This document contains a 14 question quiz about planet Earth vocabulary. The quiz tests knowledge of vocabulary words related to geography, weather, natural disasters, and other Earth science terms. Answers are provided for self-grading. Scoring is provided to indicate performance from excellent to poor based on number of questions answered correctly.

1. NAME: ________________________ DATE: ________________________
QUIZ: PLANET EARTH
 Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.
1. Which of the following words 8. Which of the following words is
best describes ‘Antarctica’? closest in meaning to ‘jungle’?
a) hot a) canyon
b) crowded b) plain
c) cold c) rain forest
d) green d) hurricane
2. Which of the following things can 9. Which of the following is an
you often see in a ‘bay’? example of a ‘natural disaster’?
a) cars a) the environment
b) trees b) an earthquake
c) elephants c) wind
d) boats d) pollution
3. Which of the following is an 10. Which of the following things is
example of a ‘continent’? at the center of our ‘solar system’?
a) Africa a) the moon
b) Hong Kong b) the South Pole
c) the South Pole c) the sun
d) a rain forest d) a sea
4. Which of the following things 11. Which of the following things is an
can ‘erupt’? example of a ‘species’?
a) a volcano a) a human
b) a desert b) a kind of flower
c) an ocean c) a kind of fish
d) a valley d) all of the above
5. Which of the following words is 12. Which of the following things is an
often used to describe a ‘flood’? example of a ‘storm’?
a) hill a) a hurricane
b) water b) a tide
c) animals c) atmosphere
d) sand d) all of the above
6. In which of the following places can 13. Which of the following words is
a ‘glacier’ sometimes be found? often used to describe a ‘tornado’?
a) inside a cloud a) gravity
b) on the beach b) wind
c) at the equator c) geography
d) on a mountain d) ice
7. Which of the following things does 14. In which of the following places can
every ‘island’ have? you find a ‘valley’?
a) a coast a) between two oceans
b) a river b) between two rocks
c) a lake c) between two clouds
d) a mountain d) between two mountains
13 – 14 = Excellent 11 – 12 = Good 9 – 10 = OK
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2. VOCABULARY QUIZ: Planet Earth
Answer Key
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate
Time Approximately 20 – 30 minutes (including extension activity)
ANSWER KEY: NOTES & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:
For notes and extension activity
suggestions, see the “Notes” document in
the Quiz topic list.
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. D
12. A
13. B
14. D
Grades as percentages:
14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %
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