Key Terms Flippity (Games 9-12)
**ENGLISH
**Grammar (Noelle) Complete
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) COMPLETE
Atlas *(reference book; maps)
Analogy *(comparison of 2 things)
Short story *(read in one sitting)
Argumentative writing *(Investigative paragraph on a topic)
Persuasive writing *(An author tries to convince the other side)
Theme *(An idea that recurs throughout a story)
Topic sentence *(A sentence that tells what the paragraph is about)
Alliteration *(The occurrence of a repeating sound at the beginning of some words close together)
Assonance *(The repeating sound of a vowel)
Consonance *(An agreement between opinions or actions)
Homonym *(Same name, different meaning)
Simile *(A comparison using like or as)
Metaphor *(A comparison without using like or as)
Personification *(Giving an object human like qualities)
Onomatopoeia *(A word that represents a sound)
Elegy *(A poem of serious reflection, usually a lament for the dead)
Iambic pentameter *(A line or verse with five metrical feet)
**Literature (Seth) COMPLETE
**Authors
Beatrix Potter. *(The Tale of Peter Rabbit.)
Hans Christian Anderson. *(The Little Mermaid.)
Hugh Lofting. *(Dolittle.)
Jules Vern. *(Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.)
Oscar Wilde *(The Picture of Dorian Gray)
**Literary Characters and Terms
Jacob Marley. *(the deceased business partner of Ebenezeer Scrooge.)
Anne Sulivan *(Teacher of Hellen Keller)
**Literary works
A Little Princess *(Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Secret Garden. *(Frances Hodgson Burnett.)
To kill a mockingbird *(Harper Lee)
West Side Story. *(Arthur Laurents/ and Leonard Burnstein made the music)
Wind in the willows *(kenneth Grahame)
Zlateh the Goat *(Issac Bashews Signer)
**Mythology
Nike. *(Winged goddess of Victory.)
**Spelling (Grant)
Abbreviations
Abbreviation Incorporated *( Inc. )
Abbreviation Management *( Mgmt. )
Abbreviation `Institute *( Inst. )
**Comparatives
Comparative Tall *( Taller )
Comparative Sad *( Sadder )
Comparative Big *( Bigger )
**Homonyms
Spell homonym Read *( Read )
Spell homonym Address *( Address )
**Nationalities
Spell Nationality Iran *( Iranians )
Spell Nationality Iraq *( Iraqi )
Spell Nationality Kuwait *( KuwaitI )
Spell Nationality Lebanon *( Lebanese )
**Silent letters
Silent letter Muscle *( C )
Silent letter Wednesday *( D )
Silent letter Yolk *( L )
Silent letter Hymn *( N )
Silent letter Receipt *( P )
Silent letter Island *( S )
Silent letter Guess *( U )
Silent letter Ballet *( T )
**Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verb run *( ran )
Irregular Verb swim *( swam )
Irregular Verb feel *(felt)
Irregular Verb read *(read like red)
Words
Undercover. *(Covert)
Payment for work. *(Salary and Wages.)
Voice box. *(Larynx)
**Vocabulary (Noelle) Complete
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 originates *(Pakistan)
Boondocks originates *(American expression, from Filipino word)
Castanets country *(Spain)
Emoji country *(Japan)
Mammoth located *(southern and eastern Africa)
Slalom *(United Kingdoms)
Yogurt created *(Mesopotamia)
Zombie originated *(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) Complete
**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 Louisiana. *(Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi Gulf of Mexico,)
States that border Maryland. *(Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia.)
**U.S. States, Capitals, Nicknames
Capitals largest states *(In order: Juneau Alaska, Austin Texas, Sacramento California, Helena Montana, Santa Fe New Mexico)
California capital *(Sacramento)
Idaho capital *(Boise)
Indiana capital *(Indianapolis)
New Mexico capital *(Santa Fe)
Oregon capital *(Salem)
Texas capital *(Austin)
Wisconsin capital *(Madison)
**Descriptions
Buckeye state *(Ohio, named after buckeye trees)
Constitution state *(Connecticut, named after fundamental orders)
Green mountain state *(Vermont, named after green mountains)
Keystone state. *(Pennsylvania was the center state of the 13 original colonies that was how it got its name.)
**U.S. History (Nikki) Complete
**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) complete
**Executive Branch
Executive Term Length. *(4 years)
**Legislative Branch
Speaker of the house. *(Mike Johnson)
Legislative Term Length. *(2 years)
**Judicial Branch
U.S. court of Appeals *(reviews decisions and procedures of a trial, make sure it was fair)
**U.S. Constitution
19th Amendment *(women's suffrage, allows them to vote)
Electoral College *(Selecting electors, and counting electoral votes by congress)
National Elections Date *(Tuesday after the first monday in november)
**Terms
Brady Bill *(Licensed importer, wait 5 days before selling handgun)
Gubernatorial *(relating to state governor, or office of state governor)
Habeas Corpus *(you should have the body)
Pro Bono *(for the public good)
**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) COMPLETE
**Events:
1st alphabet with vowels *(the greek alphabet)
The industrial revolution *(large amounts of technology being made, some including trains and typewriters.)
The roman empire *(A nation that conquered the Mediterranean and up to the UK, collapsed due to barbarians taking over Rome, and a lack of democracy; later became the Byzantine empire.)
The middle ages *(A time period where things were the same for a while, little to no development, had many diseases, the time period when half of Europe was wiped out by the black plague.)
Age of exploration *(the time period when people went out to explore the new world (americas) improved world maps.)
**Explorers, People, and leaders:
Italian-born, Spanish Explorer; Explorer of New World. *(Amerigo Vespucci)
Claud Monet *(french painter; painted the water lily pond)
Cabot *(navigator and explorer who by his voyages in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada.)
DeSoto *(Spanish explorer who led an expedition into the southern United States.)
Hudson *(english explored during the 17th century who disappeared in 1611)
Verrazano *(italian navigator and explorer that explored for the french)
John locke *(one of the greatest philosophers in europe at the end of the 17th century)
Thomas hobbes *(english philosopher, wrote Leviathan)
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles *(writers of the communist manifesto)
Montesquieu *(french political philosopher; wrote The Spirit Of Laws)
John Rowls *(American political philosopher; shaped modern political theory)
Socrates and Plato *(greek philosophers)
**Terms:
Serfs *(poor people, usually enslaved)
Greek philosopher; founding father of philosophy. *(Socrates)
Parchment; *(a type of paper, usually used for letters and documents.)
MATH
**Algebra (Camden)
Order of operations *(PEMDAS, Parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction)
Evaluate; 100 X 20 +-6 *(194)
Identify how many miles are in 17528 feet, round to the nearest tenth *(3.3)
Factor of 128 *(16)
Simplify the natural log of E to the 7th. *(7)
If 12x +17=41, what is the value of X *(X=2)
If 8x2+11=587, what is the value of X *(X=3)
**Geometry (Max) COMPLETE
Parallelogram *(a shape with 2 parallel sides)
Area and perimeter of a Rectangle with the width 12 and the heighth 7 *(A-84 P-38)
Shapes with 5 sides *(pentagon)
Calculate the area of a pentagon if the side length is 5cm and the apothem is 5cm *( (5x5(5))/2 62.5cm
Shapes with two parallel sides and 4 right angles *(Rectangle)
Square *(4 sided shape with all sides equal to another)
Area and perimeter of square with sides of 23. ( area = 529, perimeter = 92)
Triangle *(Shape with 3 sides and 3 angles.)
Area and perimeter of triangle with a base of 13 and a height of 6. (Area = 39 , Perimeter = 30.69)
Nonagon *(9 sided polygon)
Rotational symmetry *(Looks the same after a rotation)
Divides a shape vertically *(Vertical symmetry)
Line with two distinct endpoints *(Line segment)
**Logic (Skyli) COMPLETE
Identify James’s order in his family; 5 in the family older than sally, younger than bill, bill is younger than Joe, joe is the second oldest. *(second youngest or 4th)
Identify what day of the week would September 11th land on in 2010 if the year before it was on a Friday? *(Saturday)
Identify the number of ways you can line up 8 players. *(40320)
Identify the number of people in the 6th car if the first has 1 person, the second has 3, the third has 6, fourth has 10 and the fifth has 15. *(21)
Define factor in logic. *(if you divide any term by the previous term, you always get the same value)
**Numeric Expressions & Arithmetic (Tyson) COMPLETE
Solve the following, 50 / 2.5. *(20)
Find the next 2 numbers in the number sequence, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 14, 22, 36, , . *(58, 94)
**Solve
Find the square root of the following numbers, 144, 100, 4, and 9. *(12, 10, 2, 3)
Find the cube root of 64. *(4)
Turn 9/12 into a decimal. *(0.75)
Identify the intersection of sets if A has the numbers, 4, 7, 9, 2, 3, and 1. B has the numbers 1, 5, 2, 7, 3, 9. *(2, 3, 7, 9)
Find the reciprocal of 9. *(1/9)
**Terms
Identify the term for a number that is positive. *(Positive integer)
Identify the abbreviation of perpendicular. *(Perp)
**Probability, Permutations & Combinations (Tyson) COMPLETE
Jimothy has 9 shirts, 3, pairs of socks, 5 pairs of pants, and 2 pairs of shoes. Find how many outfits he has. *(270 outfits)
You need 3 cups of flour for a recipe but only have a ¾ cup, Find how many ¾ scoops you need. *(4 scoops)
Determine the number of bears in a bowl if there are 3 polar bears there are 4 times as many grizzlies as there are polar bears, and there are 5 less black bears than there are grizzly bears. *(22 total bears)
Identify the percent of vowels in the word, scrumptious. *(36%)
What is the probability that you select a black 7 or 6, or red 4, or 9, in a standard deck of cards. *(2/13)
Identify the probability you roll a 3 on a standard die. *(⅙)
Identify the percent of birds in a pet store in whole number form. There are 5 birds, 13 mammals, 22 reptiles, and 11 amphibians. *(9%)
**Terms
Identify the term for when you change the linear order of an ordered set. *(Permutation)
**Word Problems (Skyli) COMPLETE
Identify how long it will take for John and Sally to paint a room if John can paint a room in 6 hours and Sally can paint the same room in 3? *(2 hours)
Timmy went to the store with $20. He spent it on a $2 pretzel, a 6 pack of gatorade costing $X, a $3 slice of pizza, and 2 candy bars for $1.50 each. How much is a single bottle of gatorade? *($2.00 per bottle of gatorade)
Wendy made 2 dozen cookies. Dave and Nick ate ¼ of the cookies each and Carol ate ⅙ of what was left. How many cookies does Wendy have now? *(10 cookies)
Seja went to the store to buy dog food. Each pound of dog food cost $2.18 each. If Seja brought $21, how many pounds of dog food can she buy? Round to the nearest tenth. *(9.6 pounds)
Avery went to the market to buy some bracelets. All of the bracelets cost $0.12 each. If she only had $1.00, how many bracelets can she buy? *(8 bracelets)
Brekayla’s cupcake recipe required: 1 cup all purpose flour, 1 1/4 tsp baking powder , 1/8 tsp salt, 2 large eggs, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup unsalted butter , 1/2 cup milk, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 1 1/2 tsp vegetable or canola oil. She needs half of what the recipe calls for, so how much flour, eggs, sugar, and butter does she need. *(½ cups of flour, 1 egg, ⅜ cups of sugar, and ⅛ cup of butter)
Noelle was putting storage boxes in a storage unit. It was already half full and could contain 238 boxes total. If Noelle adds 54 more boxes, how many boxes are there now? *(173 boxes)
Nikki is creating a delicious smoothie. She mixes 3 cups of apple juice, 2 cups of frozen strawberries, 1 banana, and ½ cups of coconut milk. How much of the smoothie, in percentages, is the apple juice? *(46% is apple juice)
Gainda bought a new wand for $5.40, the original price was $6.75. What is the markdown percentage *(20%)
**SCIENCE
**Earth Science (Bryce) COMPLETE
**Earth
Periods
time period between 145.5 and 65.5 million years ago *(Cretaceous)
first geological period of the Paleozoic Era; lasted 53.4 million years *(Cambrian)
Geology
**Layers of earth:
outer, rigid layer; contains crust and upper mantle *(Lithosphere)
Upper mantle; below lithosphere; convection occurs *(Asthenosphere)
Semi Solid layer; 84% Earth’s total volume; 1000-3700 degrees celsius *(Mantle)
Consists primarily of iron and nickel; 7200–9000℉ *(Outer core)
Innermost layer; consists primarily of iron and nickel; 7200–9000℉ *(Inner core)
**Earth’s Biomes:
Five major biomes *(aquatic, grassland, forest, desert, tundra)
Earth’s water; Consists of lakes, ponds, and wetlands, standing water, as well as rivers and streams, flowing water *(Aquatic biome)
Consists of generally open and continuous, fairly flat areas of grass *(Grassland biome)
Made up of trees and other woody plants *(Forest biome)
the driest of all the biomes; consists of a layer of soil that can either be sandy, gravelly, or stony. *(Desert biome)
treeless ecosystems where winters are long and cold, and summers are short and, usually, chilly *(Tundra biome)
**Rock types and layers
Fossil fuels *(oil, natural gas, and coal)
Sedimentary rock; formed with dead plant material over time *(Coal)
naturally occurring sodium chloride; known as rock salt *(Halite)
heavy, shiny grey metallic ore; consists of lead *(Lead ore)
Fools gold; resembles gold to the untrained eye *(Pyrite)
Limestone *(sedimentary rock, calcium carbonate)
Rock formed from the cooling and solidification of molten lava *(Igneous)
Rock that started out as some other type of rock, but have been substantially changed from their original form *(Metamorphic)
**Weather, Climate, Atmosphere
Cirrus clouds *(Short, detached, hair-like clouds; high altitudes)
Cold front *(cold air mass pushes under warm air mass)
North wind *(originates in north, blows southward)
Permafrost *(ground completely frozen ≥ 2yrs)
Solstices *(sun reaches min or max declination)
**Terms
Red tide *(discoloration of seawater due to red dinoflagellates)
**General Science & Measurement (Max)
Abnormal reaction to the body. (Allergy)
Balloon stretches arteries. (Angioplasty)
Toxin induces immune reactions. (Antigens)
Body network that fights infection. (Immune system)
Hypertension. (High blood pressure)
Measure of current frequency. (Hertz)
1,000 grams measure. (Kilogram)
Metric measure of fluids. (Liter)
Amount of matter that takes up a space. (Mass)
Metric base unit of distance. (Meter)
Joule *(A unit of energy, represented as Si)
Temperature *(How much or little heat energy an object has)
Boiling point *(The temperature in which a substance boils)
Celsius *(A measurement of temperature in which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees)
Fahrenheit *(Temperature; water freezes at 32 degrees, boils at 212)
Anthropology *(Human societies across the globe during a time)
Geology *(The study of rocks)
Paleontology *(The study of extinct creatures)
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Plants and animals naming system creator *(Carolus Linnaeus)
50 patents, trains and streetcars *(Granville T. Wood)
Discovered oxygen *(Joseph Priestly)
Inventor; pasteurization. *(Louis Pastuer)
American architect, geodesic dome *(R. Buckminster Fuller)
Sir Isaac Newton *(English mathematician and physicist)
Alternating current *(electrical current; changes direction and magnitude over time)
Convection *(Heat particles moving)
Homo sapiens *(Early human)
Homogeneous Mixture *(Mixture with uniformly distributed particles)
Heterogeneous Mixture *(Mixture with uniformly distributed particles)
**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)