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6. 
   SS – CE – Level III -- Identify, in order, the 5 colors used for the Homeland Security Dept.’s 5 stages of terror alert, from the most severe to the lowest alert. (red, orange, yellow, blue, green)
   
7. 
   SS – UH – Level II - There were only four posts when the Cabinet was first formed under President Washington. Name three of these original four posts. (any three of Departments of State, War, Treasury, or Atty General)
   

6. 
   SS – WH – Level I - The Federalist Papers is a collection of anonymous writings on ideas about government. Three of the founding fathers of our country are now known to have written this series. Name them. (James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton)
   

6. 
   SS – WG – Level II - Name the three Canadian provinces that border Quebec. (Ontario, Newfoundland, New Brunswick)
   

6. 
   SS – WG – Level II - The equator passes through which three South American countries? (Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia)
   

6. 
   SS – UL - Level II – Since 2010, there have been three women serving as justices on the Supreme Court. Name two of them. (any two of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Elena Kagan, or Sonia Sotomayor)
   

6. 
   SS – WG - Level II - Name the lake described by each of the following:
   
   1. 
      the world’s deepest lake (Lake Baikal)
      
   2. 
      the largest lake entirely within Canada (Great Bear Lake)
      
   3. 
      the largest lake by volume in North America (Lake Superior)
      
   4. 
      the source of the Nile River (Lake Victoria)
      
   5. 
      the world’s longest lake (Lake Tanganyika)
      

6. 
   SS – WG - Level I - Name three continents that:
   
   1. 
      the Tropic of Cancer passes through (N. America, Africa, Asia)
      
   2. 
      the Tropic of Capricorn passes through (Africa, Australia, S. America)
      

6. 
   SS – WG - Level II - Name the continent where each river system is found:
   
   1. 
      the Orinoco (South America)
      
   2. 
      the Danube (Europe)
      
   3. 
      the St. Lawrence (North America)
      
   4. 
      the Zambezi (Africa)
      
   5. 
      the Mekong (Asia)
      
   6. 
      the Murray/Darling (Australia)
      
   7. 
      the Indus (Asia)
      

6. 
   SS – WH - Level II - Give the following details concerning the Korean War:
   
   1. 
      Soviet leader during the conflict (Joseph Stalin)
      
   2. 
      China’s leader during the conflict (Mao Zedong)
      
   3. 
      U.S. president at the beginning of the conflict (Harry Truman)
      
   4. 
      U.S. president at the end of the conflict (Dwight Eisenhower)
      
   5. 
      first U.S. commander of ground forces (Douglas MacArthur)
      
   6. 
      two results of the conflict (Any of these are acceptable: North Korea was communist, South Korea was democratic, 38^th parallel separated the two, stalemate, no “winner”)
      

6. 
   SS – WG - Level II - In South America, name:
   
   1. 
      the two countries that do not border Brazil (Ecuador, Chile)
      
   2. 
      two countries that border the Pacific Ocean (any two of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Chile)
      
   3. 
      two countries that border the Atlantic Ocean (any two of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina)
      
   4. 
      two countries that contain the Andes Mountain Range (any two of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina)
      
   5. 
      the two landlocked countries (Paraguay, Bolivia)
      
   6. 
      the only country still a colony of a European country (French Guiana)
      

6. 
   SS – UG – Level II - To which US state would you have to travel to see what happened to the following boom towns?
   
   1. 
      Deadwood (South Dakota)
      
   2. 
      Tombstone (Arizona)
      
   3. 
      Dodge City (Kansas)
      
   4. 
      Leadville (Colorado)
      
   5. 
      Nome (Alaska)
      
   6. 
      Virginia City (Nevada)
      

6. 
   SS – WG - Level II - Name the African countries with the following capitals:
   
   1. 
      Pretoria (South Africa)
      
   2. 
      Cairo (Egypt)
      
   3. 
      Harare (Zimbabwe)
      
   4. 
      Nairobi (Kenya)
      
   5. 
      Abuja (Nigeria)
      
   6. 
      Mogadishu (Somalia)
      
   7. 
      Khartoum (Sudan [Republic of])
      

6. 
   SS - WG – Level II - Name the island group that includes the following:
   
   1. 
      Palau, Kiribati, Marshall Islands (Micronesia)
      
   2. 
      Hawaii, Tonga, Samoa (Polynesia)
      
   3. 
      Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea (Melanesia)
      
   4. 
      Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)
      
   5. 
      Barbados, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago (Lesser Antilles)
      
   6. 
      Kiska, Unimak, Atka, Amchitka (Aleutian Islands)
      
   7. 
      Mindanao, Visayas, Luzon (Philippines)
      
   8. 
      Java, Sumatra, Bali, Celebes (Indonesia)
      

6. 
   SS - UH – Level II - Name these signers of the Declaration of Independence:
   
   1. 
      Future president from Massachusetts (John Adams)
      
   2. 
      Future president from Virginia (Thomas Jefferson)
      
   3. 
      Famous philosopher from Pennsylvania (Benjamin Franklin)
      
   4. 
      Revolutionary from Massachusetts (Samuel Adams)
      
   5. 
      Compromiser from New Jersey (Roger Sherman)
      

6. 
   SS – UL – Level II - Name the constitutional amendment that provides for the following:
   
   1. 
      speedy and public trial (6^th)
      
   2. 
      ban on excessive bail (8^th)
      
   3. 
      states’ rights (10^th)
      
   4. 
      federal income tax (16^th)
      
   5. 
      voting at age 18 (26^th)
      
   6. 
      freedom of speech (1^st)
      
   7. 
      equal protection under the law (14^th)
      

6. 
   SS – UH – Level I - Four American presidents have been assassinated. Name three of them. (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy)
   

6. 
   SS – WG – Level I - Give one official language spoken in:
   
   1. 
      Brazil (Portuguese, asstd. tribal)
      
   2. 
      Haiti (French or Haitian creole)
      
   3. 
      New Zealand (English or Maori)
      
   4. 
      Qatar (Arabic)
      
   5. 
      Singapore (Chinese, Malay, English, or Tamil)Suriname (Dutch)
      
   6. 
      Uganda (English or Swahili)
      
   7. 
      Uruguay (Spanish)
      

6. 
   MA – NE – Level I - Mr. Spencer can buy a 757-page biography for $14.99 or he can make copies of it for 5 cents per page. In either case, a 9% sales tax applies. To the nearest cent, what is the number of dollars in the positive difference between the costs for buying and copying the book? ($24.92)
   

6. 
   MA – NE – Level I - Put these quantities in order from greatest to least:
   
   1. 
      25% of 140 [3 = 35]
      
   2. 
      two-thirds of 48 [2 = 36]
      
   3. 
      125% of 20 [4 = 25]
      
   4. 
      seven-eighths of 56 [1 =49]
      

6. 
   MA – NE – Level I - What is the sum of the mean, median, and mode of the following set?
   
   1. 
      {42, 56, 48, 56, 53} (Answer: 160)
      

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II -- Identify the terms for each of the following concerning the snake: its process of shedding its skin in preparation for new growth; the long hollow teeth through which poisonous snakes inject their toxin; and the poison secreted by snakes. (molt, fangs, venom)
   

6. 
   Science – LS – Level 2 – Match the following organisms with the behavior cycle that the organism utilizes: migration, estivation, hibernation.
   
   1. 
      grizzly bear (H)
      
   2. 
      salmon (M)
      
   3. 
      wildebeest (M)
      
   4. 
      desert tortoise (E)
      
   5. 
      cane toad (E)
      
   6. 
      chipmunk (H)
      
   7. 
      sea turtle (M)
      

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II – For the following genetic crosses, determine the probability that the parents’ offspring will express the dominant trait. Assume complete dominance.
   
   1. 
      Two homozygous dominant parents (100%)
      
   2. 
      Two heterozygous parents (75%)
      
   3. 
      One homozygous dominant parent & one homozygous recessive parent (100%)
      

6. 
   Science – GS – Level II – Match the following scientists with their discoveries.
   
   1. 
      Isaac Newton (The laws of motion)
      
   2. 
      Gregor Mendel (Heredity)
      
   3. 
      Charles Darwin (Evolution by natural selection)
      
   4. 
      James Watson (The structure of DNA)
      
   5. 
      Sir Francis Bacon (The scientific method)
      
   6. 
      Joseph Priestley (Elemental oxygen)
      

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II – Identify the following genetic traits as dominant or recessive.
   
   1. 
      Dark eyes (dominant)
      
   2. 
      Light hair (recessive)
      
   3. 
      Widow’s peak hairline (dominant)
      
   4. 
      Type A blood type (dominant)
      
   5. 
      Type B blood type (dominant)
      
   6. 
      Type O blood type (recessive)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Some elements on the Periodic Table have chemical symbols that are dissimilar from their English names. Name the element that goes along with the unexpected chemical symbol.
   
   1. 
      K (Potassium)
      
   2. 
      Na (Sodium)
      
   3. 
      Sn (Tin)
      
   4. 
      Fe (Iron)
      
   5. 
      Au (Gold)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Name the Periodic Table element that matches the description.
   
   1. 
      Has 6 protons; makes coal and diamonds (Carbon)
      
   2. 
      Has 2 protons; used as a shielding gas for welding (Helium)
      
   3. 
      A metal with the chemical symbol Ag (Silver)
      
   4. 
      A non-metal with the chemical symbol Ne (Neon)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – In which state of matter would one expect to find the following elements of the Periodic Table, at room temperature?
   
   1. 
      Oxygen (gas)
      
   2. 
      Sodium (solid)
      
   3. 
      Chlorine (gas)
      
   4. 
      Mercury (liquid)
      
   5. 
      Neon (gas)
      
   6. 
      Nickel (solid)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – For each subatomic particle of the atom, identify its location and its charge.
   
   1. 
      Proton – nucleus (center) - positive
      
   2. 
      Electron – cloud (outside) - negative
      
   3. 
      Neutron – nucleus (center) – neutral (none)
      

6. 
   Science – GS – Level II – Match the following scientists with their national origin and their scientific contribution
   
   1. 
      Dmitri Mendeleev (creator of the Periodic Table) (Russian)
      
   2. 
      Charles Darwin (founder of the theory of evolution) (English)
      
   3. 
      James Watson (discovered the structure of DNA) (American)
      
   4. 
      Gregor Mendel (the Father of Modern Genetics) (Austrian)
      
   5. 
      George Washington Carver (popularized non-food applications of the peanut) (American)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Classify the following types of matter as elements, compounds, or mixtures.
   
   1. 
      Water (compound)
      
   2. 
      Aluminum (element)
      
   3. 
      Wood (mixture)
      
   4. 
      Air (mixture)
      
   5. 
      Oxygen (element)
      
   6. 
      Steel (compound)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – State the scientific term related to the following descriptions of state changes of matter.
   
   1. 
      The temperature at which liquid becomes gas (boiling point)
      
   2. 
      The state change in which a solid becomes gas (sublimation)
      
   3. 
      The temperature at which a solid becomes liquid (melting point)
      
   4. 
      The state change in which a liquid becomes solid (freezing)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Order the following substances by their density, from most dense to least dense. (Answers are in order.)
   
   1. 
      Aluminum
      
   2. 
      Brick
      
   3. 
      Water
      
   4. 
      Ice
      
   5. 
      Pine wood
      
   6. 
      Styrofoam
      

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II – Match the scientist to the organism that he/she studied.
   
   1. 
      Peanuts (George Washington Carver)
      
   2. 
      Peas (Gregor Mendel)
      
   3. 
      Chimpanzees (Jane Goodall)
      
   4. 
      Gorillas (Dian Fossey)
      
   5. 
      Orangutans (Biruté Galdikas)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Match the chemical reaction with the evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred: release of heat, release of gas, color change, formation of a precipitate, and release of heat.
   
   1. 
      Baking soda and vinegar (release of gas)
      
   2. 
      Cabbage juice and hydrochloric acid (color change)
      
   3. 
      Milk and vinegar (formation of a precipitate)
      
   4. 
      Decomposition of vegetables (release of heat)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Classify the following substances as homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures.
   
   1. 
      Pasteurized milk (homogeneous)
      
   2. 
      Oil and vinegar salad dressing (heterogeneous)
      
   3. 
      Grape juice from concentrate (homogeneous)
      
   4. 
      Chocolate pudding (homogeneous)
      
   5. 
      Chocolate chip ice cream (heterogeneous)
      
   6. 
      Pancake batter (homogeneous)
      

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II - Categorize the following animal relationships as competition, predation, or symbiosis, and state a reason:
   
   1. 
      Coyote and jackrabbit (predation, coyote eats jackrabbit)
      
   2. 
      Jackrabbit and kangaroo rat (competition, same food sources and habitat)
      
   3. 
      Bee and wildflower (symbiosis, bee drinks nectar and pollinates flower)
      
   4. 
      Tarantula and grasshopper (predation, tarantula eats grasshopper)
      
   5. 
      Owls and hawks (competition, same food sources and habitat)
      

6. 
   Identify the following statements about animals as myths or facts. If a statement is a myth, correct the myth to make it factual.
   
   1. 
      Camels’ humps are full of water. (Myth: Camels’ humps are full of fat)
      
   2. 
      Owls can turn their heads all the way around. (Myth: Owls can turn their heads three-quarters (270 degrees) of the way around)
      
   3. 
      Crocodiles excrete tears when eating their prey. (True)
      
   4. 
      Bats are blind and must use sonar to navigate. (Myth: Bats can see but primarily use sonar to navigate)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level 3 – Half-life is the amount of time required for a radioactive atom to decay by half. If each of the following substances begin with a mass of 100 kg, how much of each will be remaining after 30 days? Round answers to the nearest tenth.
   
   1. 
      Actinium-225: half-life of 10 days (12.5 kg)
      
   2. 
      Bismuth-210: half-life of 5 days (1.6 kg)
      
   3. 
      Europeum-156: half-life of 15 days (25 kg)
      

6. 
   Science – PS – Level 3 – Match the chemical that has been banned or restricted with its application and its negative impact.
   
   1. 
      DDT (Dichloro-diphenyl trichloroethane) (pesticide)(threatens bird populations by thinning bird egg shells)
      
   2. 
      CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbon) (in aerosols and refrigerators)(damages the ozone layer)
      
   3. 
      TEL (Tetraethyllead) (gasoline additive)(increases lead levels in the air and soil)
      
   4. 
      PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) (coolant in reactors)(causes a skin condition called chloracne)
      
7. 
   Science – LS – Level III -- Identify the type of insect that transmits each of the following diseases: malaria, bubonic plague or Black Death, sleeping sickness, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Lyme disease. [mosquito, flea, tsetse fly, tick(wood or dog), tick (deer)]
   

6. 
   Science – LS – Level III – Name the parts of the body that these adjectives pertain to: optical, renal, pulmonary, gastric, and otic. (eyes, kidneys, lungs, stomach, ears)
   

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II – Order the prefixes used in SI units (metric system) from least to greatest? (milli-, centi-, deci –, deka-, hecto-, kilo-)
   

6. 
   Science – GS – Level I – Identify the SI unit (metric system) that would be used to measure the following:
   
   1. 
      The distance between Los Angeles and Phoenix
      
   2. 
      The mass of a pencil
      
   3. 
      The amount of liquid in a soda bottle
      
   4. 
      The distance an athlete can jump
      
   5. 
      The mass of a person
      
   6. 
      The amount of liquid medicine to give to a child
      
   7. 
      The amount of a particular nutrient in a multi-vitamin tablet or capsule
      

6. 
   Science – LS – Level II – Identify which characteristics are associated with different types of volcanos:
   

1. 
   formed from non-explosive eruptions of “runny” lava such as a basalt flow;
   
2. 
   formed when magma chambers empty and collapse;
   
3. 
   formed by explosive eruptions of pyroclastic materials and lava flows;
   
4. 
   made entirely of pyroclastic materials
   

1. 
   Shield volcanoes
   
2. 
   Cinder cone volcanoes
   
3. 
   Composite volcanoes or stratovolcanoes
   
4. 
   Calderas
   

6. 
   Science – PS – Level II – Match the following terms and descriptions:
   
   1. 
      1. supernova A a neutron star that is spinning
      
   2. 
      2. black hole B leftovers of a massive supernova that collapses
      
   3. 
      3. galaxies C large grouping of stars in space
      
   4. 
      4. white-dwarf star D a very massive star
      
   5. 
      5. supergiant E the death of a large star by explosion
      
   6. 
      6. pulsar F. stars near the end of their life
      

6. 
   Science –PS – Level II – Identify the fault type and the kind of earthquakes that are produced in association with different kinds of plate motion.
   

Plate motion: convergent, divergent, transform

Faults: normal, reverse, strike-slip

Earthquakes: shallow, deep, weak, moderate, strong

54. 
    Identify which of Newton’s Laws, 1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd, are demonstrated in the following movements:
    

1. 
   A swimmer’s hands push against the water and they move forward.
   
2. 
   A person riding a bike flies over the handlebars when the tire hits a bump.
   
3. 
   A bowler knocks down more pins when using a heavier bowling ball.
   

54. 
    Order the sequence of the phases of the moon beginning with the new moon. Include these terms in your answer: waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent, full moon, first quarter, last quarter and new moon. (Answer: New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent.)