Question 1

Adaptation

Accepted Answer

The process by which an organism changes to become more suited to its environment.

Question 2

Alliteration

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The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Question 3

Biome

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A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region.

Question 4

Chlorophyll

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The green pigment found in plants that allows them to absorb sunlight and carry out photosynthesis.

Question 5

Commutative property

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The order of numbers can be changed without changing the result in addition and multiplication.

Question 6

Comparative advantage

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The ability of a party to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than another.

Question 7

Decimals

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Numbers expressed in the base 10 system, using a decimal point.

Question 8

Ecosystem

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The interactions of living organisms with one another and with their physical environment.

Question 9

Foreshadowing

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A narrative device in which a writer gives hints about what will happen later in the story.

Question 10

GCF (Greatest Common Factor)

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The largest number that can divide evenly into two or more numbers.

Question 11

Hypotenuse

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The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle; the longest side of a right triangle.

Question 12

Imagery

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Language that appeals to our five senses to help create mental pictures.

Question 13

Juxtaposition

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Placing two elements or words side by side for contrasting effect.

Question 14

Kinetic Energy

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Energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.

Question 15

LCM (Least Common Multiple)

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The smallest common multiple of two or more numbers.

Question 16

Metaphor

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A figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things.

Question 17

Noun

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A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.

Question 18

Omniscient narrator

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A narrative voice that knows everything about all characters, places, and events.

Question 19

Protagonist

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The main character in a story, usually the one the reader sympathizes with.

Question 20

Quadrilateral

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A polygon with four edges (sides) and four vertices (corners).

Question 21

Rhombus

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A parallelogram with all sides equal in length.

Question 22

Symbolism

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The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

Question 23

Theme

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The underlying message or big idea of a story.

Question 24

Unicellular

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An organism made up of one cell.

Question 25

Variable

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A letter or symbol that stands for one or more numbers.

Question 26

Watershed

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An area of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

Question 27

X-axis

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The horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system.

Question 28

Y-axis

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The vertical axis in a plane coordinate system.

Question 29

Zeugma

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A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses.

Question 30

Absolute value

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The distance a number is from zero on a number line.

Question 31

Biased sample

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A sample that does not fairly represent the population.

Question 32

Compound sentence

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A sentence with more than one subject or predicate.

Question 33

Dependent variable

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The variable that is being tested and measured in an experiment.

Question 34

Equilateral triangle

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A triangle with all three sides of equal length.

Question 35

Fahrenheit

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A temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.

Question 36

Gravity

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A force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.

Question 37

Homophone

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Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.

Question 38

Independent variable

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The variable that is manipulated or changed in an experiment.

Question 39

Jargon

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Special words or expressions used by a particular profession or group.

Question 40

Kinetic energy

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The energy of an object due to its motion.

Question 41

Litotes

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A figure of speech that uses understatement to emphasize a point by stating a negative to affirm a positive.

Question 42

Metonymy

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A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept.

Question 43

Net Force

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The overall force acting on an object when all the individual forces are considered.

Question 44

Onomatopoeia

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The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

Question 45

Parallel Lines

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Lines in a plane which do not meet; they are always the same distance apart.

Question 46

Quadratic Equation

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A polynomial equation of the second degree.

Question 47

Rational number

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A number that can be expressed as a fraction with an integer numerator and a non-zero natural number denominator.

Question 48

Simile

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A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, using like or as.

Question 49

Tragic hero

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A protagonist with a fatal flaw which eventually leads to his demise.

Question 50

Unit rate

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The ratio of two measurements in which the second term is 1.

Question 51

Velocity

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Speed in a given direction.

Question 52

Wavelength

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The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.

Question 53

X-intercept

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The x-coordinate of a point where a line, curve, or surface intersects the x-axis.

Question 54

Y-intercept

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The y-coordinate of a point where a line, curve, or surface intersects the y-axis.

Question 55

Zero property of multiplication

Accepted Answer

The product of any number and zero is zero.

Question 56

Acid

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A substance that donates hydrogen ions and reacts with a base to form a salt and water.

Question 57

Base (chemistry)

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A substance that accepts hydrogen ions and reacts with an acid to form a salt and water.

Question 58

Commensalism

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A relationship between two organisms where one benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.

Question 59

Diameter

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A line segment that passes through the center of a circle and has its endpoints on the circle.

Question 60

Evaporation

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The process of a substance in liquid state changing to gaseous state due to increase in temperature and/or pressure.

Question 61

Food Chain

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A sequence that shows how each living thing gets food, and how nutrients and energy are passed from creature to creature.

Question 62

Gerund

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A form of a verb that acts as a noun.

Question 63

Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 64

Imaginary number

Accepted Answer

A complex number that can be written as a real number multiplied by the imaginary unit i, which is defined by its property i² = −1.

Advanced Concepts for AZMerit Exam Grades 3-8