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Nobel speech

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

who is the author of the story Nobel speech

(a)  

2.

when was the author born

(a)  

3.

the -------- is a prestigious award granted to those who have done outstanding work to promote peace in the world

(a)  

4.

the nobel peace prize was established by

(a)  

5.

a Swedish chemist and engineer known for inventing dynamite

(a)  

6.

when did Al Gore receive his prize

(a)  

7.

a newspaper printed a harsh judgment on Alfred Nobels life work calling him

(a)  

8.

i pray what i am feeling in my heart will be communicated clearly and those who hear me will say

a)

we must die

b)

we must act

c)

we must run

d)

we must cry

9.

so today we dumped another -------- of global warming into the thin shell of the atmosphere surrounding our planet as if it were an open sewer and tomorrow we will dump a slightly larger amount

a)

80 million tons

b)

90 million tons

c)

70 million tons

d)

60 million tons

10.

major cities in north and south America , Asia , and Australia are nearly out of water because of

a)

water due to massive droughts and melting glaciers

b)

fire due to massive fire balls and melting glaciers

c)

water due to massive droughts and freezing glaciers

d)

water due to small droughts and shaking glaciers

11.

after 10,000 equations -------- calculated that the earths average tempreture would increase by many degree if we doubled the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere

a)

Newton

b)

Alfred Nobel

c)

Svante Arrhenius

d)

Al Gore

12.

but unlike other forms of pollution CO2 is invisible, tasteless and odorless

a)

true

b)

false

13.

but unlike other forms of pollution CO2 is invisible, tasteless and odorless. which has helped

(a)  

14.

latest most impossible moment before its too late to make a change

(a)  

15.

there is an african proverb that says

(a)  

16.

Cordell Hull was described by Franklin Roosevelt as the "father of the united nation" he was an inspiration and hero to my own father says al gore

a)

true

b)

false

17.

in the Kanji characters used in both Chinese and Japanese, "crisis" is written with 2 symbols, the first meaning ------ and second -----

(a)  

18.

the outcome will be decisively influenced by 2 nations that are now failing to do enough

(a)  

19.

the next generation will ask one of 2 questions either they will ask ------------------ or they will ask instead ------------------------

(a)  

20.

why was Al Gore given his speech

a)

because he was Alfreds son

b)

because he won the lottery

c)

because he won the Nobel prize

d)

because he killed a bug

21.

which American poet does Al Gore quote in his speech

(a)  

22.

what is the planetary of why Gore is so concerned

(a)