Quiz Bowl Terms

The downward pull of gravity on an object...

Figure of speech comparing two things, usually using like or as...

A collection of numbers, symbols and operations

A math sentence that says that two expressions are equal; any number sentence with and = sign

A function with a constant rate. Graph forms a straight line ...

To leave from one's native land and settle somewhere else...

Hints or clues an author gives about an upcoming event...

The increase in links between people and economies around the world ...

A letter used to represent a number ...

A method an author uses to describe the characters in his/her story...

The movement of people from the rural areas to towns and cities ...

The theme or geography that describes how people, ideas and products move...

Switching the numerator and denominator in a fraction ...

The use of extreme exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech...

The overall feeling or atmosphere of a written work...

An occasion in which an earlier event is inserted into the chronological order of the story...

An instrument which makes an object appear larger than it is ...

When the author creates a picture in the readers mind by using descriptive words...

The basic unit of all living things...

A collection of numbers, variables, signs and symbols of algebra ...

The grouping of things according to their similarities...

Two operations that have the opposite effect, such as addition and subtraction...

A period of change that replaces human and animal power with machines ...

The total market value of goods and services produced in a country in a single year ...

The attribution of personal qualities to something non-human...

Expressions using words ...

The amount of space that matter in an object occupies...

The study of people, places and the environment...

term of phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable, no resemblance

The total amount of inhabitants living in one specific area or place ...

To use the rules of math to rewrite an expression as simply as possible ...

A form of government where the people have the power ...

A number, letter or combination of numbers and letters. Ex. 4, 3x, 4yx ...

The beliefs, traditions, language, food, or customs shared by a group of people ...

Facts, examples and statistics that support the claim ...

A structure enclosed by its own membrane...

Anything that has mass and takes up space...

Every output has exactly one output ...

Shows you how many times the number is to be used as a factor ...

A number in front of a variable ...

The smallest basic unit of matter...

The central message, moral, lesson, or insight into life revealed through a literary work...

A period of great change...

Conversations between characters in a book, or story...

Theme of geography that describes how humans adapt to, depend on, or change their environment

An organized group of people who make and enforce laws for a country or area of land...

A large group of one celled organisms that sometimes cause disease....

A discussion involving two different points of view...

A debatable statement that is opposing the initial claim...

To substitute or simplify an expression ...

Find all solutions to an equation, inequality, or a system of equations and or inequalities ...

A characteristic that enables an organism to survive & reproduce in its environment...

A debatable statement that is presented as a fact, and is the main idea for the argument...

To move to another country that is not your native land and settle permanently ...

A value that does not change ...

The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services ...