Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
from GoComics.com

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

See how many points you can win by correctly answering the questions below. To find your score, give yourself 10 points each time you get a first-row question right, 20 points for each second-row question, and so on. The red bonus square is worth double. Good luck!

Use the Internet for research but STAY ON TASK! please...
Make a table on a Google Doc and put your answers in each corresponding box on your table.


Health Science

Earth Science

Mathematics

Life Science

Physical Science

10 Points

True or False
A body temperature of 99.6 degrees is abnormal.

True or False
A razorback is a hill populated by wild hogs.

True or False
A square is equiangular.

True or False
Most of the world’s tigers live in the United States.

True or False
Terminal velocity is the velocity a speeding object reaches when it crashes.

20 Points

Which of the following are drugs used to relieve pain?
(A) analgesics
(B) antibiotics
(C) antiseptics

Rime is a thick coating of
(A) grime.
(B) frost.
(C) volcanic dust.

½ bh is the formula for finding the area of a
(A) circle.
(B) rectangle.
(C) triangle.

Which of these could be used to overpower a crocodile?
(A) paper clip
(B) rubber band
(C) staple

Atoms are held together in a molecule by
(A) bonds.
(B) gravity.
(C) magnetism.

30 Points

What organ collects urine in the body?

Which layer of the atmosphere is closest to Earth?

What is the inverse of multiplication?

What is a pistil?

A bug said to be made out of what element bites a man in a famous Edgar Allan Poe story?

40 Points

The central nervous system includes the spinal cord and the ___________.

___________ is the way in which light is reflected off the surface of a mineral.

Probability is the ___________ that something will or will not happen.

Almost all organisms obtain life-giving ___________ from nitrate compounds.

Your ___________ is a measure of the force of gravity acting on your body.

50 Points

What is chyme?

What is a hot Neptune?

What is a terminating decimal?

What is a filter feeder?

What is an opaque object?


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