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WorksheetsTangerine Vocab
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Quonset Hut mean?
a)
A hut made out of logs and mud.
b)
A building made of corrugated metal and having a semicircular cross section.
c)
A native american tribe.
2.
What does eclipse mean?
a)
An oval in coding.
b)
A series of dots.
c)
An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
3.
What is an osprey?
a)
A type of bird.
b)
An animal's babies.
c)
A type of egg.
4.
What is muck fire?
a)
A fire that is made when lightning strikes mud.
b)
A type of forest fire.
c)
Fires that burn underground when the loose, organic materials below the top surface of dirt ignites.
5.
What are termites?
a)
Insects that eat wood.
b)
A type of spider.
c)
Tiny insects that are found in Antarctica.
6.
What is a sinkhole?
a)
A big hole caused by TNT exploding.
b)
a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.
c)
A type of mud that pulls you down into the earth.
7.
What is an aneurysm?
a)
an excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall.
b)
A type of concussion.
c)
The side affects of getting a concussion.
8.
What is a civil engineer?
a)
An engineer that deals with electricity.
b)
A person who organized civil rights marches.
c)
A person who designs and maintains roads.
9.
What part of speech is the word 'eclipse'?
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adverb
10.
The phrase 'quonset hut' is a noun.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What part of speech is the word 'termites'?
a)
verb
b)
adjective
c)
noun
12.
The word 'aneurysm' is a verb.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
What part of speech is the word 'sinkhole'?
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
c)
Verb
d)
none of these
14.
An osprey is an adjective.
a)
True
b)
True
c)
No, it is a noun
15.
What part of speech is the word 'civil engineer'?
a)
noun
b)
adjective
c)
verb
16.
A muck fire is an adverb
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Which sentence uses the word aneurysm correctly?
a)
There are many different types of aneurysms, such as brain aneurysms and abdominal aneurysms.
b)
An aneurysm helps treat a disease.
c)
An aneurysm is a part of your body.
18.
Which sentence uses Quonset hut correctly?
a)
My great-great-great ancestors were part of the Quonset Hut tribe.
b)
A place a few blocks away has a Quonset hut to store tools and materials.
c)
My dad used the Quonset hut to fix the motorcycle.
19.
Which sentence uses the word eclipse correctly?
a)
A lunar eclipse is when the moon passes through Earth's shadow and takes on a red tinge.
b)
An eclipse is when no celestial object is blocked by another celestial object.
c)
An eclipse is when some parts of the moon are lit up and form different shapes. There are eight of these shapes.
20.
Which sentence uses the word osprey correctly?
a)
There is an osprey's nest in the tree next to my house.
b)
That duck's osprey are so cute!
c)
I wonder what that robin's osprey will look like.
21.
Which sentence uses the word muck fire correctly?
a)
There was a huge muck fire in
b)
Lightning struck a patch of mud and started a muck fire!
c)
A muck fire started below our family's farm!
22.
Which sentence uses the word termites correctly?
a)
A big termite crawled into my house and made a huge web.
b)
A termite infestation completely ruined the foundation of my house.
c)
I found a bunch of termites on my vacation in Antarctica.
23.
Which sentence uses the word civil engineer correctly?
a)
The civil engineer that designed the bridge didn't do a good job. It completely collapsed during the hurricane.
b)
The civil engineer did a great job organizing the civil rights march.
c)
I am a civil engineer, because I believe in equal rights.
24.
Which sentence uses the word sinkhole correctly?
a)
A huge sinkhole was made as they blew up the building with TNT.
b)
When I was in the desert, I fell into a huge sinkhole. It almost pulled me underground, but I grabbed onto a root and pulled myself out.
c)
A huge sinkhole opened up under my school, causing me to be transferred.
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