vocab 1
A Big Heart
We Have Power!
Vocab 2
Riddles
100

Every year, Lewis __________ about $500 worth of food and supplies to homeless people.

  1. remote


  2. donates


  3. honors


  4. constructs

2

100

Which is NOT true Edmund Hillary?

  1. He was born in 1919.


  2. He was born in Nepal.


  3. He was a beekeeper and mountaineer.


  4. He reached the summit of Mount Everest.

2

100

Which does NOT need energy to give it power?

  1. people


  2. houses


  3. fossils


  4. cars

3

100

Oil from the gas tank of the car leaked into the ground and __________ the soil. 

  1. source


  2. polluted


  3. ran out


  4. replaced

2

100

Grandpa went out for a walk and it started to rain. He didn’t bring an umbrella or a hat. His clothes got soaked, but not a hair on his head was wet. How is this possible?

Grandpa’s bald!

200

The __________ expertly climbed over the slippery rocks.

  1. advice


  2. summit


  3. mountaineer


  4. ecology

3

200

Which is NOT true of Hillary’s climb up Mount Everest?

  1. He climbed Mount Everest alone.


  2. He climbed Mount Everest in 1953.


  3. He became friends with the Sherpas.


  4. He received help from the Sherpas.

1

200

Which is a problem caused by using fossil fuels?

  1. Fossil fuels will never run out.


  2. Fossil fuels pollute Earth.


  3. Fossil fuels are easy to replace.


  4. Fossil fuels form very quickly.

2

200

If you don’t have any sugar, you can use honey as a(n) __________ ingredient for sweetening dishes. 

  1. outdoors


  2. source


  3. solar


  4. alternative

4

200

You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

Second place.

300

When the __________ actor accepted his award, he admitted that he would not have been successful without the support of his friends and family.

  1. humble


  2. remote


  3. ecology


  4. honor

1

300

Which event happened first?

  1. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary became great friends. 


  2. Edmund Hillary built an airport to connect people in the mountains.


  3. The Sherpas gave Edmund Hillary the name Burra Sahib.


  4. The Sherpas asked for a new school to be built. 

1

300

Which is an effect of using alternative energy sources?

  1. They can keep the air clean.


  2. They use up fossil fuels faster.


  3. They make fossil fuels more effective.


  4. They raise people’s monthly housing costs.

1

300

I asked the employee at the bike shop to __________ the flat tire on my bicycle with a new tire. 

  1. run out


  2. panel


  3. replace


  4. pollute

3

300

What four-letter word can be written forward, backward, or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

NOON

400

Matthew hired a(n) __________ to show him around the churches in Prague.

  1. summit


  2. ecology


  3. advice


  4. guide

4

400

Which detail from the passage shows that Hillary was humble?

  1. “He explored many places.”


  2. “This beekeeper from New Zealand was also a mountaineer.”


  3. “The park protects nature and gives the Sherpas jobs.”


  4. “In return, he wanted to help them.”

4

400

According to the passage, which is true of solar energy?

  1. Solar energy is collected by solar panels placed inside houses.


  2. Solar energy is collected by solar panels to power cars.


  3. Solar energy can be used to power a whole city.


  4. Solar energy is a type of fossil fuel.

3

400

Airplanes, trains, and many other vehicles require __________ in order to function.

  1. fossil fuels


  2. outdoors


  3. renewable


  4. sources

1

400

. What is at the end of the rainbow?

W

500

City officials are planning to tear down the abandoned building and build a park in its place.

  1. construct


  2. donate


  3. honor


  4. humble

1

500

Which is something Hillary did not build in Nepal?

  1. an airport


  2. a hospital


  3. a village


  4. a school

3

500

Which is closest in meaning to the underlined word?


“Scientists can now store solar energy. This means we can use it at any time, even at night when there is no sun.”


  1. to buy something from someone


  2. to study something


  3. to hold something in your hands


  4. to save something for later

4

500

Teddy refilled his bottle at the fountain because he didn’t want to run out of water on the hike. 

  1. a place or thing from which something comes


  2. to use all of something and not have any more left


  3. to put something new in the place or position of something else


  4. to make air, water, or soil dangerously dirty and not suitable for people to use

2

500

 What word is always spelled wrong?

Wrong