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Spain is_________(small) than France
True. spain is 505,000 km2 and France is 544,000
The river Amazon is ____________(long) than the river Nile
False. The amazon is about 6,400 km long and the Nile is about 6,670 km long
Oxford University is____________( old) than Cambridge University
True. Oxford was founded in 1170 and Cambridge 40 years later
The English Alphabet is _________(short) than the Arabic alphabet
True. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet and 28 in the Arabic alphabet
K2 is __________________(dangerous) to climb than Mount Everest.
True. Only 40% of climbers who get to the top of K2 die, but only 9% of climbers of Everest die
A gigabyte is __________________(large) than a megabyte
True. A MB is 1,000 bytes, but a GB is 1,000 MG
The Sahara Desert is _____________(dry) than the Atacama Desert
False. Shara Desert average rainfall= 25 mm; Atacama Desert average rainfall =0.1 mm
New Zeland is ____________(far) south than Australia
True. It's 2,000 km south-east from Australia
The Pyramids in Egypt are_________ (old) than the Parthenon in Greece
True. The Pyramids are about 4,500 years old and the Parthenon is about 2,500 years old
The First World War was________(short) than the Second World War
True. The 1st WW lasted 4 years (1914-1918), but the 2nd WW lasted 6 years (1939-1945)
The mountains in Earth are _____________(high) than the mountains on Mars
False. Olympus Mons in Mars is 25 km high; Everest is about 8km high
China is __________(big) than Canada
False. Canada is 10,000,000 sqaure metres; China is about 9,600,000 square metres
In the UK coffee is now__________(popular) than tea.
False. On average, the British drink 165,000,000 cups of tea a day and 70,000,000 cups of coffee
The Mediteranean Sea is ________(warm) than the Red Sea
False. The Mediterranean Sea temperature is 24-26°; Red Sea is 26-30°
It's__________(good) to do exercise in the morning than in the afternoon
False. In the afternoon between 4 and 5 pm the body temperature is at its maximun, which means is the perfect time to exercise
The Earth is ___________( hot) than the moon
False. The average temperature of the moon is about 123° during the day; the average temperature of the earth is 13-17°
