WorksheetsNovember Science World NEWS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Why are puffin numbers at the Skomer Island Nature Reserve increasing?
Because visitors are wearing plastic puffin decoys on their heads
Because tourists are no longer allowed in the area
Because the ecosystem is overfished
Because there’s an abundance of sand eels for puffins to eat
Between which two years did puffin numbers on Skomer Island increase the most?
2019 and 2020
2020 and 2021
2021 and 2022
2022 and 2023
Why does Klein Vision’s AirCar have a propeller?
To create the upward force of lift
To generate forward thrust
To push air over and under the car’s wings
To increase the car’s air resistance
A new app installed on high-tech glasses can block real-life advertisements using which technology?
Virtual reality
Augmented reality
Analog
Computer-generated
Why did Tim Friede choose to get bitten more than 200 times by venomous snakes?
To convince people that snakes are not dangerous
To help scientists create a universal treatment for snakebites
To create an antivenom for people bitten by black mambas
To learn more about the toxins found in snake venom
Which of these snakes has the least-deadly venom?
King cobra
Inland taipan
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Eastern coral snake
Which of the following describes a pyroclastic flow?
A droplet of lava that rains down after an eruption
A fast-moving mixture of hot ash and gases
A column of ash that reaches more than 10 miles into the air
A slow-moving wave of lava that hardens into stone
How much closer to Mount Vesuvius was Herculaneum than Pompeii?
3 miles
4 miles
7 miles
19 miles
Ava Cummings is investigating treatments for STAC3, a rare disease that causes ______.
Blindness
Nausea
Muscle weakness
Hearing loss
In 2022, what percentage of global sneaker sales were brands other than Nike?
29%
40%
71%
100%
Puffin populations on Skomer Island have increased mainly because:
People stopped visiting the island
There is more food available for puffins
Predators were completely removed
puffins migrated from other islands
What evidence best supports the idea that puffin numbers are increasing?
Interviews with tourists
A chart showing population changes over time
Stories from island workers
Photographs of nesting sites
The main purpose of the propeller on Klein Vision’s AirCar is to:
Lift the car straight up
Slow the car down in the air
Help the car move forward
Balance the wings
Which technology allows digital images to appear on top of the real world?
Virtual reality
Augmented reality
Artificial intelligence
Mechanical imaging
Why is Tim Friede’s snake research important to scientists?
It helps people understand snake behavior
It could help improve treatments for snakebites
It proves snakes are harmless
It helps identify new snake species
What does the sneaker sales data from 2022 show?
One brand controls the entire market
Multiple brands share the global market
Sneaker sales are decreasing worldwide
Only luxury brands are growing
Puffins depend on (a) as a major food source.
A propeller helps an aircraft by creating (a) .
(a) reality adds digital images to what a person sees in real life.
Mount Vesuvius is a type of (a) that erupted in ancient times.
