Vocabulary
Sequoyas gift
California's Forest Giants
Long Winter Nap
Lucky guess
100

Which two of the four words go together:

1. harm

2. hail

3. benefit

4. help

3. benefit

4. help

100

How can we tell that Sequoya was patriotic?

He loved his people, worked for them, and had their best interests at heart.

100

What happens to sequoias and redwoods in a forest fire?

Forest fires scorch their surface.

100

How does a groundhog feel just before it begins its long sleep?

drowsy

100

Correct this sentence:

I is happy to be home.

I am happy to be home

200

Which of the following is a remark?

1. You look tired.

2. 2 + 2 = 4

3. What on earth are you doing?

4. A B C D

1. You look tired.

200

How did Sequoya feel about what the white settlers were doing?

Sequoya was dismayed at what the white settlers were doing.

200

What do the trunks of redwoods look like?

The trunks of redwoods look like the columns of a Greek temple.

200

How does the groundhog's appearance change as winter approaches?

It gains almost double it's body weight.

200

Correct this sentence:

I turn of the master switch to the house.

I turn off the master switch to the house.

I turned off the master switch to the house.

300

Which o the words go with threes?

a) hail

b) timber

c) tower

d) grove

b) timber

d) grove

300

How did Sequoya use the English, Greek, and Hebrew alphabets?

He used the letters of these alphabets to represent syllables in the Cherokee language.

300

How old are the oldest sequoia and redwood trees?

The oldest sequoia and redwood trees can exceed three thousand years.

300

What do many northern birds do to escape the winter?

They migrate to southern areas

300

Correct this sentence:

Yesterday I go to school.

Yesterday I went to school.

400

Which of the following sentences makes sense:

1. The permit learned to fly when he was fifteen.

2. The mammoth tiptoed around the sleeping children.

3.The limbless snake slithered along the desert sand.

4. The column is formed when drips of water turn to ice.

3.The limbless snake slithered along the desert sand.

400

How did the Cherokees help each other learn the new language?

Those who mastered it taught others.

400

When is the bark of redwoods and sequoias thickest?

Their bark is thickest when they are mature.

400

Why do you almost never see groundhogs in winter?

They are hibernating

400

Correct this sentence:

I have two furnitures at home.

I have two pieces of furniture at home.

500

Which of the following can cause destruction?

a) apples

b) floods

c) kittens

d) hurricanes

b) floods

d) hurricanes

500

How does a written language benefit friends living far apart?

A written language enables people living far apart to communicate with each other by exchanging letters.

500

How much wood does a full-grown sequoia contain?

It has been calculated that a full-grown sequoia contains enough wood to build thirty houses.

500

What was unusual about Punxsutawney Phil?

People believed he could predict the weather

500

Correct the sentence:

She is more taller.

She is taller.