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AB3.2U3I1 On the Way to Apocalypse? Vocabulary

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To anticipate or predict

a)

foresee

b)

preview

c)

psychic

d)

divine

2.

Getting attention because it is remarkable and different from the others

a)

prominent

b)

attentive

c)

markable

d)

differentiate

3.

to stabilize

a)

to put something in a home for horses

b)

to make someone stay for a long time

c)

to support something or make it consistent and unchanging

d)

to be able to keep

4.

extensive

a)

more than tense; not relaxed in any way

b)

removal of numbers by tens (10, 20, 30, etc.)

c)

requiring a lot of effort and very difficult to do

d)

covering a large area or in a large amount; more than the standard

5.

It appears that the most likely causes of mass extinctions can be narrowed down to volcano eruptions, asteroid __________, and sea level falls

a)

collidings

b)

collisions

c)

collitions

d)

collidements

6.

The third extinction was the biggest of all, and 95% of life __________ due to massive droughts, lack of oxygen and acid rains.

a)

perished

b)

thrived

c)

damaged

d)

removed

7.

Many species do not go extinct when an ecosystem collapses.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

An ecosystem cannot be called an entity. Only people can be called entities.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

What is the noun form of endure?

(a)  

10.

What is the adjective form of peril?

(a)  

11.

Which forms of "alter" are there? Select all the options that exist.

a)

alteration (noun)

b)

alterance (noun)

c)

altered (adjective)

d)

alterable (adjective)

12.

Select all the forms of "mandatory" that are possible.

a)

mandative (adjective)

b)

mandate (verb)

c)

mandate (noun)

d)

mandation (noun)

13.

To successfully resist something or someone

a)

resistificate

b)

uninterest

c)

withstand

d)

withoutstand

14.

To support or give a basis to something to strengthen it.

a)

underhold

b)

undertake

c)

underpin

d)

understabilize

15.

depletion

a)

Erasing something when typing

b)

Not saying please

c)

Consumption of a resource faster than it can regenerate

d)

Undoing a play

16.

sustain

a)

To leave marks under something

b)

To be displeased about something

c)

To develop clearly

d)

To support, maintain or keep in existence

17.

The clock symbolized the urgency of the nuclear dangers that the scientists were trying to __________ to the public and political leaders around the world.

a)

convey

b)

conveyance

c)

conveyor

d)

conveyed

18.

We already have witnessed the __________ power of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

a)

destroyed

b)

destructive

c)

destruction

d)

destructible

19.

If the sun becomes obscured, it means we can see it after a long period of being unable to see it.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

If an area is contaminated, that means it may be infected with bad organisms.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

What is the noun form of supply?

(a)  

22.

What is the noun form of utilize?

(a)  

23.

Select all the possible forms of "legitimate"

a)

illegitimate (adjective)

b)

legitimation (noun)

c)

legitimize (verb)

d)

unlegitimate (verb)

24.

Select all the possible forms of "eradicate"

a)

eradicate (verb)

b)

eradication (noun)

c)

eradicable (adjective)

d)

eradicatize (verb)

25.

The act of something happening; an occurrence

a)

situational

b)

consequent

c)

incidence

d)

result

26.

A drawback or a weakness

a)

shortdoing

b)

shortbeing

c)

shortgoing

d)

shortcoming

27.

overcome

a)

To be successful after a challenge

b)

To travel to another place

c)

To go too far and miss something

d)

To go on top of something

28.

improper

a)

Not the way it is supposed to be; inappropriate

b)

Cheap and inexpensive

c)

A person that gives an object

d)

A person that is not very smart