8th Grade Science
What is the powerhouse of a cell?
Mitochondria
What does 'ELA' stand for?
English Language Arts
What is a prime number?
A number greater than 1 that cannot be evenly divided by any number besides itself
Where did Ms. Silva go to High School?
Exeter High
A war that was fought to give African-Americans more freedom
What is the Civil War
What is a abiotic factor
Something man-made or nonliving
What is the definition of a scapegoat?
To be blamed for something you did not do
When does a graph decrease?
When the slope is negative
What teacher went to CSU Channel Islands?
Ms. Silva
Who was the president during the Civil War
What is Abraham Lincoln
What is a biotic factor
What is Something that is living
What is persuasive writing?
Writing to convince the reader of an opinion
What is the slope and y interecept for the following equation?
y=3x - 7
m= 3 and b = -7
Who are the 8th grade (only) teachers?
Ms. Silva, Ms. Hillis, Mr. Montejano
What are the 3 branches of the government?
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What is the periodic symbol for gold
What is AU
A work of literature based on on someone's life is called
An autobiography or biography
What is a dilation?
When you multiply a shape by a scale factor?
Does Ms. Silva have kids?
Yes. ALL OF YOU!
What was the 13th amendment?
Freed the slaves
What rock formation comes after igneous
What is metamorphic
Pathos and logos and ethos
Logos is logic pathos is emotion and ethos is credibility
What value of x makes the following equation true?
3x-4=3x-4
Any
What will be Ms. Silva's married name? Correct spelling required.
Mrs. Jesseca Reid
Who explored the Louisiana Territory?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark