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Grammar
Fun facts
100

This does not reach the deep ocean, which is why no plants grow.

What is sunlight?

100

Levende

What is alive?

100

Useful

Hva er nyttig?
100

This is a one-word noun made by joining “sea” and “bed.”
“The diver found a treasure on the ______.”

What is seabed?

100

This is the only planet in our solar system known to have life.

What is Earth?

200

Light glows around my eyes

What is a loosejaw?

200

Avfall

What is waste?

200

Weird

Hva er merkelig?
200

This word means “to make something come closer” and is in the present tense:
“Magnets ______ metal.”

What is attract?

200

This massive stone statue in Egypt has the body of a lion and the head of a person.

Answer: What is the Great Sphinx?

300

I eat waste and roll my food into slimy balls.

What is a Vampire Squid?

300

Sprekk

What is crack?

300

Stretch

Hva er strekke?

300

This past tense verb describes what happened to the castle in a battle:
“The castle was ______ by the enemy.”

What is attacked?

300

This mammal uses echolocation to find its way in the dark.

What is a bat?

400

I can swallow things bigger than myself

What is the Black Devil Fish?

400

Svelge

What is swallow?

400

Attack

Hva er angripe?

400

This two-word verb means “to escape quietly.”
“The mouse managed to ______ ______ from the cat.”

What is slip away?

400

This is the largest desert in the world—not hot, but cold!

What is Antarctica?

500

I eat the bones of dead whales

What is a snot-flower worm?
500

Utforske

What is explore?
500

Prey

Hva er bytte?

500

This sentence uses a passive verb. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word:
“The leaves were ______ from the tree by the wind.”

What is torn off?

500

This U.S. president is on both the penny and the five-dollar bill.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?