Scholastic Choices Magazine Quiz - 9/1/17

A) $10,000

B) 50 pounds of Styrofoam

C) 1,000 rolls of fiberglass

D) 27,000 pairs of jeans

A) cakes

B) greeting cards

C) scarves

D) soap

A) He needed community service for his college application

B) He was once homeless himself

C) He saw a documentary about homelessness

D) All of his friends were doing it

A) your passions

B) your transportation options

C) your availability

D) all of the above

A) Find a one-day event that you can help participate in

B) Start a project that you can chip away at in small chunks

C) Both A and B are correct

D) None of the above are correct

A) She volunteers at a local funeral home to play the trumpet during veterans' funerals

B) She plays the piano during local church services

C) She organizes community concerts for her local parks and recreation department

D) None of the above are correct

A) Japan

B) United States of America

C) Bangladesh

D) Germany

A) message

B) promotion

C) rally

D) boycott

A) 10%

B) 3%

C) 50%

D) 20%

A) Cheap clothes are often made in sweatshops, which force employees to work long hours

B) The conditions of the work environments are often unsafe

C) Poor ventilation systems are common

D) All of the above are correct

A) Buy more products and recycle less

B) Educate yourself on how clothes are made in emerging countries

C) Examine the labels on your clothes

D) Write to your favorite brands to demand that their workers be treated fairly

A) plan

B) niche

C) goal

D) script

A) scamming people by email

B) raising money for fake charities

C) posting fake reviews to help businesses

D) writing false information designed to get clicks, which then turns into advertising dollars

A) Plans that are created to directly take your money

B) The belief that we are much more likely to buy into new information that supports beliefs or theories we already have - while ignoring evidence to the contrary

C) An argument that supports only one person

D) A fact that is believed by many people to be true, when in reality, it is not

A) dismissive

B) accepting

C) skeptical

D) aware

A) friends

B) instincts

C) parents

D) impulses

A) social contagion

B) diffusion of responsibility

C) social cure

D) evolutionary advantage

A) random acts of kindness

B) riots and negative online behavior

C) skipping school

D) peer pressure

A) wearing a stylish outfit you really like

B) joining a team you’d like to be part of

C) posting negative messages on someone’s social media because your friends are doing it

D) coming up with an excuse for not drinking

A) Teens have more time to hang out with their friends in social settings; therefore, leading to more time for activities together

B) Teens are typically bigger risk takers than adults

C) The section of a teen's brain involved in decision-making is still developing

D) None of the above are correct

A) 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

B) 2 p.m. and 5 p.m

C) 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

D) 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.

A) once a year

B) every six months

C) every week

D) once a month

A) 15

B) 55

C) 30

D) 8

A) squamous cell carcinoma

B) melanoma

C) basal cell carcinoma

D) leukemia

A) A mole or freckle that is rapidly changing or growing

B) A mole or freckle that remains the same size

C) A mole or freckle that is unlike any other - it's darker, or has uneven color

D) A new or changing mole on a body part that isn't typically exposed to the sun