TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of May 10, 2024

1.Which belongs to the group "fauna?" (5 points)

Geranium
Gerbil
Galapagos
Granite
Gasoline

2.What sort of shape will you create if you graph the following set of coordinate pairs: (0,0) (1,-2) (2,-4) (3,-8) (4,-16) (5,-32) ? (10 points)

a line that slopes up
a curve that slopes up
a curve that slopes down
a line that slopes down
a circle

3.Which is likely to have appeared last on Earth? (5 points)

Gibbon
Eagle
Mosquito
Salamander
Clam

4.Our understanding of modern genetics can be attributed to the work of Gregor Mendel, a 19th century Austrian monk, who conducted experiments on (10 points)

Peas
Mice
Earthworms
Apple Trees
Fruit Flies

5.Point is to font as ... (10 points)

gram is to mass
gross is to dozen
yard is to meter
millimeter is to small
liter is to pour

6.Which metaphor would change the meaning most if it replaced the metaphor in this quote? "He thinks life is a day at the beach." (20 points)

a blast from the past
a cake walk
a picnic
a walk in the park
a bowl of cherries

7.How many seats in the House of Representatives are up for election this year? (5 points)

the same number as in the Senate
all of them
one third of them
150
200

8.Samantha's science fair project investigated laundry detergents. She tried three different detergents on each of stains made by grass, chocolate, dirt, and mustard. What was the dependent variable in her experiment? (10 points)

The results of each detergent on each stain
None of these
The amount of dirt
The brand of mustard
The type of washing machine

9.Use estimation to decide which is greatest... (20 points)

The square root of 9
The cube root of 27
The square root of 2 cubed
2 squared
The cube root of 60

10.If a lemonade recipe calls for 1/4 cup of lemon juice per quart of water, how much lemon juice will you need to make a batch that uses three gallons of water? (5 points)

1.5 pints
1 quart
2.5 cups
4 cups
3.5 cups

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