TeachersFirst's Middle School Brain Twisters

Week of May 12, 2024

1.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?

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

2.Point is to font as ...

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

3.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) ?

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

4.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?

1.5 pints
4 cups
2.5 cups
1 quart
3.5 cups

5.Which belongs to the group "fauna?"

Gerbil
Granite
Gasoline
Galapagos
Geranium

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."

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

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

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

8.Which is likely to have appeared last on Earth?

Eagle
Gibbon
Salamander
Mosquito
Clam

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

Mice
Peas
Apple Trees
Fruit Flies
Earthworms

10.Use estimation to decide which is greatest...

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

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