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1. (small) Spain is_____than France.
True. Spain is 505,000 square kilometres and France is 547,000.
5. (expensive) Taxis in Tokyo are taxis______than taxis in New York .
True . A 3 km trip in Tokyo costs approximately $ 16 , but in New York it costs $ 12 .
1. (old) The Great Wall of China is_____ then pyramids in Egypt
False . The pyramids are about 4,500 years old , but the Great Wall of China was only finished 600 years ago
2. (cold) Alaska is_____than Greenland
False. The minimum temperature in Alaska is -62 degrees Celsius , but in Greenland it can be -66 Celsius.
6. (dry) The Sahara Desert is_____than Atacama Desert.
False . In the Sahara Desert the average rainfall is 25 mm and in the Atacama Desert it's 0.1 mm .
3. (high) The mountains on Earth are________than the mountains on Mars
False . Olympus Mons on Mars is about 24 km high , but Everest is only about 9 km high
3. (old) Oxford University is_____Cambridge University.
True. Oxford University was founded in about 1170 and Cambridge 40 years later, in 1209.
7. (far) New Zealand is_____south than Australia .
True . It's about 2,000km south - east of Australia .
2. (small) Monaco is______than San Marino
True . Monaco is 2 km² , but San Marino is 61 km²
4. (short) The English alphabet is_____the Arabic alphabet.
True. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet and 28 in the Arabic alphabet.
8. (hot) The Earth is_______than the moon.
False . The temperature of the moon during the day can be 123 degrees Celsius , but the maximum temperature of the Earth is about 60 degrees Celsius .
4. (big) China is_____than Canada
False . Canada is 10,000,000 km² and China is about 9,600,000 km²