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QUIZ: PLANET EARTH

Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.

1. Which of the following words 8. Which of the following words is

best describes Antarctica? closest in meaning to jungle?
a) hot a) canyon
b) crowded b) plain
c) cold c) rain forest
d) green d) hurricane

2. Which of the following things can 9. Which of the following is an

you often see in a bay? example of a natural disaster?
a) cars a) the environment
b) trees b) an earthquake
c) elephants c) wind
d) boats d) pollution

3. Which of the following is an 10. Which of the following things is

example of a continent? at the center of our solar system?
a) Africa a) the moon
b) Hong Kong b) the South Pole
c) the South Pole c) the sun
d) a rain forest d) a sea

4. Which of the following things 11. Which of the following things is an

can erupt? example of a species?
a) a volcano a) a human
b) a desert b) a kind of flower
c) an ocean c) a kind of fish
d) a valley d) all of the above

5. Which of the following words is 12. Which of the following things is an

often used to describe a flood? example of a storm?
a) hill a) a hurricane
b) water b) a tide
c) animals c) atmosphere
d) sand d) all of the above

6. In which of the following places can 13. Which of the following words is
a glacier sometimes be found? often used to describe a tornado?
a) inside a cloud a) gravity
b) on the beach b) wind
c) at the equator c) geography
d) on a mountain d) ice

7. Which of the following things does 14. In which of the following places can
every island have? you find a valley?
a) a coast a) between two oceans
b) a river b) between two rocks
c) a lake c) between two clouds
d) a mountain d) between two mountains

13 14 = Excellent 11 12 = Good 9 10 = Study More!

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VOCABULARY QUIZ Planet Earth
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate to Advanced
Time Approximately 10 minutes

ANSWER KEY My Notes

1. C 8. C
2. D 9. B
3. A 10. C
4. A 11. D
5. B 12. A
6. D 13. B
7. A 14. D

Grades
as percentages
14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %

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