Are You Smarter Than

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Are You Smarter Than
A Fifth-Grader?
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Digestion/Nutrition
Diseases Disorders
Earth Science
Chemistry
Scientific Investigations
Geometry
Fractions
Probability
Algebra
Problem Solving
Measurement
Colonial America
Native Americans
Early Explorers
Geography
American Revolution
Ancient Civilizations
Figurative Language
Grammar
Genres of Literature
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Digestion/Nutrition

• Which organ of the human body makes bile?

Liver
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Earth Science

• Which layer of the earth do humans actually live
  on?

Crust
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Scientific Investigations

• In a scientific investigation, to control your
  variables means to
• a. measure properly
• b. change one thing at a time
• c. test things out yourself

Change one thing at a time
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Fractions

• Which is fraction larger
• 3/5 or 5/8?

5/8
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Algebra

• Between 1 and 100, how many multiples of 9 are
  odd numbers?

6
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Measurement

• Emma has 2 yard sticks. She also has a 12-inch
  ruler. She laid them end-to-end in a line. How
  many inches long is the line?

84 inches
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Native Americans

• What did American Indians of the Northwest coast
  use to symbolize their clan and tell family
  stories?

Totem poles
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Geography

• Is the equator a line of latitude or longitude?

Latitude
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Ancient Civilizations

• What is the name of the land bridge that
  connected Asia and North America during the Ice
  Age?

Beringia
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Grammar

• 'Carefully' is an example of what part of speech?

Adverb
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Diseases Disorders

• Strep throat is caused by what type of pathogen?

Bacteria
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Chemistry

• Objects that can be separated back into their
  parts are called?

Mixtures
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Geometry

• A heptagon is a shape with how many sides?

Seven
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Probability

• In a bag of 50 mms, what is the probability of
  getting a red mm if there are ten in the bag?
  (Use a fraction in simplest form!)

1/5
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Problem Solving

• Jane rents ice skates at noon. The charges are
  5.00 for the first hour, and .50 per every
  quarter-hour thereafter. Her rental charges are
  6.50. What time does she return the skates?

145 PM
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Colonial America

• Which colony did Anne Hutchinson and Roger
  Williams establish?

Rhode Island
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Early Explorers

• What was the name of the Viking that first landed
  on North America?

Leif Erikson
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American Revolution

• What was the first cause of the American
  Revolution?

French and Indian War
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Figurative Language

• What 2 types of figurative language are found in
  this sentence?
• We tramped through the mall parking lot like a
  gaggle of geese.

Alliteration and Personification
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Genres of Literature

• In the book George Washingtons Socks, a group of
  kids is transported back in time to the crossing
  of the Delaware and the Battle of Trenton. What 2
  genres of literature could this book fit into?

Science Fiction and Historical Fiction