WOD Review 1

Inspired by Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in 80 Days, journalist Nelly Bly undertook an _____________ in 1889 to travel around the world in even less time.

• temerity

• odyssey

• ostentatious

• phenomenon

What is the curved path an object follows as it moves through the air or through space?

• trajectory

• fortnight

• deciduous

• phenomenon

Under the right conditions, Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park in the United States gives off a glow resembling lava or falling fire, a natural ____________ referred to as “firefall.”

• unique

• temerity

• phenomenon

• camouflage

What is a type of bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds and has a call that sounds like its name?

• chitchat

• cuckoo

• cardinal

• unique

Of all the organs in a human body, the liver is the only one that has the incredible ability to _____________. If 25-65% of the liver is damaged or removed, the organ can fully grow back to its original size.

• camouflage

• deciduous

• temerity

• regenerate

What is a friendly conversation about things that are not very important?

• odyssey

• chitchat

• fortnight

• unique

How long of a time period is a fortnight?

• three days

• one month

• two weeks

• one year

Which adjective could describe the bird shown?

• ostentatious

• camouflage

• phenomenon

• fortnight

being the only one of its kind (adjective)

• camouflage

• deciduous

• unique

• odyssey

A tree that loses its leaves every fall is known as what kind of tree?

• camouflage

• phenomenon

• coniferous

• deciduous