Marathon Vocab.
Marathon Questions
What Big Eyes Vocab
What Big Eyes ??s
100

Define donations

What is money given to support a cause?

100

What illness did Terry Fox have?

What is bone cancer?

100

Define vision.

What is eyesight?

100

Are the tarsier's eyes really bigger than its stomach?

What is yes?

200

Define misfortune

What is something unlucky that happens?

200

What part of his body did Terry lose?

What is his right leg?

200

Define rotate.

What is to turn or spin something around a center point?

200

Which human body part does the story say a tarsier can fit into?

What is the palm?

300

Define amputated.

What is cut off?

300

How did Terry Fox raise money?

What is he ran every day over parts of Canada for donations for Cancer Research?
300

Define nocturnal.

What is active at night?

300

What unusual ability does a tarsier have? (head)

What is it can rotate its heads for hunting?

400

Define determination.

What is being willing to keep trying and not give up?

400

How much have races in Terry's honor made?

Hundreds, thousands, millions, billions

What is millions of dollars?

400

Define petite.

What is small?

400

Explain how a tarsier is different from other nocturnal animals.

What is it doesn't have the eye parts that collect light to see at night, so its eyes are extra large to collect sufficient light?

500

About how many miles is in a marathon? (within 5)

What is 26.2?

500

What country did Terry try to run across?

What is Canada?

500

Define sufficient.

What is enough?

500

What word, starting with P, describes the type of tarsier in this week's story?

What is Philippine?

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