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What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess that can be tested with an experiment.
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What is the Hudson River?
A body of water that Henry Hudson explored.
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What is a simile?
"He is as slow as a tortoise."
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Who is Attean?
This boy saved Matt in "Sign of the Beaver".
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What addition, subtraction, multiplication, division?
Name the four operations that can be performed on numbers.
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What is the rotation of the Earth?
Somebody's age can be measured by this action of the earth.
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What is Longfellow and three riders instead of one rider?
Give the author and one inconsistency from "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere".
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What is personification?
"The tree branch groaned as I swung from it."
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What is he wanted to wait for his family?
Matt didn't leave with Attean and his tribe for this reason.
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What is division?
This operation is performed when presented with a fraction.
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What is an opposable thumb?
Capuchin monkeys can be better service animals than dogs because of this.
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What is Breed's Hill?
The Battle of Bunker Hill happened on this hill.
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What is the magic three?
"I will huff, I will puff, I will blow your house down!"
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What is ability to travel to the center of the earth or water in the center of the earth?
"Journey to the Center of the Earth" is considered a science fiction text for this reason.
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What is one?
The product of three-fifths and its reciprocal?
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What is overpopulation of other species or some consumers starve?
This happens when the top of the food chain is removed from an ecosystem.
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Who is Nathan Hale?
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country?
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What is alliteration?
"Alex Alligator Ate Apples"
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Who is daVinci?
This man felt like a failure at the end of his life because he was unable to build his horse.
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What is 2 x (6 +12)?
Write as an equation: two times the sum of 6 and 12.
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What is an estuary?
A water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from the ocean.
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What is Narragansett Bay or New York Harbor?
Verrazano came upon this water passage during his search for the Northwest Passage.
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What is onomatopoeia?
"I rode my bike - BAM! - into a tree."
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What is Central Park in New York City?
Pieces of the dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins are still buried here.
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What is to the right?
When dividing a decimal by 10, move the decimal one place in this direction.
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