Vocabulary
Nonfiction Text
Unexplained Mysteries
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What is a physicist? 

A scientist who studies physics

100

What is the glossary?

Important words and definitions

100

Who was Harold Holt?

Australian Prime Minister who went missing while swimming

100

Give one fact about Amelia Earhart.

She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, and more answers.

100

What do you call a baby kangaroo?

A joey

200

What is a hoax?

A trick or deception

200

What is the table of contents?

The list of chapters and subsections with their page numbers at the beginning of the book

200

What are crop circles?

Elaborate patterns created in fields by flattening crops
200

UFOs could be many things besides an alien spaceship- give an example of something a UFO could be.

Kites, clouds, balloons, and more

200

What animal gives us wool?

A sheep

300

What does extraterrestrial mean?

From outside earth
300

What is the index?

Words that can be found in the book with their page numbers. (Found at the end of the book)

300

Where is the Dragon's Triangle?

Off the coast of Japan in the Pacific Ocean

300
What makes Stonehenge so special?

Astronomical calendar, immense stones dragged into place, lintels lifted above, and more

300

Who did the USA declare its independence from in 1776?

Great Britain/England

400

What is sonar?

A device used to find things underwater

400

What is a caption?

Text that explains a picture

400

The famous moai statues can be found on the Polynesian island of Rapa Nui. What is Rapa Nui's English name?

Easter Island

400

Give an example of a theory from the book

Amelia Earhart was a secret agent on a spy mission.

UFOs could be weather balloons.

(And more answers!)

400

What color is an emerald?

Green

500

What is the solstice?

Two times a year when the sun is farthest from the equator

500

What is the purpose of a timeline?

To tell the order that events happened

500

What happened in Roswell, New Mexico?

A surveillance balloon crashed and people believed it was a UFO crash.

500

Give an example of a hoax from the book

People pretended to be survivors of the Mary Celeste. 

The photograph of the Loch Ness Monster.

(and more)

500

How many inches are in a yard?

36 inches

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