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the mystery of the missing world wonder

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the passage 'A Worldwide Attraction', what were the famous terraces called that the group wanted to find out about?

a)

The Natural Wonder of the World

b)

The Pink and White Terraces

c)

The Eighth Wonder of the World

d)

The Shelves of Water

2.

How did the terraces form according to the passage?

a)

By rainwater collecting on the surface

b)

By water bubbles rising to the surface and cooling, leaving behind minerals that formed shelves or pools of water

c)

By wind blowing sand into piles

d)

By animals digging holes

3.

Which of the following was NOT a use of the terraces for the Te Arawa?

a)

A) Bathing

b)

B) Cooking food

c)

C) Growing crops

d)

D) Building houses

4.

The terraces became popular with tourists in the late 1800s.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is the source of heat in a hydrothermal system?

a)

The Sun

b)

Magma

c)

Rainwater

d)

Wind

6.

In a hydrothermal system, water is heated by the Sun before it rises to the surface as steam or hot water.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What happens to rainwater after it sinks deep under the ground in a hydrothermal system?

a)

It evaporates immediately

b)

It is heated by magma and rises as steam or hot water

c)

It freezes

d)

It stays underground forever

8.

Match the following terms with their correct descriptions:

a)

Very hot, melted rock

1.

Magma

b)

Water heated by magma that rises to the surface

2.

Hot springs

c)

Water vapor that escapes from underground

3.

Steam

9.

By the 1880s, nearly a thousand people traveled to see the terraces each year. Tourists came from as far away as which two places?

a)

A) Australia and New Zealand

b)

B) Europe and the United States

c)

C) Asia and Africa

d)

D) South America and Antarctica

10.

How long could the journey to the terraces take for tourists in the 1880s?

a)

Less than a week

b)

About 30 days

c)

More than 120 days

d)

60 days

11.

Tourists bathed in the warm water of the Pink Terrace pools.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

According to the passage, what did the tourists believe about the volcano?

a)

It was dangerous and active

b)

It was simply another part of the beautiful scenery

c)

It was about to erupt

d)

It was a place to avoid

13.

Cornel de Ronde became a scientist who studied volcanoes as an adult.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Scientists used REMUS 100s, which are small, missile-shaped AUVs, to collect data in coastal waters.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The sonar system sends out sound waves and measures how long it takes to bounce back.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Who was the U.S. scientist analyzing the data at her laptop in the hotel?

a)

Darter

b)

Gudgion

c)

Vicki Ferrini

d)

None of the above

17.

In the passage 'Piecing the Clues Together,' Vicki was sure that the Pink Terraces were next to the curved ridge.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Read the passage below and answer the question: The next day, the scientists steered their boat to where they thought the scalloped shapes were. Using a high-tech camera system, they took the world's first photographs of Lake Rotomahana's floor. They hoped the shapes really were what they thought. That night, Dan downloaded the photos onto his laptop. Some photos showed nothing but lake blackness; others, overlapping areas, showed mud and sand – and they were pink. After being missing for 125 years, the Pink Terraces had at last been found. What did the scientists use to take photographs of the lake floor?

a)

A smartphone

b)

A high-tech camera system

c)

A telescope

d)

A microscope

19.

Because Gudgeon had crashed into the underwater volcanic pillar, the team had left much of the White Terraces area unmapped.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What did the AUV do before the team left?

a)

It completed the mission and sent down the camera.

b)

It edged a little closer but still couldn't reach the area.

c)

It analyzed the data.

d)

It left immediately.

21.

The scientists will continue to do research about the terraces and their discoveries will help paint a picture of the world beneath the water's surface.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

a scientist who studies the physical structure of the earth

a)

psychologist

b)

meteorologist

c)

geologist

d)

anthropologist

23.

Using the index, what page would I find information about hydrothermal sytem

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

24.

What is the theme of this book?

a)

Modern science can help solve mysteries of the world.

b)

Scientists can work hard

c)

There is a lot of equipment that you could use to help you find things.

25.

Who are the Te Arawa?

a)

the subs that they used to look underwater

b)

The name of the scientist

c)

one of seven peoples native to New Zealand

d)

The name of the volcano

26.

Which sentence gives you a visual image in your mind?

a)

The sun was so hot!

b)

A black cloud, full of lightning and balls of fire hung over the mountain

c)

The cost for the mission was so expensive.