Citizens need to know numbers - vocabulary review 2

In "The engineer estimated that it would take two years to build the museum." the underlined word is a __________ .

• noun

• verb

• adjective

• adverb

The government based its __________ on data from the 2008 census.

• estimate

• estimated

• estimator

• estimates

The builder gave me an (a)   of £10,000.

The nation of Burma has been described as [____] poor, and official statistics are often dated and inaccurate.

• dates

• dated

• datun

• data

Analysis of [ (a)   ] is a difficult and complicated process as one really needs to understand the numbers.

In this sentence "Their analyses provided vital ammunition to the antinuclear campaigners", the underlined word is a/an___

• plural verb

• plural noun

• singular verb

• singular noun

• adverb

It could take weeks to [___] all the data, but when we do, the results will be very helpful to our project.

• analyst

• analyze

• analysis

• analyzing

His book provided a scientific (a)   of human behaviour.

It is ________ from scientific studies that the drug has some fairly nasty side effects.

• apparent

• apparently

• appearing

• appeared

The strange orange glow seen in underwater caves off the coast of the Bahamas is [ (a)   ] caused by the effects of the mixing of fresh and sea water.