WorksheetsRound 9 - First Half | 2023-24 Elementary Practice Questions
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 33mins
You are told to begin at four and count out loud by increments of one-half, as in “four, four and one-half,” and so on. Using this pattern, what would be the fourth number you state?
four and one-half
five
five and one-half
six
The Kentucky component to the Hatfield–McCoy feud occurred in this county. What is Kentucky’s easternmost county, and the largest in land area?
Harlan County
Pike County
Letcher County
Floyd County
This Newbery Medal–winning author began his career as a syndicated cartoonist. After winning the Newbery, he wrote and illustrated the two sequels Class Act and School Trip. Who is this creator of New Kid?
Jerry Craft
Dav Pilkey
Jeff Kinney
Raina Telgemeier
For two notes in this musical interval, the top note vibrates twice as fast as the bottom one. Using Solfege, both notes have the same syllable, such as “do” or “re.” What is this distance between two musical notes with the same letter name?
Octave
Perfect fifth
Unison
Chord
This process occurs when dry ice changes directly into carbon dioxide gas. Identify this direct transformation of a solid into a gas, without becoming a liquid in between.
Melting
Condensation
Sublimation
Deposition
Gravity provides this type of force on planets orbiting around the sun. It only works on objects moving along curved paths. Identify the real force that directs a body’s rotation inward toward an axis.
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
Inertia
Friction
This author and illustrator’s father earned Caldecott Honors for The Story of Jumping Mouse and Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. The son won a Coretta Scott King Award for In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall. Name the creator of Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Javaka Steptoe
Jacob Lawrence
Kadir Nelson
Bryan Collier
The only work Beethoven composed in this genre was Fidelio. It tells a story by combining vocal and instrumental music with dramatic elements like sets and costumes. Identify this genre of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.
Symphony
Concerto
Opera
Oratorio
This famous Kentucky artist was born Jean Rabin Fougere in Santo Domingo. He has a state park named after him near Henderson, Kentucky. Who is this artist and naturalist known for The Birds of America?
John James Audubon
Paul Gauguin
Winslow Homer
John Singer Sargent
Find the greatest common factor of 90 and 120 .
10
15
30
45
One expression of this physics law is V=I×R , where I is current, V is voltage, and R is resistance. Another way to state it is that current is proportional to voltage divided by resistance. What is this law that shares its name with the SI unit of electrical resistance?
Newton’s Law
Ohm’s Law
Coulomb’s Law
Faraday’s Law
Jazz musicians who played this instrument included Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Louis Armstrong. The oldest brass instrument, it began having piston valves around 1820. Name this smallest and highest-pitched orchestral brass instrument.
Trombone
Trumpet
French horn
Tuba
It’s not a limerick, but this poetic form also consists of five lines. Adelaide Crapsey created it around 1913. What is this 22-syllable poem divided into lines of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 2 syllables?
Haiku
Cinquain
Sonnet
Tanka
This marshy area is up to 50 miles wide, but less than a foot deep in many places. Alligators and invasive snakes like pythons roam its vast sawgrass fields. What is this region in southern Florida?
The Everglades
Okefenokee Swamp
Atchafalaya Basin
Biscayne Bay
Add the following fractions: one-fifth plus two-thirds.
11/15
13/15
7/15
13/30
Add the following fractions: one-half plus two-fifths.
7/10
9/10
4/5
1
For the U.S. Army and Navy, this man prepared the official arrangement of "The Star-Spangled Banner." He also wrote the operetta El Capitan and works like Semper Fidelis and The Stars and Stripes Forever. Give the name of this so-called "march king."
John Philip Sousa
Irving Berlin
George M. Cohan
Aaron Copland
This three-word agricultural method is particularly common in South America and Asia. What is this method, in which forests are cut then set on fire?
Crop rotation
Terrace farming
Slash-and-burn
Selective logging
This writer advised his son on how to persevere through trials in the poem "If--." He also penned a story collection that includes the tale of the mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Identify this creator of Mowgli in The Jungle Book.
Rudyard Kipling
Roald Dahl
Jack London
Mark Twain
This type of dripstone is generally thicker than its counterpart, but both can grow together to form a column. It forms in limestone caves when calcite builds up in a cone-shaped deposit on the ground. Give the name of this opposite of a stalactite [stuh-LACK-tite].
Stalagmite
Hoodoo
Column
Stalactite
Movements in this category can be even or uneven. They transport a body from one point in space to another. Identify this category that includes walking and running.
Nonlocomotor
Manipulative
Locomotor
Reflexive
Your library's copy of the book Bridge to Terabithia has 220 pages. If your goal is to read the book in four days, how many pages must you read each day to stay on target?
50
55
60
45
This weather phenomenon occurs at Intertropical Convergence Zones. Its wind patterns reverse direction in the winter and summer because of temperature differences between air over land and sea. Name this wind that causes drenching seasonal rains over South Asia and West Africa.
Monsoon
Trade wind
Chinook
Sirocco
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, this crop was so important in the American South that is was known as "king." Slaves on vast plantations supplied the North, and England, with what textile used for clothing?
Cotton
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Although C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel, it also falls into this literary category. Fables and parables are also types. Identify this kind of story that has both a literal and a deeper symbolic meaning.
Allegory
Myth
Satire
Biography
Kentuckian Henry Clay was instrumental in the passage of this series of laws. What was the collective name for the Congressional acts which, among other things, admitted California to the Union as a free state and enacted the Fugitive Slave Law?
Compromise of 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
This dance combined African and Portuguese elements because its creators were former or current slaves brought to work on sugar plantations. It became associated with Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebration. Give the name of Brazil's national dance.
Tango
Salsa
Samba
Bossa nova
This solar layer lies between the convection zone and the chromosphere. It is a shallow layer of ionized gas that periodically develops sunspots. What is this visible surface of the sun?
Photosphere
Corona
Radiative zone
Mesosphere
How many minutes are in five hours and 11 minutes?
301
311
321
330
In one myth, this god tied each of his eight legs to different pots of food that his friends were cooking. Everyone tugged on the web strings at the same time, painfully lengthening his legs. Who was this spider god of tricks and stories in West African and Caribbean folklore?
Anansi
Coyote
Loki
Maui
In a June 1963 speech, this U.S. president assured a crowd in the East German capital, "I am a Berliner." The year before, he addressed Rice University about the space race—namely, NASA's goal to reach the moon. Which president, in his inaugural address, said, "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country"?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
In this U.S. city, you'll find the National Mall and the Holocaust Museum. Found on the banks of the Potomac River, what is our nation's capital?
Washington, D.C.
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
In the 1970s and '80s, this man was the world's best-known male classical ballet dancer. He spent a year with the New York City Ballet and later founded the White Oak Dance Project. Name this man who, soon after defecting, joined the American Ballet Theatre.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Rudolf Nureyev
Vaslav Nijinsky
George Balanchine
In 2005, scientists placed this free-living protist into the category Excavata. It is unicellular, moves using a flagellum, and can photosynthesize or consume food from its environment. Name this organism that has a bright red eyespot.
Euglena
Paramecium
Amoeba
Diatom
What geometry term beginning with "I" refers to the place where two lines meet?
Intersection
Interval
Interior
Inequality
In ancient Greece, this word named the circular space where the chorus sang and danced. In modern theaters, it can refer to the whole main-floor space where the audience sits. What is this word that, in music, names a group of instrumentalists who play works like symphonies?
Orchestra
Auditorium
Amphitheater
Ensemble
When describing someone's personality, this adjective can mean "formal or stiff in behavior," or "lacking in affection or warmth." Identify this word that also means an object or place has a very cold temperature.
Frigid
Chilly
Aloof
Icy
Military action here was needed, U.S. officials said, because this country had weapons of mass destruction and supported terrorism. In the early 2000s, what Middle Eastern country was led by dictator Saddam Hussein?
Iraq
Iran
Syria
Afghanistan
A rectangle has a length of 7 units and a width of 2.5 units. What is the area, in square units, of the rectangle?
17.5
14.5
9.5
10
To belong to this category, a plant must have a vascular system and enclose its seeds in an ovary. The category includes the largest and most diverse number of plants on Earth. Give the scientific name for these flowering plants.
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Bryophytes
Conifers
An isosceles triangle has legs with lengths of 14 units and a base of 23 units. In units, what is the perimeter of the triangle?
51
37
28
23
This largest class of mollusks contains more than 65,000 species. Many of them have a single, spirally coiled shell. Name this invertebrate class that includes snails and slugs.
Gastropods
Cephalopods
Bivalves
Echinoderms
The first part of this compound word is a synonym of "doodle." The second part is a structure that spans a river, road, or other expanse. What is this part of a castle that can lie across a moat or be pulled up to cover a gateway?
Drawbridge
Causeway
Portcullis
Battlement
Also known as the President’s Annual Message to Congress and typically held in January or February, what is the speech the president gives to both houses of Congress?
State of the Union Address
Inaugural Address
Farewell Address
Gettysburg Address
This term describes colors that lie opposite each other on the color wheel, such as red with green, blue with orange, and yellow with violet. Name this color relationship.
Complementary colors
Analogous colors
Primary colors
Monochromatic scheme
What does the First Amendment call the right citizens have to gather together peaceably?
Freedom of assembly
Freedom of speech
Right to petition
Freedom of the press
This type of artwork is the opposite of a stabile. Alexander Calder created this kind of sculpture that has moving parts driven by motors or winds and also names a soft, floating object hung above a baby’s crib. What is it called?
Mobile
Fresco
Relief
Mosaic
This mammal is related to the horse and the rhinoceros. It lives in forests of Southeast Asia and Central and South America and escapes enemies by swimming. Identify the hoofed, short-legged animal with a flexible snout like a short elephant trunk.
Tapir
Peccary
Okapi
Capybara
Bryce Harper grounds out to second base once every 12 at-bats. How many times would you predict him to ground out to second base in 120 at-bats?
8
10
12
15
In different contexts, this punctuation mark can replace a colon, parentheses, or commas. It can indicate a connection between two words, a range of numbers, or a span of time. Name this punctuation that resembles a long hyphen.
Dash
Colon
Semicolon
Hyphen
Solve for X: 22X−10=100 .
4
5
10
15
What is the antecedent of the pronoun in this sentence? When babies are happy, they sometimes laugh.
babies
happy
they
laugh
Although it is related to a certain illegal plant, this crop gaining popularity in Kentucky isn’t harmful. Its fibers can be used to make clothing, rope, and paper. Name the plant.
Hemp
Flax
Cotton
Bamboo
This subsystem of the immune system contains vessels like the thoracic duct, helps defend against disease, and balances body fluid levels by draining from tissues. Name the system that contains nodes and a clear fluid of the same name.
Lymphatic system
Circulatory system
Respiratory system
Endocrine system
Beginning in 1489, this Renaissance artist created the portrait Lady with an Ermine and painted The Last Supper. Name the artist.
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
Botticelli
What is the product when 4Y is multiplied by 4Y ?
8Y
16Y
16Y2
8Y2
This data is discrete when it can be counted and continuous when it can be measured. State the term for this numerical data.
Qualitative data
Quantitative data
Categorical data
Ordinal data
State the participial phrase in the sentence: Arriving at the bus stop, I realized that the bus was late.
Arriving at the bus stop
I realized
that the bus was late
at the bus stop
This suspension bridge spans the strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Which landmark featuring tall towers and suspension cables is being described?
Golden Gate Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
London Bridge
African artists use wood, leather, metal, or fabric to make cultural artifacts and decorate them with horns, fiber, glass, shells, and other items. What are these art and ceremonial objects that can cover the face or the entire head called?
Masks
Murals
Totems
Baskets
In 2023, this singer-songwriter released re-recorded versions of her albums Speak Now and 1989 and embarked on her record-breaking Eras Tour. Identify the singer of "Anti-Hero" and "Cruel Summer."
Taylor Swift
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Katy Perry
The winner appeared nonchalant about his victory. Which spelling correctly matches the word in the sentence that means "unemotional"?
Nonchalant
Nonchalent
Nonchallant
Noncholant
A science experiment directs you to pour 1000 milliliters of water into a flask. In liters, how much water is this?
0.1 liter
1 liter
10 liters
100 liters
Before dying in a car accident, this surgeon taught at Freedmen's Hospital and Howard University and pioneered blood banks for organizations like Blood for Britain and the American Red Cross. Who was this medical pioneer?
Charles Drew
Jonas Salk
Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
In August 2022, President Biden announced a plan to cancel part of a particular type of debt typically held by younger people. What type of debt did he propose to cancel?
Student loans
Mortgage debt
Credit card debt
Auto loans
