Match the Measurement Unit

The world's tallest building (Sears Tower in Chicago) is 110 _____ high.

• meters

• feet

• stories

• kilometers

The Empire State Building in New York is 1,250 _____ high.

• miles

• meters

• feet

• kilometers

The Nile is the world's longest river. It is 4,180_____ long.

• miles

• meters

• kilometers

• feet

The Amazon River in South America is 6,296 _____ long.

• miles

• meters

• kilometers

• feet

Alaska has the lowest recorded temperature of any state. In 1981 the temperature was recorded at -81 _____.

• degrees Fahrenheit

• degrees Celsius

• Kelvin

• degrees Rankine

The highest recorded temperature in the United States was in Death Valley, California, when the mercury reached 57 _____.

• degrees Fahrenheit

• degrees Celsius

• Kelvin

• degrees Rankine

The world-record rainfall occurred in Cherrapunji, India, where 1,042 _____ rain fell in one year.

• inches

• centimeters

• millimeters

• meters

In the United States, the record is held by Kukui, Hawaii, where 739 ___ of rain fell in 1982.

• inches

• centimeters

• millimeters

• meters

The largest recorded hailstone ever to fall landed in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1979. It had a diameter of 44.5 _____ (17.5 _____ )

• inches / centimeters

• feet / meters

• centimeters / millimeters

• millimeters / micrometers

The longest punt in NFL history was by Steve O'Neal of the New York Jets. He kicked the football 98 _____.

• yards

• feet

• meters

• inches