Above and Below Vocabulary
Great Discovers
Amazing Adventures Vocabulary
Above and Below Comprehension
Great Discoveries Comprehension
100

Something that is so amazing, it is hard to believe.

A. Incredible

B. Forged

C. Expedition

Incredible
100

a place that was damaged while someone was looking for something

A. Outskirts

B. Ransacked

C. Ruthless

Ransacked
100

How many people fit in the submarine and the balloon?

100
What country is Machu Picchu in?

Peru

200

Records the time and order of a series of events

A. Progress

B. Incredible

C. Chronology

Chronology

200

Something that is so special and close to your heart.

A. Ignited

B. Precious

C. Authorities

precious 

200

What was the name of the submarine that ventured to the Challenger Deep?

Trieste

200

Who first saw the Caves in Lascaux?

A. A farmer 

B. A rabbit

C. A dog 

a dog 

300

To go up

A. Principle

B. Ascend

C. Expedition

Ascend


300

The people in charge, who have the power to make decisions.

A. Exhaust

B. Physics

C. Authorities

Authorities

300

What happened at 340 feet when the submarine was descending to the bottom of the ocean?

It was met with a layer of cold water and stopped. 

300

What was drawn on the caves?

important animals 

400

A trip that has a purpose, such as exploration

A. Incredible

B. Expedition

C. Ascend

Expedition

400

A city or town are its outer edges, farthest away from the center.

A. Institution

B. Outskirts

C. Hybrid




Outskirts


400

What was the name of the balloon that ascended to the stratosphere with Piccard?

FNRS

400

What material were the "silent warriors"?

Terracotta or clay 

500

A metal object heated in a special furnace and hammered into shape.

A. Forged

B. Cosmic

C. Mariners


Forged

500

What does it mean to be ruthless?  Give us an example of someone that is ruthless. 

Answers may vary. 

500

What is the name of the material that the glass windows were made of on the submarine?'

Lucite 

500

Who built the "silent warriors"?

slave laborers