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WorksheetsPacket 2 — Converted MCQs (Grade 7)
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 40mins
Surges from this larger body of water breached the levees of Lake Pontchartrain during a 2005 hurricane. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill occurred in this body of water, and its coast includes popular beaches like Panama City and Destin. Hurricane Katrina gained strength on this gulf before it hit New Orleans. Name this gulf that shares its name with a country south of the United States.
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of California
Atlantic Ocean
Caribbean Sea
These geographical features are present at sites where asteroids and meteors strike the Earth’s surface. Name these features.
Volcanoes
Impact craters
Sand dunes
Canyons
The Vredefort Crater, the largest certified impact crater in the world, is located southwest of Pretoria in this African country, which has three capitals. Name the country.
Namibia
South Africa
Botswana
Zimbabwe
The Chicxulub Crater lies beneath this Mexican peninsula on which the popular tourist destination Cancún is located. Name the peninsula.
Baja California
Florida
Yucatán
Yamal
The currently unsolved hierarchy problem describes discrepancies in aspects of this force and the weak force. Unlike special relativity, general relativity accounts for this force, the weakest of the fundamental forces. Waves created by this force are detected by LIGO and are most intense in the singularity of a black hole. What attractive force between two objects is this?
Gravity
Strong nuclear force
Electromagnetism
Weak nuclear force
The Radical Republicans pushed for the harshest punishments for supporters and members of this government, which rebelled against the Union in the Civil War. Name this government.
The Union
Confederate States of America
British Empire
Free Soil Party
The Stalwarts favored this system of awarding government positions as favors to supporters and friends rather than based on merit. Name the system.
Civil service examinations
Patronage or spoils system
Primary elections
Meritocracy law
Civil service reform was enacted by the Pendleton Act, passed by Chester Arthur after this president was assassinated by a Stalwart supporter in 1881. Name the president.
Ulysses S. Grant
James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
In this novel, a soldier is asked by a tattered soldier to see the title wound. The protagonist is Henry Fleming, and the American Civil War provides the backdrop. Name the novel by Stephen Crane.
The Red Badge of Courage
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Killer Angels
The Things They Carried
Name the social deduction video game created by Innersloth in which crewmates are hunted by imposters. Emergency meetings can result in players being ejected into space.
Among Us
Mafia
Werewolf Online
Secret Hitler
In addition to killing crewmates and sabotaging, imposters in the game Among Us can use this action to move around the map. Name this action.
Scanning
Venting
Sabotaging
Tasking
Imposters may fake tasks like swipe card in Admin on this Among Us map. Maps like Polus, MIRA HQ, and the Airship were added after this first map, which is set on a spaceship. Name the map.
Polus
The Skeld
MIRA HQ
The Airship
The paiza metal pendant was carried by messengers of these people’s Yam postal system. A non-Byzantine Secret History chronicles the rise of these people’s first leader, who was born with the name Temujin. These people ruled China through the Yuan dynasty of Kublai. What East Asian people founded by Genghis Khan are these?
Mongols
Huns
Manchus
Turks
Sun Wukong accompanies the monk Xuanzang on the title trip in this classic novel, which also features five pillars that are actually fingers. Name the novel.
Journey to the West
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Water Margin
Dream of the Red Chamber
The Monkey King travels to this country in Journey to the West. Another monkey, Hanuman, appears in this country’s Sanskrit epic about the abduction of Sita, the Ramayana. Name the country.
China
India
Nepal
Sri Lanka
In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong is trapped under one of these features for 500 years. To save Lakshmana in the Ramayana, Hanuman carries one of these geographical features; the tallest of them is Everest. Name these features.
Rivers
Forests
Mountains
Deserts
The book The Decisive Moment is a collection of works of art in this medium by Henri Cartier-Bresson, who pioneered its “street” variety. An early process for creating art in this medium was created by Louis Daguerre and required very long exposure times. Name this artistic medium whose practitioners use cameras to capture images.
Photography
Printmaking
Sculpture
Engraving
Name the art material that comes in types such as oil and tempera and is applied using brushes.
Canvas
Paint
Charcoal
Clay
Drip painting achieved mainstream success during this 20th-century art movement led by artists like Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. Name the movement.
Impressionism
Cubism
Abstract expressionism
Surrealism
Helen Frankenthaler, an Abstract expressionist, popularized the “soak stain” technique, which is similar to this common painting technique in which pigments are suspended in water. Name the technique.
Fresco
Acrylic
Watercolor
Encaustic
This Irish poet wrote The Second Coming, which opens by asking what rough beast slouches towards Bethlehem to be born and includes the line “things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.” He also wrote Easter, 1916. Name the poet.
William Butler Yeats
T. S. Eliot
W. H. Auden
Seamus Heaney
Name the programming language of the World Wide Web whose users write tags such as
and
HTML
JavaScript
Python
XML
HTML and CSS are frequently used to design these digital entities, which are accessed via URLs on the World Wide Web. Name these entities.
Emails
Databases
Websites
Operating systems
HTML websites often use this four-letter protocol to communicate with servers, which commonly precedes “www” in URLs. Name the protocol.
FTP
SMTP
HTTP
DHCP
This organelle is represented by a two-dimensional liquid in the fluid mosaic model. Its fluidity is maintained by cholesterol. It is mainly composed of phospholipids with polar heads and nonpolar tails. Plant cells maintain rigidity by having a solid cell wall around it. Name the organelle that contains the interior of the cell.
Cell membrane
Cell wall
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Name the play about the Younger family that takes its title from a Langston Hughes poem and shows their efforts to move into a white neighborhood.
A Raisin in the Sun
Fences
Death of a Salesman
Our Town
In A Raisin in the Sun, Asagai asks Beneatha Younger to move to this African country. The novels Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun were written by an author from this country. Name the country.
Kenya
Nigeria
Ghana
Ethiopia
In A Raisin in the Sun, Beneatha is accused of mutilating this physical feature when she straightens it, and later shows off the natural form of this feature with her new afro. Name the feature.
Hair
Skin
Nails
Teeth
An opera by this composer names a chord with the notes F, B, D-sharp, and G-sharp and ends with a character singing the Liebestod to mourn her lover’s death. Another opera by this composer features The Ride of the Valkyries. Name the German composer of Tristan und Isolde and the Ring Cycle.
Richard Wagner
Johannes Brahms
Richard Strauss
Franz Liszt
With a vacuum, a Büchner funnel can be used to execute this technique, which separates liquid and solid components and often utilizes a semipermeable membrane such as paper. Name the technique.
Filtration
Distillation
Extraction
Titration
The optimum velocity and theoretical plate height for this separation technique can be calculated using the van Deemter equation. In the GC–MS method, its gas type is paired with mass spectrometry. Name the technique.
Electrophoresis
Chromatography
Spectroscopy
Centrifugation
These substances are used in chromatography demonstrations and can color paper and fabrics; certain types can also be used to change hair color or food color. Name the substances.
Solvents
Acids
Dyes
Binders
In one speech, this man said people had been given a “bad check” for “insufficient funds,” and in another he said he had “seen the Promised Land.” He envisioned a day when his children would “not be judged by the color of their skin” in a speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Name this civil rights activist who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
John Lewis
Thurgood Marshall
Name the alcoholic substance made from fermented grapes for which Dionysus is the Greek god.
Beer
Mead
Wine
Cider
During one of their frenzies, Dionysus’s Maenads tore apart this musician, who had journeyed to the Underworld to save his wife Eurydice. Name the musician.
Orpheus
Pan
Apollo
Hermes
Dionysus is said to have experienced a second one of these events after Zeus saved him by sewing him into his thigh. For Athena, one of these events occurred when Zeus’s head was split open. Name the event.
Exile
Marriage
Birth
Apotheosis
Bagram airfield was evacuated at night before this country’s president fled to the UAE. After a 2020 peace deal and decisions by U.S. leaders, the U.S. completed a total withdrawal of troops from this country by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Since August 15, 2021, the Taliban control it. Name the country with capital at Kabul.
Afghanistan
Iraq
Syria
Yemen
A field of empty chairs commemorates the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building perpetrated by Timothy McVeigh. Name this event in the capital of an American midwestern state.
Waco Siege
Ruby Ridge
Oklahoma City bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
Timothy McVeigh said he carried out the Oklahoma City attack in retaliation for the government’s actions against one of these groups in Waco. One of these groups, Heaven’s Gate, committed mass suicide in 1997. Name the type of group.
Militias
Gangs
Cartels
Cults
In 1996, Eric Rudolph bombed Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park while it was hosting this international sporting event held every four years in summer. Name the event.
FIFA World Cup
Pan American Games
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
After a night of uneasy dreams, a traveling salesman realizes he has become a monstrous vermin. He later tries to save a picture of a woman in furs, is struck with an apple by his father, and has a sister who wants to attend a conservatory for violin. In what Franz Kafka novella does Gregor Samsa transform into an insect?
The Metamorphosis
Crime and Punishment
The Stranger
The Trial
This scientist’s namesake thought experiment demonstrates the idea of superposition. Name this man who names a thought experiment involving a hypothetical cat which may be simultaneously considered dead and alive.
Erwin Schrödinger
Niels Bohr
Albert Einstein
Werner Heisenberg
Schrödinger proposed his thought experiment to illustrate his problems with this interpretation of quantum mechanics. It is named after a European city. Name this interpretation.
Copenhagen interpretation
Many-worlds interpretation
Pilot-wave interpretation
Ensemble interpretation
In 1927, a proponent of the Copenhagen interpretation introduced this principle, which limits the accuracy at which complementary variables can be measured, such as position and momentum. Name this principle.
Uncertainty principle
Exclusion principle
Equivalence principle
Superposition principle
Due to its low crystallization temperature, this mineral is at the bottom of Bowen’s Reaction Series. It generates an electric charge with applied stress (piezoelectricity), can be used in namesake clocks, has a Mohs hardness of 7 , and is the second most abundant mineral in Earth’s crust behind feldspar. Name this mineral.
Quartz
Calcite
Olivine
Mica
The most famous photo of this creature, the so-called “surgeon’s photograph,” was revealed to be an elaborate hoax. Name this long-necked, humped cryptid that is named for and supposedly inhabits a lake in the Scottish Highlands.
Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)
Bigfoot
Yeti
Chupacabra
The Patterson–Gimlin film supposedly shows this North American cryptid turning to face the camera as it runs away. This cryptid’s name comes from the large tracks it leaves behind. Name this creature.
Bigfoot
Mothman
Jersey Devil
Wendigo
This reptilian-like cryptid, first purportedly sighted in Puerto Rico, is known for drinking the blood of goats and other livestock. Name this creature.
Chupacabra
Kraken
Thunderbird
Ogopogo
In this book, a dragon loses a war in heaven to Michael and his angels; the number “666” is considered the Number of the Beast; and four figures representing Conquest, War, Famine, and Death are released after the opening of seven seals. Name this final book of the New Testament.
Revelation
Acts
Romans
Hebrews
A novel by this author follows the Bundren family as they go to bury their matriarch Addie. Name this author of As I Lay Dying, who also wrote The Sound and the Fury.
William Faulkner
John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner was a leading figure of a “Gothic” movement named after this broad region in the United States, which includes states like Mississippi and Virginia that seceded in the American Civil War. Name this region.
The South
The Midwest
New England
The Pacific Northwest
Another Southern Gothic author was Flannery O’Connor, who wrote this short story where the Grandmother encounters the Misfit while on a road trip. Name this story.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The Lottery
The Tell-Tale Heart
Young Goodman Brown
The Netherlands fought for independence from this country during the Eighty Years’ War. During the reign of Philip II, this country attempted an invasion of England using a namesake Armada. It was unified by the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Name this country on the Iberian Peninsula whose capital is Madrid.
Spain
Portugal
France
Italy
Edward III began the first phase of this conflict by attempting to claim the French throne. Despite its name, it lasted 116 years. Name this lengthy conflict between the English and the French.
Hundred Years’ War
War of the Roses
Thirty Years’ War
Napoleonic Wars
During the Hundred Years’ War, this woman was inspired by visions to take up arms and relieve the siege of Orléans. She was later burned at the stake and canonized centuries later. Name this figure.
Joan of Arc
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Catherine de’ Medici
Marie Antoinette
The English turned the tide of war after winning this battle on Saint Crispin’s Day, where English longbows played a crucial role in Henry V’s victory. Name this battle.
Agincourt
Hastings
Waterloo
Poitiers
Under ideal conditions, this technique follows Raoult’s law and allows the separation of azeotropes; a fractional form of it is used to create alcoholic beverages and refine petroleum. Name this laboratory technique that separates substances based on their boiling points.
Distillation
Filtration
Chromatography
Sublimation
Celexa and Prozac are examples of SSRIs commonly used to treat this condition, which includes symptoms like low self-esteem and loss of interest in normal activities. Name this mood disorder.
Clinical depression
Schizophrenia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Bipolar disorder
SSRIs inhibit the reuptake of this neurotransmitter, which is secreted from enterochromaffin cells. Name this neurotransmitter.
Serotonin
Dopamine
Acetylcholine
GABA
SSRIs prevent this structure from absorbing serotonin; it is the gap between two neurons across which neurotransmitters travel to continue a nerve signal. Name this structure.
Chemical synapse
Node of Ranvier
Myelin sheath
Axon hillock
These devices typically feature a front and a rear derailleur. Their frames are usually made out of tubular aluminum or carbon fiber, and they change speeds with different-sized sprockets that chains ride on. Types include mountain, road, and BMX. Name these two-wheeled vehicles propelled by pedaling.
Bicycles
Motorcycles
Scooters
Skateboards
When asked how to find a job, this leader of En Marche! once said “cross the street. I’ll find you something.” He defeated Marine Le Pen for a second term in his current position and is being investigated by NUPES for links to lobbying after the release of the “Uber Files.” Name this politician.
Emmanuel Macron
Justin Trudeau
Boris Johnson
Olaf Scholz
During the 2022 elections, Macron condemned Le Pen for her proposal to ban these objects in public, saying it would “divide the country.” These head coverings, often worn by Muslim women, are less restrictive than burkas. Name these garments.
Hijabs
Turbans
Niqabs
Chadors
Macron is currently the president of this country, whose capital is Paris. Yellow vest protesters stormed its capital to demand social justice. Name this country.
France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
This character, also known as “The Girl on Fire” and “the Mockingjay,” represents District 12 with Peeta Mellark in a competition in which teens fight to the death. She later kills Alma Coin and sings a lullaby for Rue. Name this protagonist of The Hunger Games trilogy.
Katniss Everdeen
Tris Prior
Bella Swan
Hermione Granger
During this period, religious images are often covered with purple veils. Name this approximately 40-day period when Christians fast or give up some luxuries to imitate the 40 days Jesus spent avoiding temptation in the desert.
Lent
Advent
Epiphany
Pentecost
This period begins on a day whose namesake substance is used to mark crosses on the foreheads of participants; its name derives from the phrase “dust to dust” from Genesis. Name this day.
Ash Wednesday
Palm Sunday
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
The solemn period of Lent leads up to this Sunday celebration of Jesus’s resurrection. Name this holy day.
Easter
Christmas
Epiphany
Pentecost
In one song, this artist declares “your memory is ecstasy” and claims to “miss you more than life.” The singer of “Ghost” begins another song with The Kid LAROI saying “I’d do the same thing, I told you that I never would” in “STAY.” This singer of “Love Yourself” was featured in a remix of “Despacito.” Name this Canadian singer who became a superstar at fifteen with the release of “Baby.”
Justin Bieber
Shawn Mendes
Drake
The Weeknd
Some of these musical compositions were later harmonized and incorporated into polyphonic music. Name these monophonic “chants” named for a pope.
Gregorian chants
Madrigals
Motets
Psalms
The “church” variety of these musical scales developed from Gregorian chants; jazz musicians often use types such as Dorian and Mixolydian. Name these scales.
Modes
Major scales
Pentatonic scales
Chromatic scales
Gregorian chants later developed into these religious songs, which in Christianity typically end with “amen.” An example is “Amazing Grace.” Name these songs.
Hymns
Anthems
Carols
Psalms
This ruler apocryphally shouted, “Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!” after losing the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. He secured power by winning the 31 B.C. Battle of Actium and formed the Second Triumvirate with Lepidus and Mark Antony. Name this nephew of Julius Caesar who became the first Roman Emperor.
Caesar Augustus
Julius Caesar
Tiberius
Nero
These compounds can be produced through step-growth and chain-growth reactions. Nylon and PVC are examples of macromolecules made of repeating units called monomers. Name these compounds.
Polymers
Isomers
Salts
Alloys
PVC is a “thermo” one of these materials that can be molded easily. Made up of polymers, they are used to produce objects like water bottles and straws. Name these materials.
Plastics
Ceramics
Glass
Metals
This compound, also a thermoplastic, is a polymer composed of tetrafluoroethylene monomers and is often used in non-stick cookware. Name this compound.
Teflon
Polyethylene
Polystyrene
Nylon
Bellona is a Roman goddess of these events. The Aloadae trapped a god of these events in a bronze jar; a god of these events fathered Phobos and Deimos and has a Roman counterpart called Mars. Name these armed conflicts.
Wars
Festivals
Harvests
Marriages
This ethnic group names an empire whose ruler Suryavarman II built a complex meant to resemble Mount Meru. Pol Pot ruled over a Communist government named after this ethnic group and “Rouge.” Name this group, the majority in a certain Southeast Asian country.
Khmer
Thai
Lao
Viet
This was the aforementioned complex built by the Khmer emperor Suryavarman II; this large Hindu temple complex appears on Cambodia’s flag. Name this site.
Angkor Wat
Borobudur
Shwedagon Pagoda
Wat Pho
