Nature's Wonders Selection Quiz

1. Think about the poem “The Great Barrier Reef.” Why are astronauts able to see the reef from space?

• A The reef is made of beautiful coral.

• B The reef is sixteen hundred miles long.

• C The reef is a habitat to different sea creatures.

• D The reef is located along the Queensland coast.

**Which stanza(s) did you find your answer for question #1?

• Stanza 1

• Stanza 3

• Stanza 1 & 2

• Stanza 1 & 3

2. What is the CENTRAL idea of the first stanza of “The Mariana Trench”?

• A The trench is mysterious, but people will still be able to learn things about it.

• B The trench is like a sleeping giant, and it will be angry that its rest is being disturbed.

• C The trench realizes that it is more grand and beautiful than anything else in the  ocean.

• D The trench admires the explorers and the machines they use to travel through the  deep.

3. Line 7 of “Aurora Borealis” contains the word peer. What does peer mean?

• A fall

• B stay

• C look

• D swim

4. The poem “Aurora Borealis” depends most on which sense to present its message?

• A. sight

• B. smell

• C. touch

• D. hearing

**BONUS- What type of poem is "Aurora Borealis"?

• Humorous

• Lyrical

• Free Verse

• Narrative

**BONUS**

True or False:

The poem "Aurora Borealis" has 2 stanzas.

• True

• False

5. How does the poet arrange the lines in the poem “Mount Everest”?

• A. by making sure that every pair of lines ends with rhyming words

• B. by asking and then answering a list of questions about the mountain

• C. by dividing the poem into the times before and after the climbers reach the top

• D. by making each line longer than the one above it so the poem looks like  a mountain.

BONUS- From Nature's Wonders, which one was your favorite poem and why?