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DATE: ________________________
QUIZ: PLANET EARTH
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Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.
1. Which of the following words
best describes ‘Antarctica’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
8. Which of the following words is
closest in meaning to ‘jungle’?
hot
crowded
cold
green
a)
b)
c)
d)
2. Which of the following things can
you often see in a ‘bay’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
cars
trees
elephants
boats
a)
b)
c)
d)
Africa
Hong Kong
the South Pole
a rain forest
a)
b)
c)
d)
a volcano
a desert
an ocean
a valley
a)
b)
c)
d)
hill
water
animals
sand
inside a cloud
on the beach
at the equator
on a mountain
a)
b)
c)
d)
a coast
a river
a lake
a mountain
13 – 14 = Excellent
a hurricane
a tide
atmosphere
all of the above
13. Which of the following words is
often used to describe a ‘tornado’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
7. Which of the following things does
every ‘island’ have?
a human
a kind of flower
a kind of fish
all of the above
12. Which of the following things is an
example of a ‘storm’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
6. In which of the following places can
a ‘glacier’ sometimes be found?
a)
b)
c)
d)
the moon
the South Pole
the sun
a sea
11. Which of the following things is an
example of a ‘species’?
5. Which of the following words is
often used to describe a ‘flood’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
the environment
an earthquake
wind
pollution
10. Which of the following things is
at the center of our ‘solar system’?
4. Which of the following things
can ‘erupt’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
9. Which of the following is an
example of a ‘natural disaster’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
3. Which of the following is an
example of a ‘continent’?
canyon
plain
rain forest
hurricane
gravity
wind
geography
ice
14. In which of the following places can
you find a ‘valley’?
a)
b)
c)
d)
11 – 12 = Good
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between two oceans
between two rocks
between two clouds
between two mountains
9 – 10 = Study More!
VOCABULARY QUIZ
Planet Earth
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate to Advanced
Time Approximately 10 minutes
ANSWER KEY
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
My Notes
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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