Set 1
(2006)
Polk County Middle School E-Team Tournament
Introduce yourself. Welcome the participants. Have the tournament officials introduce themselves.
Have the team coaches come forward to introduce themselves and the team members. Instruct
everyone to turn off all electronic devices. There is no videotaping allowed. Ask that audience
members please remain seated and quiet during the competition. Entry and exit should occur only
during the authorized breaks.
Conduct a button and calculator check.
Begin the 5-point question round for 6th grade.
ECON
1. Letter scramble. Unscramble the following twelve letters to form an economic term.
Identify the term.
S, E, E, E, R, N, I, D, U, T, X, P
Answer:
MATH
2. Find the greatest common factor of 21 and 15.
Answer:
ENG
expenditures
3
3. Identify all the nouns in the following sentence:
The boy saw a fantastic pair of sneakers in a brightly lit window.
Answer:
SCI
4. Fill in the blank with the missing science term. Any substance that cannot be broken down
into simpler substances is called a or an (blank).
Answer:
ECON
boy, pair, sneakers, window
element
5. I will give you every other letter of a two-word economic term from your glossary. Identify
the term.
First word: __ O __ L __ C __ I __ E
Second word: __ A __ G __ I __ I __ G
Answer:
MATH
6. How many faces does a triangular pyramid have?
Answer:
GEOG
collective bargaining
4
7. Fill in the blank with the missing geography term. A cartographer makes (blank).
Answer:
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maps
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ENG
8. Match each of the four foods to the country of its origin.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Foods
croissant
vermicelli
sauerkraut
lo mein
Answer:
SCI
Countries of Origin
Germany
France
China
Italy
A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
9. Fill in the blank with the missing science term. Plants that produce seeds enclosed in a fruit
are called (blank).
Answer:
GEOG
1.
2.
3.
4.
angiosperms
10. What name is given to the line located at 180° longitude?
Answer:
International Dateline
End of 5-point round for 6th grade.
Announce the two-minute break. Have the judges turn over their question sets. Coaches may make
substitutions and talk with their teams.
Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 10-point question round for 6th grade.
ENG
11. Identify the root and its meaning in the word immortal.
Answer:
SCI
12. Which one of the following four is an example of phototropism in plants?
1.
2.
3.
* 4.
ECON
mort, death
wilting from lack of water
roots growing downward
vines coiling around any object they touch
leaves turning to face the sun
13. Spell the 12-letter economic term for a person who organizes and manages resources to
produce goods and /or services and who assumes the risks of a business for the sake of the
possible profit.
Answer:
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e-n-t-r-e-p-r-e-n-e-u-r
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ENG
14. Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, or complex:
I became acquainted with a few other kids, but Meg was still my only real friend.
Answer:
ECON
15. Which one or ones of the following four are examples of consumer goods?
* 1.
2.
3.
4.
GEOG
compound
the family minivan
a minivan car wash
the tune-up of a minivan
the oil change in a minivan
16. Name in order the two bodies of water that complete the following statement:
The (blank) Ocean lies to the east of Australia, and the (blank) Ocean lies to the west of
Australia.
Answer:
MATH
17. Which one or ones of the following four numbers are factors of 81,816?
* 1.
* 2.
3.
4.
SCI
6
7
11
13
18. Identify the disease that begins when the normal cell cycle is disrupted causing the cell to
divide uncontrollably.
Answer:
GEOG
cancer
19. Which one or ones of the following four African countries are landlocked?
1.
* 2.
3.
4.
MATH
Indian, Pacific
Kenya
Ethiopia
Somalia
Sudan
20. Determine the degree Fahrenheit change in temperature in Nome, Alaska if at 6:00 AM it
was –10° F and at 2:00 PM it was 12° F.
Answer:
22
End of 10-point round for 6th grade.
Announce the two-minute break. Have the judges turn over their question sets. Coaches may make
substitutions and talk with their teams.
Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button check after the break.
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Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 15-point question round for 6th grade.
MATH
21. Express the product of 824 and 15 using scientific notation.
Answer:
ENG
1.236 x 104
22. Fill in the blank with the missing term from language arts.
A (blank) is the message or insight about life that an author wishes to communicate to
readers.
Answer: theme
ECON
23. Which one or ones of the following four resources are non-renewable?
* 1.
* 2.
3.
* 4.
SCI
coal
oil
wind
iron
24. This is a two-part question.
Part 1: Identify the grain-like organelle on which proteins are made.
Part 2: Name the part of the cell in which this organelle is located.
Answer: Part 1: ribosome
ECON
25. I will give you all the vowels of a two-word economic term from your glossary. Identify the
term.
First word:
Second word:
Answer:
GEOG
Part 2: cytoplasm
__ O __ O __ E __ E O U __
__ __ O _ U __ __
homogeneous product
26. This is a two-part question.
Part 1: Identify the mid-western American city nicknamed “The Gateway to the West.”
Part 2: In which state is it located?
Answer:
MATH
Part 1: St. Louis; Part 2: Missouri
27. What is 250% of 860?
Answer:
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2,150
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SCI
28. Which two of the following four processes are methods of passive transport?
* 1.
2.
3.
* 4.
ENG
osmosis
engulfing
transport proteins
diffusion
29. Identify respectively the indirect object and the direct object in the following sentence:
The babysitter told the children a bedtime story.
Answer:
GEOG
children, story
30. Name the capital city of Vietnam.
Answer:
Hanoi
End of 15-point round for 6th grade.
It is time for the 30-point team question.
For this team question you will use Handout 6-1-1. Locate the envelope labeled 6-1-1 but do not open
it. (Have teams show envelope to judges to insure each team has the correct envelope.)
This team question is worth a total of 30 points, and each question is worth 2 points.
In the envelope are four copies of Handout 6-1-1. You will be given 4 minutes to complete the
questions on Handout 6-1-1. You must present your answers on only one handout that will be
collected and scored by the judges.
Open the envelope, remove the handouts, distribute, and begin.
Time 4 minutes. (Remind teams to write their team number on the one handout to be collected.)
STOP! Hold your team answer sheet in the air to be collected.
Read answers: (two points each)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4
4
4
3
4
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
2
3
1
3
3
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
1
2
4
4
1
(Note: inflation)
Announce scores from the team question.
Ask if there are any questions concerning the scoring.
Announce the two-minute break during which the 7th grade team is seated. Have the judges turn over
their question sets. (Collect handouts and put out fresh paper and pencils if needed.)
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Handout 6-1-1
TEAM #_
Movers & Shakers
_____1.
Rosa Parks, a civil rights advocate who died in October 2005, shook established customs when
she refused to move from…
1. the lunch counter 2. the strike line 3.
the “Whites Only” drinking fountain
4. her seat on the bus
_____2.
All of the following are fossil fuels except…
1. oil
2. natural gas
3. coal
4. electricity
_____3.
According to Greek mythology, this mover and shaker brought fire to man.
1. Apollo
2. Hercules
3. Phaethon
4. Prometheus
_____4.
The act of moving goods and services from one location to another is defined as…
1. withdrawal
2. substitution
3. transportation 4. stagflation
_____5.
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
This graph represents the inequality…
2
3
1. x < 2
4
5
2. x ≤ 2
3.
x≥ 2
4.
x>2
_____6.
To be a mover, your muscle cells must have an abundance of the organelle…
1. ribosomes
2. mitochondria
3. endoplasmic reticulum
4. Golgi bodies
_____7.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from The Chronicles of Narnia which moved from
written form to the big screen in late 2005 was written by …
1. Lewis Carroll
2. Sinclair Lewis
3. C.S. Lewis
4. Upton Sinclair
_____8.
The statement 8 + 3 = 3 + 8 is an example of the ___ property of addition.
1. commutative
2. associative
3. identity
4. distributive
_____9.
A decrease in the level of prices is…
1. inflation
2. stagflation
3. deflation
4. downsizing
_____10. The first scientist to develop a classification system which divided organisms into 3 groups based
on how they moved was…
1. Mendel
2. Archimedes
3. Aristotle
4. Linnaeus
_____11. As a mover and shaker in the world of major league baseball, the individual who broke the color
barrier was…
1. Jackie Robinson
2. Satchel Paige
3. Roberto Clemente 4. Frank Robinson
_____12. A tax that increases with the income of the taxpayer is an example of a …
1. regressive tax
2. progressive tax 3. direct tax
4. indirect tax
_____13. An organism’s action or change in behavior as it reacts to a stimulus is called a…
1. stimulus
2. development
3. control
4. response
_____14. The probability of randomly choosing the letter I from the spelling of the economics term
meaning a general increase in the price of goods and services is…
1. 1/3
2. 1/9
3. 9/2
4. 2/9
_____15. To change 3.56 km to mm, the decimal point moves…
1. right 6 places
2. right 5 places
3. left 6 places
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Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button and calculator check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 5-point question round for 7th grade.
ECON
1. The name of what yellow, triangular-shaped traffic sign is also an economic term?
Answer:
SCI
2. Fill in the blank with the missing science term. A rounded pit formed by meteor impact on
the moon’s surface is called a (blank).
Answer:
ECON
(Note: No other term is acceptable.)
hair spray
haircut
scissors
hair dryer
Answer:
good, service, good, good
4. In which quadrant of the Cartesian plane is the ordered pair (–2, 4) located?
Answer:
ENG
crater
3. Identify respectively each of the following four as a consumer good or a consumer service.
1.
2.
3.
4.
MATH
yield
II
(accept: 2nd)
5. Identify the figurative language exemplified in the following line:
The moon is a giant balloon.
Answer:
GEOG
6. Name the five Great Lakes.
Answer:
MATH
(any order) Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
7. Is the number 82,244 evenly divisible by 8?
Answer:
SS
metaphor
no
8. Give the name and the country of birth of the person who is credited with the discovery of
America in 1492.
Answer:
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(Christopher) Columbus; Italy
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SCI
9. A hot spot volcano occurs along a divergent plate boundary. True or false?
Answer:
ENG
false
(Note: It occurs in the middle of the plate.)
10. Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence:
The news correspondent substituted for the absent anchor.
Answer:
substituted
End of 5-point round for 7th grade.
Announce the two-minute break. Have the judges turn over their question sets. Coaches may make
substitutions and talk with their teams.
Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 10-point question round for 7th grade.
SS
11. Name the country a news correspondent would be in if she were reporting live from Kabul.
Answer:
ENG
Afghanistan
12. Identify and spell the literary element meaning “background information.”
Answer:
e-x-p-o-s-i-t-i-o-n
MATH 13. To the nearest one-hundredth, what percent of 220 is 115?
Answer:
ECON
52.27
14. Identify respectively the following three products as generally considered to have elastic or
inelastic demand.
1. insulin
2. T-bone steaks
3. infant formula
Answer:
SCI
inelastic, elastic, inelastic
15. Using the SI system of measurement, convert 35 liters to milliliters.
Answer:
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35,000
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ENG
16. Identify the appositive in the following sentence:
Nolan Ryan loved to play his favorite sport, baseball.
Answer:
baseball
MATH 17. Give an algebraic expression for the following phrase: 21 less than t
Answer:
ECON
(Note: Do not accept 21 – t)
18. Identify respectively the following four taxes as direct or indirect.
1.
2.
3.
4.
sales tax
personal income tax
property tax
tariffs
Answer:
SCI
t – 21
indirect, direct, direct, indirect
19. What are the two products in the formula for photosynthesis?
Answer:
(either order) oxygen and sugar
GEOG 20. Place the following four mountain ranges in order from their location east to west.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Coast Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Answer:
4, 3, 1, 2
(accept: Appalachian, Rocky, Sierra Nevada, Coast)
End of 10-point round for 7th grade.
Announce the two-minute break. Have the judges turn over their question sets. Coaches may make
substitutions and talk with their teams.
Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 15-point question round for 7th grade.
MATH
21. Compute to the nearest unit the percent of increase in one gallon of gasoline if it cost $1.79
last year and $2.95 this year.
Answer:
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For the next question you will use the following sentence: “Clean up your room right now,”
demanded Mother. (Readers: Repeat this information. Ask if any team needs the sentence read a
third time. Repeat if necessary.)
ENG
22. From left to right, identify the words to be capitalized and the punctuation needed in the
given sentence.
Answer: quotation mark before clean; capitalize clean; comma (or exclamation mark) after
now; close quotation marks after the comma (or exclamation mark); capitalize
Mother; period after Mother
ECON
23. Which one or ones of the following four costs are considered variable costs?
* 1.
* 2.
3.
* 4.
SCI
labor
raw materials
rent
electricity
24. Identify the three periods of the Mesozoic Era.
Answer: (any order) Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
ECON
25. Complete the following statement using one of the four given choices:
The command economic system that operated in Western Europe during the Middle Ages is
called (blank).
1.
2.
* 3.
4.
ENG
capitalism
socialism
manorialism
communism
26. Letter scramble. Unscramble the following eight letters to form the name of a mythological
character. Identify the character.
E, D, A, U, S, D, L, A
Answer:
MS
27. Find the ratio of consonants to vowels in the economic term describing an industry
containing only a few firms.
Answer:
SCI
Daedalus
4:5 (accept: 4 to 5 OR 4/5—four-fifths)
(Note: oligopoly)
28. Match each of the four terms from science to its definition.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Terms
volume
weight
mass
density
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1.
2.
3.
4.
Definitions
the amount of matter in an object
the amount of mass of an object in a given space
the force of gravity on an object
the amount of space taken up by an object
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
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ECON
29. Which one of the following four describes the opportunity cost of your decision to purchase a
soccer ball for $35?
1.
* 2.
3.
4.
ECON
the time spent deciding to spend the money
something else that could have been bought
$35 in cash
the time spent making the purchase plus the tax paid on the purchase
30. Complete the following statement using one of the four given choices:
The means of exchange that relies on bargaining is (blank).
1.
2.
3.
* 4.
money
credit
value
barter
End of 15-point round for 7th grade.
It is time for the 30-point team question.
For this team question you will use Handout 7-1-1. Locate the envelope labeled 7-1-1 but do not open
it. (Have teams show envelope to judges to insure each team has the correct envelope.)
This team question is worth a total of 30 points, and each question is worth 2 points.
In the envelope are four copies of Handout 7-1-1. You will be given 4 minutes to complete the
questions on Handout 7-1-1. You must present your answers on only one handout that will be
collected and scored by the judges.
Open the envelope, remove the handouts, distribute, and begin.
Time 4 minutes. (Remind teams to write their team number on the one handout to be collected.)
STOP! Hold your team answer sheet in the air to be collected.
Read answers: (two points each)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4
3
3
1
2
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
3
4
2
1
2
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
3
4
1
2
4
Announce scores from the team question.
Ask if there are any questions concerning the scoring.
Announce the FIVE-minute break during which the 8th grade team is seated. This is the restroom
break for students, coaches, and observers. Have the judges turn over their question sets. (Collect
handouts and put out fresh paper and pencils on tables.)
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Handout 7-1-1
TEAM #
Movers & Shakers
_____1.
The Rocky Mountain province of Canada known for riders of bucking broncos at the annual
rodeo competition in Calgary is…
1. British Columbia 2. Saskatchewan
3. Yukon Territory
4. Alberta
_____2.
Carnegie Steel is an example of a or an…
1. oligopoly
2. cartel
3. monopoly
4. international conglomerate
_____3.
The relay system inaugurated in 1860 to speed the delivery of mail from Missouri to California
was the …
1. telephone
2. railroad
3. Pony Express 4. Conestoga wagon
_____4.
The type of heat transfer that involves movement through a fluid is…
1. convection
2. radiation
3. conversion
4. conduction
_____5.
represents the solution to…
-5
-4
1. 7x < 14
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2. -7x ≥ 14
2
3
4
3. -7x ≤ 14
5
4. 7x > 14
_____6.
The first to move Ebeneezer Scrooge toward redemption was the…
1. Ghost of Christmas Present
2. Ghost of Christmas Past
3. Ghost of Jacob Marley
4. Ghost of Christmas Future
_____7.
In order for citrus fruit to be shipped from one state to another, it must pass inspection by…
1. FCC
2. FDIC
3. FTC
4. USDA
_____8.
When the point (3, 4) is reflected over the y-axis, it’s new location is at…
1. (3, -4)
2. (-3, 4)
3. (-3, -4)
4. (4, -3)
_____9.
The Civil Rights leader whose dream was to move America to live together harmoniously was…
1. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2. Jesse Jackson 3. Alice Walker 4. Ralph Abernathy
_____10. The type of plate boundary found along the Himalayan Mountain chain can best be described
as…
1. transformed
2. convergent
3. divergent
4. submerged
_____11. Henry Ford in producing affordable Model T automobiles shook up the manufacturing world
with the use of the…
1. labor unions
2. vertical trusts
3. assembly lines
4. urbanization
_____12. The author who shook the literary world with record-breaking sales of her novels is…
1. Eve Merriam
2. Jean Aiken
3. Cynthia Rylant
4. J.K. Rowling
_____13. A change in the output of goods and services produced per unit of input over a period of time
is…
1. productivity
2. revenue
3. recession
4. scarcity
_____14. On the number line, the distance a number is from zero is described as its…
1. additive inverse
2. absolute value
3. multiplicative inverse 4. opposite
_____15. The scientist associated with the Theory of Drifting Continents is…
1. Wilson
2. Hess
3. Hutton
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Time 5 minutes.
Conduct a button and calculator check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 5-point question round for 8th grade.
SS
1.
Spell the name of the city where you could visit Independence Hall.
Answer:
SCI
2.
P-h-i-l-a-d-e-l-p-h-i-a
Fill in the blank with the missing science term:
The ability to do work or cause change is called (blank).
Answer:
ENG
3.
Identify the root and its meaning in the word bibliography.
Answer:
MATH 4.
5.
7.
1/36
(The) Silk Road
What two-word economic term is used for the ratio of goods or services produced to the
amount of labor used in the production?
Answer:
ENG
(accept: g-r-a-p-h; to write)
Name the trade route used by 2nd-century BC Chinese merchants that was named for one of
the luxury goods they sold.
Answer:
ECON 6.
b-i-b-l-(i-o); book
Mr. O’Brien rolled a red number cube and a blue number cube each numbered 1 to 6 on the
faces. What is the probability expressed as a fraction that he rolled a red 1 and a blue 6?
Answer:
SS
energy
worker productivity
Letter scramble. Unscramble the following nine letters to create a word that means those
fleeing the law.
I, I, U, V, G, T, E, S, F
Answer:
MATH 8.
Solve the following equation for b: A = (1/2)bh
Answer:
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fugitives
b = 2A/h
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ECON 9.
Match each of the three economic systems to one of its characteristics.
Systems
A. socialism
B. communism
C. capitalism
Answer:
SCI
10.
Characteristics
1. All property is collectively owned.
2. The means of production are privately owned.
3. The government owns and runs the majority of basic productive
resources.
A-3, B-1, C-2
Fill in the blank in the following scientific statement:
The law of (blank) of energy states that when one form of energy is converted to another, no
energy is destroyed.
Answer:
conservation
End of 5-point round for 8th grade.
Announce the two-minute break. Have the judges turn over their question sets. Coaches may make
substitutions and talk with their teams.
Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
Begin the 10-point question round for 8th grade.
ECON 11.
Which one of the following four is not a basic economic question?
* 1.
2.
3.
4.
ENG
12.
When to produce?
What to produce?
For whom to produce?
How to produce?
Fill in respectively the two blanks with the two main types of poetry.
A (blank) poem is a highly musical form of verse that conveys strong emotions, and a (blank)
poem is one that tells a story.
Answer:
ECON 13.
Which one of the following four is the most common form of business organization in the
United States?
1.
* 2.
3.
4.
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lyric; narrative
partnership
sole proprietorship
corporation
conglomerate
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SS
14.
Name the three levels of American government under our system of Federalism.
Answer:
SCI
15.
(any order) local, state, national
Fill in the blank with the missing two-word science term.
The apparent change in frequency as a sound wave moves in relation to the listener is called
the (blank).
Answer:
MATH 16.
Given that the speed of light is 3.00 x 105 kilometers per second, express in scientific
notation the distance in kilometers that light travels in one hour.
Answer:
SS
17.
18.
1.08 x 109
Which one of the following four rights is not guaranteed to Americans in the Bill of Rights?
1.
2.
* 3.
4.
SCI
Doppler effect
freedom of religion
right to bear arms
women’s rights
right to a jury of one’s peers
Fill in the blank with the missing two-word science term.
The angle between geographic north and the north to which a compass needle points is
known as (blank).
Answer:
MATH 19.
Find three consecutive integers whose sum is 582.
Answer:
ENG
20.
magnetic declination
(any order) 193, 194, 195
Which one of the following four words is most nearly the opposite in meaning to the word
impetuous?
1.
2.
3.
* 4.
delightful
daring
cruel
cautious
End of 10-point round for 8th grade.
Announce the two-minute break. Have the judges turn over their question sets. Coaches may make
substitutions and talk with their teams.
Time 2 minutes.
Conduct a button check after the break.
Announce cumulative scores.
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Begin the 15-point question round for 8th grade.
SCI
21.
Fill in the blank with the missing number and metric unit.
All objects accelerate at a rate of (blank) due to the force of gravity.
Answer:
ECON 22.
9.8 meters per second squared
Which one of the four given types of tax best describes the following situation?
One individual earns $10,000 and pays $2,000 in taxes, and a second individual earns
$100,000 and pays $20,000 in taxes.
1.
2.
3.
* 4.
MATH 23.
progressive tax
regressive tax
marginal rate tax
proportional tax
Compute the slope of the line passing through the points (–3, 4) and (–2, 5).
Answer:
ENG
24.
Match each of the four poets to his or her poem.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Poets
Shel Silverstein
John Updike
Sylvia Plath
May Swenson
Answer:
SS
25.
26.
27.
A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
Ellis Island
The merry-go-round is always changing direction.
Identify the Native American chief who defeated George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of
Little Big Horn.
Answer:
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Poems
“January”
“The Forgotten Language”
“Southbound on the Freeway”
“Mushrooms”
Why is a child on a merry-go-round considered to be accelerating even if the merry-go-round
is turning at a constant speed?
Answer:
SS
1.
2.
3.
4.
Identify the historic East Coast entry point for immigrants into the United States.
Answer:
SCI
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ECON 28.
Which one of the following four choices is a determinant of demand elasticity?
1.
2.
3.
* 4.
ENG
29.
whether the purchase of the product can be delayed
whether there are adequate substitutes for the product
whether the purchase of the product requires a large portion of income
whether the product has utility
Identify the noun clause in the following sentence:
Whoever erased the math problem needs to rewrite it.
Answer: whoever erased the math problem
For the next question you will use this information. Mrs. Harrod has 3 bills with George
Washington’s portrait, 2 bills with Abraham Lincoln’s portrait, and one bill with Andrew Jackson’s
portrait. She chooses two bills, replacing the first one before choosing the second. (Readers: Repeat
this information.)
MATH 30.
Find the probability in simplest fractional form that she chooses a $5 bill first and a $1 bill
second.
Answer:
1/6
End of 15-point round for 8th grade.
It is time for the 30-point team question.
For this team question you will use Handouts 8-1-1. Locate the envelope labeled 8-1-1 but do not
open it. (Have teams show envelope to judges to insure each team has the correct envelope.)
This team question is worth a total of 30 points, and each question is worth 2 points.
In the envelope are four copies of Handout 8-1-1. You will be given 4 minutes to complete the
questions on Handout 8-1-1. You must consolidate your answers on only one handout that will be
collected and scored by the judges.
Open the envelope, remove the handouts, distribute, and begin.
Time 4 minutes. (Remind teams to write their team number on the one handout to be collected.)
STOP! Hold your team answer sheet in the air to be collected.
Read answers: (two points each)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4
2
1
2
4
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
2
3
4
1
4
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
2
1
4
3
2
Announce scores from the team question. Ask if there are any questions concerning the scoring.
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TEAMS MUST REMAIN SEATED WHILE FINAL SCORES ARE TALLIED.
[If scores are tied for one of the first three places, have a two-minute break before beginning the tiebreaker question(s). Only those teams whose scores are tied will compete.]
Announce the two-minute break.
Time 2 minutes.
Begin tie-breaker question round.
Conduct a button check.
One point is awarded to the team for a correct answer, or one point is subtracted for an incorrect
answer.
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Handout 8-1-1
TEAM #_________
Movers & Shakers
_____1.
The results of the Manhattan Project shook up the world during US involvement in…
1. Vietnam
2. Desert Storm
3. World War I
4. World War II
_____2.
Enjoying a second milk shake on a very hot day is an example of…
1. productivity
2. marginal utility
3. allocation
4. collateral
The energy that an object has due to its motion is…
1. kinetic
2. potential
3. electromagnetic
4. thermal
_____3.
_____4.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about the April 18, 1775, late night exploits of…
1. William Dawes 2. Paul Revere 3. Ethan Allen
4. Nathan Hale
_____5.
represents the solution to…
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
1. -3 x + 2 + 6 <12 2. -3 x + 2 + 6 >12 3. 3 x + 2 + 6 <12
4. 3 x + 2 + 6 >12
_____6.
The immigrant group most instrumental in building the Transcontinental Railroad was the…
1. Polish
2. Chinese
3. Japanese
4. Irish
_____7.
The individual credited with shaking up the English language by creating over 1,000 new words
for use in his plays was…
1. Charles Dickens
2. Mark Twain 3. William Shakespeare 4. Christopher Marlowe
_____8.
When the point (4, -5) is reflected over the x-axis and is translated down two units, the difference
between the new x and y coordinates is…
1. 2
2. 3
3. 7
4. 1
_____9.
The change from hand-methods of production to machine methods is known as the…
1. Industrial Revolution
2. Commercial Revolution
3. Geographic Revolution
4. Technology Boom
_____10. “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman is a eulogy to US President…
1. George Washington
2. Andrew Jackson 3. Ulysses Grant 4. Abraham Lincoln
_____11. The rising cost of houses a result of many people moving to Florida annually is an example of…
1. cost-push inflation
2. demand-pull inflation
3. relocation tax
4. property tax
_____12. In order for you to do work on an object, the object must __ as a result of your force.
1. move some distance 2. remain stationary 3. change shape 4. change state
_____13. Trade between Mexico and the US is encouraged by the agreement known as…
1. NATO
2. OAS
3. SEATO
4. NAFTA
_____14. The potential difference that causes charges to move in a circuit is…
1. resistance
2. current
3. voltage
4. electric discharge
_____15. A truck travels 258.5 miles on a full tank of fuel. If the capacity of the tank is 23.5 gallons, then
the miles the truck can travel on 2.5 gallons is…
1. 103.4
2. 27.5
3. 11
4. 9.4
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