Question 1

Alliteration

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words or phrases.

Question 2

Bill of Rights

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The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question 3

Chlorophyll

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The green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.

Question 4

Dialect

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A variant of a language that is characteristic of a specific group of people or geographic region.

Question 5

Erosion

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The process of wearing or grinding something down by friction, wind, water, or ice.

Question 6

Federalism

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A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.

Question 7

Genome

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The complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism.

Question 8

Hemisphere

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Half of a spherical or roughly spherical body or space.

Question 9

Inertia

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The resistance of an object to a change in its motion.

Question 10

Juxtaposition

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The act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side often to compare or contrast.

Question 11

Kinetic energy

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The energy of an object due to its motion.

Question 12

Litotes

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A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by negating its opposite.

Question 13

Metaphor

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A figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect.

Question 14

Natural selection

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The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Question 15

Oxidation

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The process or result of oxidizing or being oxidized.

Question 16

Photosynthesis

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the aid of chlorophyll.

Question 17

Quadrilateral

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A four-sided polygon.

Question 18

Republic

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A form of government in which the country is considered a "public matter" and the head of state is an elected or nominated president.

Question 19

Solvent

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A substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution.

Question 20

Theme

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The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

Question 21

Urbanization

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The process of making an area more urban.

Question 22

Variable

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An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary or change.

Question 23

Watershed

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

Question 24

X-axis

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The horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system.

Question 25

Yeoman

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An owner and cultivator of a small farm.

Question 26

Zoology

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The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.

Question 27

Acute angle

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An angle that measures less than 90 degrees.

Question 28

Biomass

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The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume.

Question 29

Connotation

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The associated or secondary meaning of a word or phrase in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.

Question 30

Deciduous

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Trees and shrubs that shed their leaves at the end of the growing season.

Question 31

Enlightenment

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An intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Question 32

Foreshadowing

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A narrative device that hints at coming events.

Question 33

Germination

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The process by which a plant grows from a seed.

Question 34

Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Question 35

Ionic bond

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A type of chemical bond that involves a metal and a non-metal ion through electrostatic attraction.

Question 36

Judicial review

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Review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.

Question 37

Kinetic friction

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The force that opposes the relative lateral motion of two solid surfaces in contact.

Question 38

Latitude

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A geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface.

Question 39

Monarchy

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A form of government with a monarch at the head.

Question 40

Nucleus

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The central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

Question 41

Osmosis

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The diffusion of fluid through a semi-permeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher solute concentration.

Question 42

Plate Tectonics

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A theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates that move slowly over the underlying mantle.

Question 43

Quadratic equation

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A second-order polynomial equation in a single variable x.

Question 44

Revolution

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The movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center.

Question 45

Satire

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The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices.

Question 46

Troposphere

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The lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface to a height of about 6–10 km (the lower boundary of the stratosphere).

Question 47

Unicellular

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Having or consisting of a single cell.

Question 48

Velocity

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The speed of something in a given direction.

Question 49

Wavelength

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

Question 50

Xylem

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The vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the root and also helps to form the woody element in the stem.

Question 51

Yeast

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A microscopic fungus consisting of single oval cells that reproduce by budding, and are capable of converting sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

Question 52

Zooplankton

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Plankton consisting of small animals and the immature stages of larger animals.

Question 53

Absolute zero

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The lowest possible temperature where nothing could be colder and no heat energy remains in a substance.

Question 54

Biome

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

Question 55

Compound Interest

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The addition of interest to the principal sum of a loan or deposit, or in other words, interest on interest.

Question 56

Diffusion

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The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.

Question 57

Evolution

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The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Question 58

Fossil Fuels

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Natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.

Question 59

Gravity

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

Question 60

Hypothesis

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A proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Question 61

Ionic Compound

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A compound composed of positive and negative ions that are combined so that the numbers of positive and negative charges are equal.

Question 62

Judiciary

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The system of courts that interprets and applies the law in legal cases.

Question 63

Kinetic Theory of Gases

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A theory that states that gases are composed of a large number of particles in constant random motion.

Question 64

Law of Conservation of Mass

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The principle that the total amount of mass remains constant in an isolated system in spite of any physical or chemical changes that may take place.

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