WORDWISE
Nocturnal animals are __________ during the night.
a. active
b. asleep
c. healthy
a. active
Which verb tense is used to say what is happening now?
a. present simple
b. present progressive
c. simple past
b. present progressive
For two months each winter, where is it dark for most of the day?
a. in South America
b. in northern Norway
c. in the middle of the ocean
b. in northern Norway
Which sentence best describes David Gruber's job?
a. He's a marine biologist.
b. He studies time zones.
c. He invents cameras.
a. He's a marine biologist.
The sun sets _______________.
a. at dawn
b. in the east
c. on the horizon
c. on the horizon
Which sentence describes something happening now?
a. Monkeys have slept in trees.
b. Monkeys sleep in trees.
c. Monkeys are sleeping in trees.
c. Monkeys are sleeping in trees.
A pitcher plant glows in the dark and eats anthropods.
a. False
b. True
b. True
What impact does David Gruber hope his discoveries will make?
a. that people will see how amazing these animals are and want to protect them
b. that people will travel to the places these amazing animals live
c. that people will use these animals to figure out how to glow in the dark
a. that people will see how amazing these animals are and want to protect them
The world has 24 of these.
a. patterns
b. time zones
c. festivals
b. time zones
I like to go to the beach ___ the summer.
a. at
b. on
c. in
c. in
According to the video What Glows Beneath, David Gruber thinks some animals glow in the dark to _______________________.
a. scare away predators
b. communicate with each other
c. attract each other
b. communicate with each other
According to the reading "In the Dark of the Ocean" and the video What Glows Beneath, David Gruber's camera allows him to _____________________________.
a. filter out glowing patterns in photographs
b. produce enough light to see underwater
c. see colors just as a fish does
c. see colors just as a fish does
Scientists can ______________________ with special equipment.
a. observe ocean life
b. glow in the dark
c. light up the sky
a. observe ocean life
__ 2015, David Gruber was diving __ night and discovered a glowing sea turtle.
a. In / at
b. At / at
c. On / in
a. In / at
Choose the correct caption for this image.
a. The town of Longyearbyen at night
b. The Jemaa el Fna market
c. A Lantern Festival celebration in Shanghai, China
b. The Jemaa el Fna market
David Gruber compares lights in the dark ocean to an underwater __________________.
a. movie set
b. disco party
c. science lesson
b. disco party