Scholastic Magazine Week 1 Day 1

How does Jordan feel when people stare at her?

• Sad and angry

• Embarrassed but hopeful

• Uncomfortable, but proud

• Worried and nervous

What does the word prosthetic mean?

• broken

• artificial

• real

• damaged

What is a mentor?

• a friend

• a doctor

• an inventor

• an experienced adviser

Which of these statements is true about Dallol. Ethiopia?

• Nobody lives there, but some people work there.

• Many people live there, but nobody works there

• Some people live there and work there.

• It is the coldest place on Earth.

What resource is mined in Oymyakon?

• silver

• iron ore

• gold

• diamonds

What temperature can one expect in Oymyakon when spring arrives?

• 70 degrees

• 30 degrees

• 50 degrees

• 0 degrees

Which of these correctly states what the 500 residents of Oymyakon have?

• school, movie theater, grocery store

• grocery store, cell phone service, movie theater

• grocery store, school, gold mine

• school, cell phone service, movie theater

What is true about whales and dolphins?

• there are 100 different types and they all make the same sound

• there are more than 80 different types and they all make different sounds

• there are only about 10 different types and they all make different sounds

• there are 1000 different types and they all make the same sound

What is true about the sloths that participate in the Ironman Games?

• They are all 2-toes sloths.

• They are all 3-toes sloths.

• They are all sloths from the United States.

• They were all injured or orphaned in the wild.

True or False: The goal of the Sloth Institute is to help the sloths become able to live in the wild again.

• True

• False