Focus 3 Unit 5 Introduction (vocab) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

During a hurricane, _______ waves can be very dangerous.

tidal

It is very dangerous to be on a boat when the sea is _____.

rough

A strong current can pull you under the water and be very dangerous. How do you call the person who saves you from drowning?

a life guard

What is the name of this Caribbean country made up of over 700 tropical islands?

The Bahamas

True or False? The difference in the depth of water between low tide and high tide can be up to sixteen metres.

True-- yet in some other places in the world, the difference is only 10 centimeters!

True or False? The Great Barrier Reef is composed of 900 tropical islands and can be seen from the moon.

True-- it stretches 2,300 kilometers

True or False? The longest mountain range in the world is found underwater.

True-- The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, running under the Atlantic ocean, stretches for 16,000 kilometers

True or Flase? It's impossible to surf huge waves of over twenty metres high.

False-- one Hawaiin surfer surfed a 23.8 meter-high monster wave

True or False? Humpback whales live all year round in the calm seas around Hawaii.

False-- They leave Alaskan waters in autumn to travel to the seas of Hawaii

True or False? The Pacific Ocean was named after the person who discovered it.

False-- it's name comes from "the peaceful ocean"

True or False? Most volcanic eruptions are underwater.

True-- up to 80% of volcanic eruptions take place under water

True or False? The blue whale is the largest animal known to have ever existed.

True-- the blue whale can grow up to 30 meters in length and is bigger than the dinosaurs were

True or False? Winding rivers with strong currents exist deep under the ocean.

True-- the flow along valleys in the seabed

True or False? The sea is blue because it reflects the colour of the sky.

False-- water absorbs colors in the red part of the light spectrum. This leaves behind the blue for us to see.

Choose the odd one out and explain why. (the Mediterranean Niagara the Baltic)

Niagara-- it's a waterfall not a sea

Choose the odd one out and explain why. (the Atlantic the Pacific the Sahara)

the Sahara-- it's a dessert not an ocean

Choose the odd one out and explain why. (Africa China Europe)

China-- it's a country not a continent

Choose the odd one out and explain why. (the Himalayas the Nile the Pyrenees)

the Nile-- it's a river not a mountain range

*In the past 100 years, how many degrees Celsius have the oceans heated up?

about 1 degree Celsius

*In Normandy France there is a small, beautiful town built on an island. When the tide goes out, you can walk to the island. What is its name?

Mont-Saint-Michel

*One subspecies of a popular African animal died out in the early 2000's. What type of animal was it?

(Western black) rhino

This is the flag of which country?

Ireland

This is the flag of which country?

Switzerland

This is the flag of which country?

Albania

Ukraine

Georgia

Croatia

What is the highest mountain in the world when measured from sea level? (8,849 meters in height)

Mount Everest

Mount Kilimanjaro

Nanga Parbat

Mount Fuji

The United Kingdom is made up which 4 countries?

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

What is the longest river in the world? (6,650 kilometers in length)

Nile

Amazon

Yangtze

Yellow

*What is the language most spoken in the world (incl second/third/etc languages)?

English

Mandarin

Hindi

Spanish

True or False. The Sahara Desert has an impressive width and length. It spans 10 countries.

True. The enormous desert spans 10 countries (Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia)