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Gold

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the name of Peter Munk's company that mined for gold and made him very rich?

a)

Bear Gold Corporation

b)

Rick Gold Corporation

c)

Barrick Gold Corporation

d)

Acme Gold Corporation

2.

What have people around the world enjoyed about gold for thousands of years?

a)

Its beauty and usefulness.

b)

Its beauty and uselessness.

c)

Its ugliness and usefulness.

3.

Almost every culture in history has used gold to show what?

a)

Power, beauty, and failure.

b)

Weakness, beauty, and accomplishment.

c)

Power, ugliness, and accomplishment.

d)

Power, beauty, and accomplishment.

4.

Where do some scientists believe that gold came from?

a)

Unicorns.

b)

Meteors that crashed into the earth.

c)

Fire-breathing dragons.

d)

Metroids.

5.

People can sometimes find gold in rivers and streams, but often they have to do what?

a)

Look for meteors falling from the sky.

b)

Catch a unicorn.

c)

Dig it out of the ground in mines.

d)

Go to another planet.

6.

Because of its value and its limited supply, gold has often been used as _________________.

a)

Food.

b)

Clothing.

c)

Monday.

d)

Money.

7.

Silver can turn dark and copper can become green, but gold always_____________________.

a)

keeps its flavour.

b)

stays the same bright colour.

c)

stays black.

d)

looks blue.

8.

Gold can conduct ___________ and can be made into a thin wire for cell phones and other electronics.

a)

orchestras

b)

Electromagnetism

c)

Elections

d)

Electricity