intrusion
Forty-seven mineral hot springs said to have therapeutic value are central to Hot Springs National Park in what state?
Arkansas
Colorado
Nevada
Montana
Which is a coral reef national park located away from the U.S. mainland?
Katmai National Park
Biscayne National Park
Everglades National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
Channel Islands National Park
The world's largest and most colorful collection of petrified wood is in a national park in what state?
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
The least geographical distance separates which pair of national parks?
Sequoia - Shenandoah
Yellowstone - Acadia
Mammoth Cave - Denali
Crater Lake - Mount Rainier
What cabinet-level department administers conservation programs, manages fish and wildlife resources, operates national parks, assesses mineral resources, and looks after the interests of Native Americans?
Department of the Interior
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Which two national parks are in the same state?
Everglades - Acadia
Denali - Glacier Bay
Arches - Everglades
Petrified Forest - Zion
Hells Canyon - Grand Teton
During the winter of 1988, 569 of Yellowstone Park's herd of 2700 of these animals were killed when Montana permitted hunters to shoot any that wandered outside the park boundaries. What kind of animals were these?
Bison
Elk
Moose
Deer
Gutzon Borglum created the sculptures on Mount Rushmore in ...
Utah
Montana
Minnesota
California
South Dakota
Acadia National Park is located in a mountainous, forested area along the Atlantic coast of what state?
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Sandstone geological structures are most typical of national parks and national monuments found in ...
the southwest
the northeast
the plains states
The national park in northeastern Minnesota described as a vast expanse of wilderness along the U.S.-Canadian border, virtually unchanged since the days of the French-Canadian voyageurs of the fur-trading era, is:
Voyageurs National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Glacier National Park
Isle Royale National Park
Mangrove and cypress trees are abundant in which national park?
Sequoia
Glacier Bay
Everglades
Grand Teton
Grand Canyon
The site that later became a national park and was discovered in 1901 when massive clouds of bats were observed emanating from it at twilight to forage for food is:
Carlsbad Caverns
Yellowstone
Mammoth Cave
Grand Canyon
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is in ...
Nevada and Utah
Georgia and Alabama
Arizona and New Mexico
Pennsylvania and New York
North Carolina and Tennessee
The name of this national park is:
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Yosemite National Park
Zion National Park
In which state is there a national park encompassing a deep-blue lake in the heart of a dormant volcano?
Hawaii
Alaska
Oregon
Montana
California
Big Bend National Park is contiguous to which foreign country?
Mexico
Canada
Guatemala
Belize
Carib Indian relics and luxuriant beaches are characteristics of which national park?
Olympic
Virgin Islands
Hawaii Volcanoes
Theodore Roosevelt
Great Smoky Mountains
A speleologist would be most interested in visiting the national park in the general region of ...
Moab, Utah
Hilo, Hawaii
Fairbanks, Alaska
Cooke City, Montana
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The U.S. national park consisting of some eight million wilderness acres but only one 90-mile stretch of gravel road is:
Denali National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Yosemite National Park
What type of energy powers Old Faithful?
chemical
potential
mechanical
geothermal
What national park in Kentucky is widely known for its outstanding stalagmites and stalactites?
Mammoth Cave National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Yosemite National Park
Shenandoah National Park is in ...
Georgia
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
South Carolina
In what state are these sites found?
Utah
Arizona
Colorado
Nevada
Recent Zoology: What animal was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1995?
gray wolf
mule deer
bald eagle
American bison
pronghorn antelope
Name the national park in which there are 107 named peaks in excess of ten thousand feet.
Denali National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Yosemite National Park
Canyons: This stupendous gorge has an average depth of about 1 mile and widths ranging from four to 18 miles. Name this greatest example of erosion in the world.
Grand Canyon
Great Rift Valley
Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge
Fish River Canyon
You would cross the largest river in the U.S. if you took an automobile trip from ...
Yosemite to Yellowstone
Shenandoah to the Everglades
Crater Lake to Carlsbad Caverns
Mammoth Cave to Mount Rainier
the Grand Canyon to the Grand Tetons
Name the type of painting executed on wet plaster with pigments suspended in water so that the plaster absorbs the colors and the painting becomes part of the wall.
Fresco
Tempera
Oil painting
Encaustic
Which artist is not correctly paired with a subject for which he is famed?
A. Edouard Manet - nudes
B. Edgar Degas - ballet dancers
C. Paul Gauguin - Tahitian women
D. Jean-Francois Millet - peasants
E. Salvador Dali - Biblical stories
Two people posed for a famous American painting. One was the artist's sister, Nan Wood Graham. The other was the family dentist named Dr. Byron McKeeby. Name the painting.
American Gothic
The Persistence of Memory
The Starry Night
Whistler's Mother
Whose paintings appeared on the covers of 318 Saturday Evening Posts?
Ansel Adams
Gilbert Stuart
James Whistler
Norman Rockwell
Frederick Remington
Name the frame in the form of an upright tripod that supports an artist's canvas.
Easel
Palette
Stretcher
Mallet
Gustave Courbet painted "Apples and Pomegranate." This title suggests that the work is an example of a ...
portrait
still life
landscape
miniature
silhouette
7. The Big Picture Leonardo Wilson just completed a huge painting of ancient Anasazi life covering the entire side of a motel wall. Such a painting is called a ...
Mural
Fresco
Portrait
Sketch
Whose painting career ended most recently?
Paul Cezanne
Pablo Picasso
Albrecht Durer
Sandro Botticelli
Vincent van Gogh
What color predominates in the most famous painting of a youth by Thomas Gainsborough?
Blue
Red
Green
Yellow
In a landscape painting, the line at which the earth and sky meet is called the ...
profile
horizon
threshold
vanishing point
line of demarcation
Which of the following is used to measure the mass of an object in the kitchen?
Measuring cup
Thermometer
Timer
Kitchen scale
What is the term for a polygon with all sides and angles equal?
Scalene polygon
Trapezoid
Equilateral polygon
Irregular polygon
Which of these is a unit commonly used to express the volume of a liquid ingredient in recipes?
Ounce
Inch
Pound
Yard
