Volcanoes
Business
English
Earthquakes
Christmas and New Year
100

The soil close to volcanoes is usually very _____ because of the ashes.

rich / fertile

100

A good businessman or businesswoman has good "people ______" (such as listening, communicating, and understanding people)

skills

100

You should give your mother a nice gift. _________, some chocolate or flowers.

For example / For instance

100

Heavy walls and roofs can be dangerous during an earthquake because they might _______.

collapse

100

What day is Christmas Day?

December 25th 

200

What do you call melted rock inside the earth?

Magma

200

What do you call the money that you get when you sell something for more than it cost you?

Profit

200

To make something new

Create

200

The earth's crusts consists of several different pieces called _____ _________. (2 words)

tectonic plates

200

What do you call the songs that are sung for Christmas and during the holiday season?

Christmas carols

300

What do we call a sudden explosion of rocks, ash, and lava?

Eruption

300

What is an entrepreneur?

A person who starts a new business

300

What is another word for "make stronger"?

Reinforce

300

What can happen when two plates push against each other?

Mountains form

300

2020 is the year of which animal in the Chinese zodiac?

Rat

400

What do you call the area in the Pacific Ocean where a lot of earthquakes and volcanic activity happen?

Ring of Fire

400

Successful business people can _______ to changes.

adapt

400

A phrase we can use at the beginning of a sentence that tells us where information comes from.

According to

400

What do plates do when a body of water forms in their middle?

They move apart

400

What do you call the plans for the new year, e.g. lose weight, quit smoking

New Year's resolutions

500

What is the large hole at the top of a volcano called?

Crater

500

What do you call a plan for spending money?

Budget

500

When an earthquake ______ (happens), get under a desk or table.

occurs

500

Name the three border types of tectonic plates.

Convergent, divergent, and transform

500

Which historic figure was the inspiration for Santa Claus?

Saint Nicholas (bishop of Myra)