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Gaffes and Science Warm-Up

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who got in trouble for racist social media posts?

a)

Segolene Royal

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Cheryl Thomas

d)

Lance Armstrong

2.

Who is speaking?

a)

Justin Trudeau

b)

Michael Dukakis

c)

Mitt Romney

d)

Howard Dean

3.

This is a reminder to avoid which kind of gaffe?

a)

Kinsley gaffe

b)

Hot mic gaffe

c)

Undisciplined surrogate gaffe

d)

Oversharing

4.

A politician is backstage at a rally and complains to a friend about his country's voters. Unfortunately, he has forgotten to turn off his clip-on microphone and the people at the rally hear the whole conversation! This is an example of a(n) _________________.

a)

Kinsley gaffe

b)

Out-of-context gaffe

c)

Narrative gaffe

d)

Hot mike gaffe

5.

What is it called when bacteria help clouds form more rain and snow?

a)

microbial precipitation

b)

biological participation

c)

cloudbusting

d)

bioprecipitation

6.

What machine is shown here?

a)

Hail cannon

b)

Cloud buster

c)

Fog harp

d)

Bioprecipitator

7.

This is a close-up of which machine?

a)

Hail cannon

b)

Cloud buster

c)

Fog harp

d)

Cloud seeder

8.

What do fog harps do?

a)

Create more rain

b)

Collect water from fog

c)

Collect cloud condensation nuclei

d)

Form hail from fog

9.

Which type of cloud seeding uses cold clouds?

a)

Hygroscopic seeding

b)

Glaciogenic seeding

c)

Frigid seeding

d)

Snow seeding

10.

The particles that clouds form around are called _____________.

a)

Fog particles

b)

Hygroscopic particles

c)

Cloud dust

d)

Cloud condensation nuclei

11.

Who called September 11, 2001 "7-11"?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Mitt Romney