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Key Terms Flippity (Games 9-12)

Study Guide 9-12 (24-25)

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Grammar (Noelle)

• Adjective *(word phrase naming attribute)

• Adverb  *(modifies an adjective or verb, Ex. Arrived early)

• Appositive *(Noun phrase followed by another noun phrase to provide extra information)

• Punctuation  *(used to add emotion at the conclusion of a sentence)

• Infinitive  *( the word to followed by a verb, Ex I want to eat very quickly)

• Complementary Infinitive  *(Infinitive used with a verb (sometimes whose meaning is not felt to be complete), Ex. She began to study Russian)

• Noun *(person, place or thing)

• Pronoun *(refer to someone or something)

• Plural pronouns *(refers to more than one person, place or thing. Ex. them, they, their and us)

• Antecedent pronouns *(Noun or noun substitute that a pronoun refers to)

• Verb *(action)

• Simple subject *(key word that tells whom or what the sentence is about)

• Compound sentence *(a sentence with more than one subject or predicate)

• Complex sentence *(Composed of two simple sentences)

• Compound VS Complex  *(Compound-two or more independent clauses conjoined by conjunction, Complex - subordinate clause followed by one or more clauses)

• Simple sentence *(One independent clause)

• Correct usage “neither”  *(neither lies before the first of two options)

• Their Vs Her *(Their - non specific pronoun, Her - Pronoun specific to a person)

• Who/Whom *(If replaceable by he or she who, If replaceable by him or her whom.)

Language Arts (Seth)

• Atlas *(reference book; maps)

Literature (Seth)

Spelling (Grant)

Vocabulary (Noelle)

• GB *(Gigabyte)

• MB *(Megabyte)

• KB  *(Kilobyte)

• TB *(Terabyte)

• Eggcorn *(a word/phrase that results from a mishearing or misinterpretation of another)

• Return to country of birth *(repatriation)

• Not Moving/paper *(stationary)

• Bangle *(Pakistan)

• Boondocks *(American expression, from Filipino word)

• Castanets  *(Spain)

• Emoji *(Japan)

• Mammoth *(southern and eastern Africa)

• Slalom *(United Kingdoms)

• Yogurt  *(Mesopotamia)

• Zombie *(Brazil)

SOCIAL STUDIES

Current Events (Rylie) COMPLETE

Important Events:

• Russia invades Ukraine; Feb. 24, 2022 *(Ukraine invasion)

People:

• Current Dalai Lama *(Tenzin Gyatso)

• 46th/current U.S president *(Joseph Biden)

• Current Pakistan Prime Minister *(Shahbaz Sharif)

• Current Russian President *(Vladimir Putin) 

Places:

• Largest Underwater volcano *(Tamu Massif)

Economics (Rylie) COMPLETE

Concepts:

• Interest; money that gains more through interest; A = P(1 + r/n)^nt *(Compound Interest)

• Interest; borrowers pay lenders for loan; SI = P × R × T *(Simple interest)

• Economy all over the world *(Global economy)

• Gives workers freedom to join labor *(Right-to work-laws)

• Economic/Political system; collective ownership *(Socialism)

Real Estate:

• Loan for purchasing home/land *(Mortgage Loan)

• Legal Right to property/assets. *(Lien)

• Selling stock you don’t own *(Short Sale)

• Local law; governs property *(Zoning)

Terms:

• Rate of increase of prices over time *(Inflation)

• Health insurance; health services *(Medicare)

• “Financially Stable” *(Above Water)

• Economic increase *(Boom)

• Economic decrease after boom *(Bust)

U.S. Geography (Nikki)

Locations & names 

• Colorado plateau. *(centered at the 4 corners, located in a immense basin and surrounded by highlands)

• Golden Spike. *(is a golden spike connecting Central Pacific Railroad to the Union Pacific Railroad, was driven in by Leland Stanford.)

National Parks

• Yellowstone. *(located in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montano is one of the largest active volcanoes in the world.) 

Rivers, Seas, and Oceans  

• Chesapeake Bay. *(Rivers that contribute to it are the Susquehanna River , the Potomac River, and the James River.)

State Borders 

• States that border Louisianal. *(Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi Gulf of Mexico 

• States that border Maryland. *(Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia.) 

U.S. History (Nikki)

American Revolution

• First winter; encampment  *(Valley Forge)

Colonization

• 1607; 104 men arrived in North America to start settlement. *(Jamestown) 

• Maryland. *(George Calvert, 1st Baltimore Baron gave the idea for Maryland Province, but his son Ceilius Calvert, 2nd, Baron founded Maryland on June 20, 1632.)

• Plymouth Colony. *(the first permanent English colony in New England from 1620)  

• Rhode Island founder/ year. *(Roger Williams; 1636) 

Constitution  

• First 7 presidents. *(George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew, Jackson, Martin Van Buren.) 

Civil War 

• American Colonization society. *(American organization founded in 1816 by Robert Finley to encourage and support the repatriation of freeborn people of color.) 

• NAACP. *(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.)  

Westward Expansion  

• Indian Removal law. *(Gave president's power to negotiate removal treaties with Indians living east of the Mississippi.)  

World War I and II 

• Francis Perkins. *(FDR’s Secretary of Labor and first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary.) 

National Holidays

• Flag day. *(June 14) 

• Labor day. *(First Monday of each September.)

• Martin Luther King Jr. *(Third Monday of every January.) 

• Veterans day. *(November 11)

People 

• Benjamin Franklin. *(One signer of the Declaration of Independence and invented the lightning rod.) 

• Nat Turner. *(A black person who led a revolt who killed at least 55 people and was captured for nearly 2 months.)

• Major Martin Delany. *(known for being the first black field officer in the United States Army.)

U.S. Law (Grant)

World Geography (Bryce) Complete

Countries, cities, Capitals

• Bolivia *(country south america, andes mountains)

• Ecuador *(country south america galapagos islands)

• Argentina *(country South america, soccer, Mate culture, Tango)

• Mongolia *(country east asia, gobi desert, altai mountains, grasslands of the steppe)

• Romania *(country europe, carpathian mountains, dracula, the black sea, Danube Delta)

Places

• Berlin wall *(German democratic republic, 9 November 1989 wall came down) 

• Lungs of earth *(The Amazon, south america, produces 20% of earth's oxygen, slows climate change)

• Patagonia *(South america, perito moreno glacier)

• Yucantan peninsula *(north america, tropical rainforest, ancient home maya people)

Rivers, bays, seas, and oceans

• Mouth of nile river *(Mediterranean sea, name of mouth-nile delta) 

• Amazon *(south america river)

• Ganges *(river in india)

• Mekong *(river in asia)

• Thames *(river in england)

• Volga *(river in russia)

• Yangtze *(river in china)

Terms

• GPS *(Global positioning system, space-based radio-navigation system)

World History (Camden)

MATH

Algebra (Camden)

Geometry (Max)

Logic (Skyli)

• James’s order in his family;

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Numeric Expressions & Arithmetic (Tyson)

Probability, Permutations & Combinations (Tyson)

Word Problems (Skyli)

• Identify how long it will take for John and Sally to paint a room ifJohn can paint a room in 6 hours and Sally can paint the same room in 3? *(2 hours)

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SCIENCE

Earth Science (Bryce)

Earth

Periods

• Cretaceous

• Cambrian

Geology

• Layers of earth

• Earth’s Biomes

Rock types and layers

• Fossil fuel

• Coal

• Halite

• Lead ore

• Fools gold

• Limestone *(sedimentary rock, calcium carbonate)

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

Weather, Climate, Atmosphere

• Cirrus clouds

• Cold front

• North wind

• Permafrost

• Solstices

Terms

• Red tide

General Science & Measurement (Max)

Life Science (AJ) [Complete]

• Fibrous roots *(root system; thin branching)

• Tap root *(Large root; others branch from it)

• Seed parts *(Embryo, seed coat, endosperm)

• Tissue surrounds seeds *(seed coat)

• Seed part; becomes plant *(embryo)

• Seed part; stores embryo *(endosperm)

• Water zone; photosynthesis *(photic zone)

• Water zone; decomposers *(aphotic zone)

• Define photic *(related to light)

• Define aphotic *(without light)

• Lower abdomen; stores waste *(bladder)

• Disease; too much sugar *(diabetes)

• Below liver, stores bile *(Gallbladder)

• Mouth; taste buds *(tongue)

• Dormant pupa *(chrysalis)

• mammal, baby attached to mom *(Placental mammals)

• Seabed filter feeder *(sponge)

• Baby frog *(tadpole)

• Only meat *(Carnivore)

• Only plants *(herbivore)

• Plants and meat *(omnivore)

• Masking adaptation *(concealing coloration)

Physical Science and Astronomy (AJ) [Complete]

• Outer layer of star *(corona)

• Streak of light; crashing rock *(meteor)

• Moon between Earth and Sun *(New moon)

• Most abundant gas: Venus *(CO₂)

• Most abundant gas: Earth *(N₂ or Nitrogen)

• Most abundant gasses: Jupiter *(Hydrogen and Helium)

• Most abundant gas: Saturn *(hydrogen)

• Most abundant gas: Mars *(Carbon Dioxide)

• Light bands, solar activity *(aurora borealis)

• Subatomic particles: Silicon *(14 protons, 14 neutrons, 14 electrons)

• Subatomic particles: Zinc *(30 protons, 35 neutrons, 30 electrons)

• Subatomic particles: Oxygen *(8 protons, 8 neutrons, 8 electrons)

• Combined metals *(alloy)

• H₂O₂ *(hydrogen peroxide, antiseptic)

• H₂O *(water)

• Chemical symbol: Platinum *(Pt)

• Chemical symbol: Hydrogen *(H)

• Chemical symbol: Gold  *(Au)

• Anion definition *(negatively charged ion)

• Object stays unless force *(Newton’s first law)

• F = M x A *(Newton’s second law)

• Every action has equal and opposite reaction *(Newton’s third law)

• Sound bounces back; energy stays *(sound reflection)

• Movement of electric particles *(electrical energy)

• Movement energy *(kinetic energy)

• Possible movement energy *(potential energy)

• Light distance; one year *(light-year)

• Color frequency; highest to lowest *(Violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red)

• Wavelength ~570-590 *(yellow light)

• Wave spread around objects *(diffraction)

• Two sound waves, make new *(interference)

• Energy of noise *(sound energy)

• Sound changes medium; bends *(refraction)

• 4th state of matter *(Plasma)

• Uniform particle distribution *(homogeneous)

• Non uniform particle distribution *(heterogeneous)

• Quality; stays moving or still until acted on *(inertia)

• Amount of matter *(mass)

• Gravity force on object *(weight)

• Speed and direction of motion *(velocity)