Unit 7
The word Gleaming in paragraph C is closest in meaning to ______.
a. shiny b. speedy c. futuristic d. expensive
?a. shiny
The canal was originally needed to transport ______.
coal
What use was a drone originally created for?
Military
How much does brain weigh?
1.5 kilo
Who is the founder of space X?
Elon Musk
Dubai's Sustationable City relies mainly on which type of renewable energy?
When did China's Emperor Yang order the construction of Grand Canal?
605
medical supplies
Around how many English words could Alex the parrot imitate?
100
Vivien Maier
A solar power station in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 2.5 milion what?
solar panels
The Transoceanic Highway connects which two South American countries?
Peru and Brazil
Carson Palmer is identified in the passage as ______.
an American football player
Which part of the brain stores long-term memories?
the hippocampus
What was the name of the spacecraft that took Neil Armstrong to the moon in 1969?
Apollo 11
The development of what type of renewable energy led to protest in England's Lake District?
Wind power
In Central America, around 14,000 ships per year pass through which waterway?
In 2015 what natural disaster caused 75,000 people on the island of Vanatu to lose their homes?
cyclone
How do some octopus exhibit basic emotions?
by changing color
When was the first ever spacewalk?
1965
The 'green island' Pulau Ubin is part of which country?
Singapore
The Gotthard Base Tunnel runs through which mountain range?
the Alps
How does an ornithopter fly?
by flapping its wingd
What animal does Jill Pruetz claim that it can be very humanlike?
Chimp/ Chimpanzees
Since when has the international space station been in operation?
1998