WW Quiz 15

Why might the sun have made ancient people apprehensive?

• Ancient peoples thought it was gold.

• Ancient peoples believed eclipses of the sun could cause disasters.

• People like the warmth of the sun.

• The sun brought a bountiful harvest.

To break down into separate parts in order to study.

• analyze

• compose

• coincide

• disk

It was once believed that a volcano may have been caused by an eclipse; we know now that it is just a

• coincidence

• solar

• mere

• scale

The sun is _______________ almost entirely of hydrogen.

• extraordinary

• composed

• velocity

• trace

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word REVOLVE?

• momentum; hurry; acceleration; movement

• encircle; curve; wind about; loop

• escalate, climb, ascend; proportion

• mingle; run together; join together; combine

Which of the following are SYNONYMS

for the word VELOCITY?

• encircle; curve; wind about; loop

• momentum; hurry; acceleration; movement

• circlet; compact disk; dish

• exceptional; remarkable; rare; out of the ordinary

The word DISK

BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

• We had to remember that he was a _____ child when he tried to climb the ladder so we tried to help him.

• After the covert operation of stealing the test from the teachers desk, we hoped we didn't leave any DNA _____ for the principal to track us down.

• We went to the beach to absorb some _____ rays but we kept attracting guys with our bikinis who were shading us from the sun.

• A frisbee is a_____ shaped toy that you can throw to your dog and he will catch it his mouth. My dog just stood there while the toy hit him in the head.

The word MERE

BEST COMPLETES which sentence below?

• We had to remember that he was a _____ child when he tried to climb the ladder so we tried to help him.

• Christmas and Easter don't _____ but it would be interesting to have a Christmas tree during Easter and an Easter egg hunt during Christmas.

• We went to the beach to absorb some _____ rays but we kept attracting guys with our bikinis who were shading us from the sun.

• She needed to pinch herself to make sure that she did _____ after the dream where she was killed by big foot.

Which of the following are ANTONYMS

for the word EXTRAORDINARY?

• normal; usual; ordinary; common

• open; uncover; bare; reveal

• substantial; plenty; more than; big deal

• slowness; slow down; sluggishness; deceleration

Which of the following are ANTONYMS

for the word TRACE?

• clash; deviate; differ; disagree

• excess, overflow, huge amount

• stop; cease; die; halt

• block; cube; rectangle; square