WorksheetsAcademic Hallmarks 2024 - Nebraska Practice 2024-25 JV 1000
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 47mins
A major new ship safety regulation was issued by federal inspectors after the sinking of the Titanic. It required steamships to carry a sufficient number of what for all passengers?
lifeboats
anchors
compasses
radios
Medicines - What is the plant that is associated with the 1st both medicine?
International Date Line
Neem
Tulsi
Aloe Vera
What labor native to the Peruvian Andes was first brought to Europe in 1525?
potato
tomato
maize
quinoa
These songs were inspired by the myths and history of what ancient land?
Egypt
Greece
China
India
Humidity - If one cubic meter of air currently holds 18 grams of water, it is capable of holding 24 grams when saturated. What is the relative humidity?
75%
60%
80%
90%
If you left the capital of Wyoming, flying on a compass heading of 90 degrees, what would the next state you fly over be?
Nebraska
Montana
Utah
Colorado
During the Age of Sail, far more naval personnel died from what deficiency disease than all other causes of death combined including combat, storms, disasters, shipwrecks, and other diseases?
scurvy
malaria
tuberculosis
cholera
Pronouns - Supply the missing reflexive pronoun in this line. Sarah was determined to consume the entire mule -----.
herself
himself
itself
themselves
Plurals - Give the plural of 'beef.'
beeves (or beefs)
beefs
beefes
beevs
Interjections - Name any interjection that begins with 'w.'
wow
ouch
alas
oops
Boiling - The boiling point of water is highest in what American national park?
Death Valley
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
What is the meaning of the Latin stem in these words: compose, impose, propose?
place (put)
write (scribble)
carry (bear)
see (look)
In Eric Campbell's novel, 'Place of Lions,' an airplane crashes in what vast Tanzanian plain west of the Great Rift Valley?
Serengeti
Kalahari
Sahara
Namib
Cycling - Which prestigious cycling event covers over 2,000 miles throughout France every July?
Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
Vuelta a España
Paris-Roubaix
Warfare on the High Seas - What kind of German vessels were responsible for the sinking of these British ships? Empress of Britain, HMS Ark Royal, RMS Lusitania
Submarines
Battleships
Destroyers
Cruisers
Order of Operations - Perform the indicated operations. 5a - 2b - [3a - (8 + 2b) + 3b]
9a - 9b
2a + 3b + 8
5a - 2b - 3a + 8 + 2b - 3b
8a - b
Earth Science - What natural structures comprised almost entirely of dihydrogen monoxide are built through accumulation and eroded by ablation?
Glaciers
Sand dunes
Lava flows
Coral reefs
Which of them, at just 3.2 acres, is the smallest, and the one most likely to be flooded?
St. Mark's Square
Trafalgar Square
Times Square
Red Square
What material derived from cellulose pulp is essential if you want to practice decoupage or origami?
Paper
Plastic
Metal
Glass
What kind of subordinate clause is illustrated in this example? Anyone who bothers should bring a silly hat.
Adjective clause
Adverb clause
Noun clause
Conditional clause
What kind of imagery creates a mental picture of a scene or event?
auditory imagery
olfactory imagery
gustatory imagery
tactile imagery
What alloy commonly composed of tin and copper is used in metal sculpture?
bronze
brass
steel
pewter
What type of skeletons do insects, snails, spiders, and starfish have?
exoskeletons
endoskeletons
hydrostatic skeletons
cartilaginous skeletons
How many days are between October 16 and February 12?
119
110
123
132
In what state is Mt. Rainier National Park?
Washington
Oregon
California
Montana
Government Idioms - If a political leader declares a think beyond which a certain activity will not be accepted, a line is being drawn in what?
the sand
the water
the air
the road
What abbreviation describes payment for merchandise at the time that delivery is made?
COD
FOB
EFT
ACH
Sound - When a scale is played on a piano from higher to lower notes, the pitch of the sound decreases. What happens to the wavelength?
It increases.
It decreases.
It remains the same.
It disappears.
What’s the French word for house?
maison
voiture
chien
livre
Processes - What two-word process involves the movement of element #6 between living organisms and their environment?
carbon cycle
nitrogen fixation
water cycle
photosynthesis
Compounds - Monosaccharide is a simple what?
sugar
protein
lipid
vitamin
The Caribbean - You are coloring a map of the Caribbean island countries. How many colors do you need so that all countries touching one-another will be colored differently?
4
2
5
6
During what conflict were most of the original holdings of the Library of Congress destroyed?
War of 1812
American Civil War
World War I
Spanish-American War
Who was the U.S. President when the American hostages in Iran were freed?
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
The Robert Burns poem that includes the following line is traditionally associated with what holiday? Should auld acquaintance be forgot
New Year's Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas
Easter
What condition is characterized by difficulty breathing and wheezing due to narrowed airways which can have several causes such as allergies and is often treated first with an inhaler?
Asthma
Diabetes
Arthritis
Hypertension
Surgery - A craniotomy is a surgical incision into what body structure?
Skull
Liver
Heart
Lung
Anatomy - Name the column of nervous tissue that runs through the backbone.
Spinal column
Femur
Rib cage
Pelvis
Poetry Vocabulary - Derived from an Old French word meaning 'to repeat,' any phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated after each stanza throughout a poem is called a what?
Refrain
Stanza
Couplet
Verse
Derived from Italian words meaning 'in the manner of a chapel,' what vocal musical term means 'without instrumental accompaniment'?
A cappella
Legato
Forte
Staccato
In what kind of dancing are these moves found? Ladies chain; right and left grand; promenade; weave the ring; do sa do.
Square dancing
Ballet
Salsa
Tango
An 80-pound cube with edges of 4 feet exerts how much pressure per square foot?
5 pounds
10 pounds
20 pounds
2 pounds
Etymology - The name for what force was derived from the Latin words, 'centrum, meaning, 'center,' and, 'petere,' meaning, 'to seek'?
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
Gravitational force
Electrostatic force
Operation with Exponents - What is the square of this quantity: in exponential form, 4 times 10 to the first power.
16 times 10 to the 2nd power
8 times 10 to the 1st power
4 times 10 to the 3rd power
20 times 10 to the 2nd power
Many hammocks are based on what art form that includes patterns of knots?
Macrame
Origami
Mosaic
Calligraphy
Name the nation or the Greater Antilles that occupies the eastern two-thirds of Hispaniola.
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Cuba
Jamaica
From 2000-2015, the most dangerous U.S. job was which one where 725 people died, mostly from vessel disasters or falling overboard, without vests while bringing in 8.7 million pounds of product?
Fishing
Construction
Mining
Logging
Spelling - Say/now spell F-A-X-C-I-M-I-L-E. Don't copy him as you spell FACSIMILE.
FACSIMILE
FAXIMILE
FACSIMELE
FACKSIMILE
Headwaters - The headwaters of the largest river in Pakistan are in what mountain system?
Himalayas
Andes
Rocky Mountains
Alps
Geology - What scientific discipline has been defined as the study of the visible surface of the past?
Stratigraphy
Petrology
Mineralogy
Paleontology
Anyone in the Army or Air Force who has won a Purple Heart and is then killed or wounded in action, is awarded the Oak Cluster. Members of the Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard are awarded instead a star of what color?
Gold (star)
Silver (star)
Bronze (star)
Blue (star)
Traditions - What day celebrated annually that inspired the Clean Air Act and encourages respect for the environment?
Earth Day
Flag Day
Labor Day
Arbor Day
Before making their big splashes in the history of technology, what did both the DuVaa brothers and the Wright brothers manufacture?
Bicycles
Typewriters
Watches
Shoes
A pilot who says has turned to 270 degrees is heading in what direction?
West
North
East
South
What point of view is used in this example? Of all the pupils at the Knight School, Gawain was hardly the best jousting, but his instructors soon discovered that he lacked spirit.
First person
Second person
Third person
Which international organization controls more than 75% of the world's proven oil reserves?
(a)
The Central African Republic got its independence from which country in 1960, but kept its language as official?
(a)
Africa - Yoruba was the native language of the author Wole Soyinka who was born in which modern country with both cities of Lagos and capital of Abuja?
(a)
Although he spoke no English, the Baron von Steuben did a remarkable job training members of the Continental Army at what Pennsylvania site in the winter of 1777?
(a)
The PLO - The Palestine Liberation Organization was founded in 1964 to represent the world's estimated 4.5 million Palestinians dispersed among the Arab countries after the creation of what nation?
(a)
Math - How fundamental property is expressed here? a+b = b+a
Commutative
Associative
Distributive
Identity
Phrases - The prepositional phrase in the example below is used as what part of speech? Old Fred rumbled over the corral.
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Genres - Which books are examples of what genre or nonfiction? 'Long Walk to Freedom', by Nelson Mandela, 'Up from Slavery', by Booker T. Washington, 'My Early Life', by Winston Churchill
Autobiography
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Poetry
Modular Arithmetic - Express the product of 3 times 5 in mod 8.
7
2
5
1
Playing the Chord - An E minor chord consists of E, G, and what other note?
B
C
A
D
What is the most common element in the universe?
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Helium
Federal funding compilation - Federal finance departments and agencies of the federal government submit their annual requests for funding to what executive office where they are compiled?
Office of Management and Budget
Department of the Treasury
General Services Administration
Congressional Budget Office
South American geography - The major river that drains into the Rio de la Plata is?
Parana
Amazon
Orinoco
Magdalena
U.S. history - This state would drop seven million inhabitants and gain more than seven million if it would lose the war. Even though the U.S. would drop seven million inhabitants and gain more than seven million if it would lose the war.
Vietnam
California
Texas
Florida
Which of the four principal types of body tissues derives from the mesoderm and contracts to produce body movements?
muscle
epithelial
nervous
connective
Proportional - MATH: A and B are directly proportional. When A = 6, then B = 4. What is B when A = 48?
32
24
36
8
What words or misspelled in this excerpt about Congressional immunity? While traveling to and from legislative sessions, members of Congress may be arrested only for treason, felonies or a breach of the peace.
peace
piece
peach
pace
New Designation - Oumuamua is a cigar-shaped space object that went through our solar system in 2017 and has been designated as the first object of the IAU type with 1 indicating that it is not from our solar system. What does the 1 stand for?
interstellar
asteroidal
cometary
planetary
Which annual marathon, held on Patriots' Day in April in an eastern U.S. city, is the world's oldest annual marathon?
Boston Marathon
New York City Marathon
Chicago Marathon
Philadelphia Marathon
One specialty store sold twice as many gizmos in the afternoon as it did in the morning. If 360 kilogizmos of gizmos were sold during the entire day, how many kilogizmos were sold in the morning?
120
90
180
240
Parts of the whole - Trachea, Hypothalamus, Pons, Medulla - These are all part of what organ?
Brain
Liver
Heart
Lung
In terms of pi, what is the area of a circle with a diameter of 8?
16π
8π
32π
64π
Simplify 3(x + 2) - 4x.
-x + 6
x + 6
3x + 2
-x - 6
Name the vast region comprising most of northern Asia and the central and eastern portions of the Russian Federation.
Siberia
Andes
Sahara
Amazon
Which American owner of her own television studio, actress, activist, and philanthropist became the first-ever Black American woman billionaire in the world in 2003?
Oprah Winfrey
Whoopi Goldberg
Tyra Banks
Beyoncé
Write the first part of literary trilogy refers to Orham, which is in Istanbul, and paired-in the dark land of Mordor. Name this book, the second in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Two Towers
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
Massive hydroelectric structure - The Grand Coulee Dam is located on what river?
Columbia
Mississippi
Colorado
Snake
In what city is the Texas Book Depository and the John F. Kennedy Memorial?
Dallas
Houston
Austin
San Antonio
South Korea has 1 National Assembly and Simon Bolivar's idea was a legislature, so neither indicates what form with two chambers such as the U.S. Congress?
Bicameral
Unilateral
Tricameral
Quadrilateral
To the nearest thousand, the world's longest river is how many miles long?
4000
3000
5000
6000
The coast of what country extends from Guyana to Colombia?
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Panama
Parts or all of what region adjacent to the Mediterranean has been occupied and controlled by the ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Romans, various caliphates, Crusaders, Mongols, Ottomans, the British, and Israelis?
Palestine (Holy Land)
Andalusia
Anatolia
Maghreb
Planets - These are characteristics of what planet? - Orbital period of about 12 Earth years - Has 4 large moons and numerous smaller ones - Surface is massive as are all of the other planets - Combined times the Earth's distance from the sun
Jupiter
Mars
Venus
Mercury
Derived Substance - What trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?
Pine
Maple
Oak
Birch
Group Achievement - The shared customs and beliefs of a group of people along with their art, achievements, and social organization are all part of their what?
Culture
Geography
Economy
Government
Etymology - Spell the term that can mean either 'the opposite,' or, to engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts.
Converse
Reverse
Discuss
Debate
Translate the last three words of this sequence of Spanish words into their English equivalent: Reino, Phylum, Clase, Orden, Familia, Género, Especie.
Family, Genus, Species
Order, Family, Class
Genus, Species, Kingdom
Phylum, Class, Order
Thinking - What type of thinking is illustrated by this sequence of thoughts? All fish have fins. This is a fish. Therefore, this has fins.
Deduction
Induction
Abduction
Intuition
