Round 2 - First Half 2023-24 Elementary Practice Questions

This type of rest is a black horizontal rectangle that sits atop a staff's third line. Identify this rest with a value twice as long as a quarter rest's.

• HALF (REST)

• WHOLE (REST)

• EIGHTH (REST)

• SIXTEENTH (REST)

Objects with this property include sunglasses, a piece of tissue paper, vegetable oil, and tinted car windows. It describes materials that allow some, but not all, light to pass through. Name this stage between transparent and opaque.

• TRANSLUCENT (Accept TRANSLUCENCE)

• REFLECTIVE

• ABSORBENT

• LUMINOUS

This Kentucky geographic region is south of the Ohio River in the western part of the state. It includes the cities of Henderson and Owensboro. What region's name includes one of its primary resources, a fossil fuel?

• WESTERN COAL FIELD(S) (REGION)

• BLUEGRASS REGION

• PENNYRILE REGION

• CUMBERLAND PLATEAU

This author earned her first Newbery Medal for a fantasy novel subtitled Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. Her second Newbery came for an illustrated novel about a lonely girl and her magical pet squirrel. Identify the author of The Tale of Despereaux and Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures.

• (KATE) DICAMILLO [dee-kuh-MILL-oh]

• (LOIS) LOWRY

• (SHARON) CREECH

• (BEVERLY) CLEARY

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is the next multiple of seven larger than 60?

• 63

• 67

• 70

• 61

This musical symbol can appear above a rest, note, or chord. It consists of a dot under a downward-curving arc. What is this symbol meaning a musician should hold a note or rest longer than its normal duration?

• FERMATA

• STACCATO

• CRESCENDO

• ACCENT

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

This illustrator earned her first Caldecott Medal for a book written by Lindsay Mattick. Her second Caldecott came three years later for a book she both wrote and illustrated. Name this artist responsible for Finding Winnie and Hello Lighthouse.

• (SOPHIE) BLACKALL

• (CHRISTIAN) ROBINSON

• (JON) KLASSEN

• (MELISSA) SWEET

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

It is 11.5 feet from Elaine's desk to the hallway door. If her teacher asked her to move her desk twice as far from the door, how many feet away from the door would Elaine's desk be?

• 23 (FEET)

• 17 (FEET)

• 11.5 (FEET)

• 20 (FEET)

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Things that create this physics force include a bird's wings, an airplane's propeller, and a jet's engine. It is the force that keeps a flying object in forward motion. State this counterpart of drag, weight, and lift.

• THRUST

• GRAVITY

• FRICTION

• MOMENTUM

So-called "guerilla warfare" was the specialty of this general and his "raiders." What Confederate general, who lived in Lexington for a time, led the South's northernmost raids into Union territories in Ohio and Indiana?

• (JOHN HUNT) MORGAN

• (JEB) STUART

• (NATHAN BEDFORD) FORREST

• (ROBERT E.) LEE