ABCTE Elementary Education Study Guide Questions with
Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Embedded phonics
Answer: A style of phonics instruction that teaches students phonemes as they encounter them in their reading.
This method is widely considered less effective than explicit and systematic styles of phonics instruction.
Question 2: Equilateral triangle
Answer: A triangle whose sides are all
congruent.
Question 3: Erosion
Answer: The wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind, water, and other means.
Question 4: Etymology
Answer: The study of word origins and how usage and meaning have evolved.
Question 5: Exchange rate
Answer: The price of one currency translated into the price of another. For example, the British pound may be
worth two US dollars.
Question 6: Exchange value
Answer: The price for which a good will trade in a given market.
Question 7: Exocrine
Answer: Secreting externally (either ducts or skin).
Question 8: Explicit
Answer: refers to a program of instruction that clearly lays out a plan to teach a carefully selected set of
phonemes.
Question 9: Exposition
Answer: The putting forth of meaning or intent.
Question 10: Expression
Answer: In mathematics, a symbol (or combination of symbols) that represents a quantity.
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,Question 11: Fluency
Answer: Reading with expression, speed, and accuracy
Question 12: Force
Answer: A vector quantity that produces an acceleration of a body.
Question 13: Free market
Answer: An economic system with no regulation on supply and demand.
Question 14: Frequency
Answer: The number of repetitions per unit time of a complete waveform, as of an electric current.
Question 15: George Patton
Answer: A key US Army general in World War II.
He died from injuries sustained from a car accident in Germany in 1945.
Question 16: Graduated cylinder
Answer: A container for liquid with a wider base gradually narrowing to the top and marked with a graded
scale.
Question 17: Grapheme
Answer: A letter (or group of letters) that represents a phoneme
Question 18: Graphic organizers
Answer: Illustrations of concepts in texts; these diagrams can be maps, webs, graphs, or charts
Question 19: Grapheme
Answer: A letter (or group of letters) that represents a phoneme
Question 20: Gross domestic product
Answer: The value of all the goods and
services produced within the borders of a nation.
Question 21: Histogram
Answer: A bar graph of a distribution. The widths and the heights of the bars are used to give information
about the variable(s) being described.
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, Question 22: Holocaust
Answer: The systematic ethnic cleansing practiced by
Nazis in the World War II era that claimed millions of lives. Some claims put the death toll at more than 25
million.
Question 23: Humanism
Answer: An intellectual movement of the Renaissance, emphasized more secular concerns (as opposed to
religious concerns). The movement's impetus came from the re-discovery of ancient Greek and Roman texts.
Question 24: Immediate emancipation
Answer: Some citizens wanted an
immediate end to slavery in the US —(in contrast to others who wanted a more gradual freeing of the slaves).
Question 25: Independent reading level
Answer: the highest grade-equivalent
level at which she can read with comprehension and accuracy.
Question 26: Indirect object
Answer: An object indirectly affected by the action of a verb. For example, "Give me a kiss."
Question 27: Indulgences
Answer: A certificate purchased from the Church to absolve the bearer of past sins.
Question 28: Industrial Revolution
Answer: The late eighteenth-century
movement toward extensive mechanization of production centered in Great Britain.
Question 29: Inference
Answer: The act of making logical conclusions from known premises.
Question 30: Isosceles triangle
Answer: A triangle with two congruent sides.
Question 31: Kinesthetic
Answer: Relating to bodily movement
Question 32: Kinetic energy
Answer: The energy possessed by a body because of its motion.
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Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: Embedded phonics
Answer: A style of phonics instruction that teaches students phonemes as they encounter them in their reading.
This method is widely considered less effective than explicit and systematic styles of phonics instruction.
Question 2: Equilateral triangle
Answer: A triangle whose sides are all
congruent.
Question 3: Erosion
Answer: The wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind, water, and other means.
Question 4: Etymology
Answer: The study of word origins and how usage and meaning have evolved.
Question 5: Exchange rate
Answer: The price of one currency translated into the price of another. For example, the British pound may be
worth two US dollars.
Question 6: Exchange value
Answer: The price for which a good will trade in a given market.
Question 7: Exocrine
Answer: Secreting externally (either ducts or skin).
Question 8: Explicit
Answer: refers to a program of instruction that clearly lays out a plan to teach a carefully selected set of
phonemes.
Question 9: Exposition
Answer: The putting forth of meaning or intent.
Question 10: Expression
Answer: In mathematics, a symbol (or combination of symbols) that represents a quantity.
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,Question 11: Fluency
Answer: Reading with expression, speed, and accuracy
Question 12: Force
Answer: A vector quantity that produces an acceleration of a body.
Question 13: Free market
Answer: An economic system with no regulation on supply and demand.
Question 14: Frequency
Answer: The number of repetitions per unit time of a complete waveform, as of an electric current.
Question 15: George Patton
Answer: A key US Army general in World War II.
He died from injuries sustained from a car accident in Germany in 1945.
Question 16: Graduated cylinder
Answer: A container for liquid with a wider base gradually narrowing to the top and marked with a graded
scale.
Question 17: Grapheme
Answer: A letter (or group of letters) that represents a phoneme
Question 18: Graphic organizers
Answer: Illustrations of concepts in texts; these diagrams can be maps, webs, graphs, or charts
Question 19: Grapheme
Answer: A letter (or group of letters) that represents a phoneme
Question 20: Gross domestic product
Answer: The value of all the goods and
services produced within the borders of a nation.
Question 21: Histogram
Answer: A bar graph of a distribution. The widths and the heights of the bars are used to give information
about the variable(s) being described.
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, Question 22: Holocaust
Answer: The systematic ethnic cleansing practiced by
Nazis in the World War II era that claimed millions of lives. Some claims put the death toll at more than 25
million.
Question 23: Humanism
Answer: An intellectual movement of the Renaissance, emphasized more secular concerns (as opposed to
religious concerns). The movement's impetus came from the re-discovery of ancient Greek and Roman texts.
Question 24: Immediate emancipation
Answer: Some citizens wanted an
immediate end to slavery in the US —(in contrast to others who wanted a more gradual freeing of the slaves).
Question 25: Independent reading level
Answer: the highest grade-equivalent
level at which she can read with comprehension and accuracy.
Question 26: Indirect object
Answer: An object indirectly affected by the action of a verb. For example, "Give me a kiss."
Question 27: Indulgences
Answer: A certificate purchased from the Church to absolve the bearer of past sins.
Question 28: Industrial Revolution
Answer: The late eighteenth-century
movement toward extensive mechanization of production centered in Great Britain.
Question 29: Inference
Answer: The act of making logical conclusions from known premises.
Question 30: Isosceles triangle
Answer: A triangle with two congruent sides.
Question 31: Kinesthetic
Answer: Relating to bodily movement
Question 32: Kinetic energy
Answer: The energy possessed by a body because of its motion.
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