Continents/Poles/Equator
What is the biggest continent in the world?
a) Asia b) Africa c) North America
Asia
What is the biggest country in the world?
a) China b) Brazil c) Russia d) Canada
Russia
What is the longest river in the world?
a) the Amazon b) the Nile c) the Mississippi
the Amazon
Which has a bigger number of legs - a spider or a butterfly?
A spider (8 legs). (A butterfly has 6 legs.)
Which plant grow faster?
a) seaweed b) bamboo c) roses
bamboo
What is the smallest continent in the world?
a) South America b) Australia c) Antarctica
Australia
What is the smallest country in the world?
a) the Vatican b) Monaco c) Colombia d) Madagascar
The Vatican
Mt Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
It is in... a) India b) China and Nepal c) Switzerland
China and Nepal
What's taller, a giraffe or an African elephant?
A giraffe
How tall is the tallest tree in the world?
a) about 56m b) about 116m c) about 216 m
about 116m
Where are penguins the most common- in Antarctica or at the North Pole?
In Antarctica. There are no penguins at the North Pole.
Which country is bigger, Australia or the USA?
The USA
Where is the biggest desert in the world?
a) Africa b) Asia c) Australia
Africa (the Sahara Desert)
Which animal has a longer life- elephants or mice?
Elephants
What is the most poisonous plant in the world?
a) death cap mushrooms b) oleander flowers c) beetroots
Oleander flowers. Mushrooms are not plants - they are a type of fungus.
Which continent has larger population - Africa or Asia?
Asia (about 4.4 billion people)
What is the richest country in the world?
a) Norway b) Luxembourg c) the USA
Luxembourg
Which waterfall is taller - the Niagara Falls in Canada or Angel Falls in Venezuela?
Angel Falls
Which is faster - a kangaroo or a horse?
A kangaroo (71km/h)
Indonesia has the biggest flower in the world. It isn't very pretty and it smells horrible! How many centimetres wide is it? a) about 30 b) about 50 c) about 100
about 100
Which of these cities is the closest to the equator?
a) Sydney (Australia) b) Tokyo (Japan) c) London (UK) d) New York City (USA)
Sydney
What is the happiest country in the world?
a) Australia b) Norway c) Costa Rica
Norway
Australia is one of driest continents.
How much of it is desert? a) 10% b) 35% c) 55%
35%
Which country's snakes are more dangerous - Australia's or New Zealand's?
Australia's. There are no native snakes in New Zealand!
How old is the oldest living tree on Earth?
a) about 120 years old b) about 500 years old c) about 5,000 years old d) about 10,000 years old
About 5,000 years old. (The pine tree in the White Mountains in the USA, is 5,066 years old.)