Eco-Tour Vocabulary Challenge

What does “amazing” mean?

• Easy to forget
• Hard to understand
• Very ordinary
• Very surprising or impressive

Answer: Very surprising or impressive

What is an “army-like” group?

• A group of sea animals
• A group of visitors on holiday
• A group organized in a strict, orderly way
• A group that has no leader

Answer: A group organized in a strict, orderly way

If someone is “brilliant,” what are they often like?

• Very clever
• Very noisy
• Very shy
• Very tired

Answer: Very clever

What is a “campus”?

• A kind of coral
• A place under the sea
• A school subject
• The grounds and buildings of a school or college

Answer: The grounds and buildings of a school or college

What does “confidence” mean?

• A fear of trying
• A feeling of trust in your own ability
• A lack of energy
• A wish to be alone

Answer: A feeling of trust in your own ability

What is a coral reef?

• A field of tall grass
• A forest growing beside a river
• A mountain made of ice
• A sea habitat built mainly by tiny coral animals

Answer: A sea habitat built mainly by tiny coral animals

What is an “eco-tour”?

• A race across a city
• A trip that helps people learn about nature responsibly
• A trip to a shopping mall
• A visit to a factory

Answer: A trip that helps people learn about nature responsibly

What does “embarrassing” mean?

• Making someone feel awkward or self-conscious
• Making someone feel curious
• Making someone feel proud
• Making someone feel relaxed

Answer: Making someone feel awkward or self-conscious

Which word means very exciting and full of energy?

• Embarrassing
• Exhilarating
• Ordinary
• Unpleasant

Answer: Exhilarating

What is an “experience”?

• A list of school rules
• A place for animals to live
• A plan for next year
• Something that happens to you or that you do

Answer: Something that happens to you or that you do

What does “explore” mean?

• To build a place from scratch
• To clean a place carefully
• To leave a place quickly
• To travel around or examine a place to learn about it

Answer: To travel around or examine a place to learn about it

What does “fauna” refer to?

• The animals of a particular place
• The plants of a particular place
• The rocks of a particular place
• The weather of a particular place

Answer: The animals of a particular place

What does “flora” refer to?

• The animals of a particular place
• The buildings of a particular place
• The clouds of a particular place
• The plants of a particular place

Answer: The plants of a particular place

If there is a “lack” of something, what is true?

• It has just arrived
• It is easy to find
• There is not enough of it
• There is too much of it

Answer: There is not enough of it

What does “learn by rote” mean?

• To learn by asking questions
• To learn by drawing a picture
• To learn by repeating information until you remember it
• To learn by visiting a place

Answer: To learn by repeating information until you remember it

What makes an event “memorable”?

• It happens every day
• It is difficult to see
• It is easy to remember
• It takes very little time

Answer: It is easy to remember

What is a “performance”?

• A lesson learned by repeating
• A place where plants grow
• A show presented for an audience
• A trip through a forest

Answer: A show presented for an audience

What is the “seabed”?

• The ground at the bottom of the sea
• The shore above the high-tide line
• The surface of a lake
• The top of a coral reef

Answer: The ground at the bottom of the sea

What is “snorkelling”?

• Diving deep using a heavy air tank
• Paddling a boat with a sail
• Swimming near the surface while breathing through a tube
• Walking along the seabed

Answer: Swimming near the surface while breathing through a tube

What does “theme” mean?

• The main subject or idea of something
• The person who tells a story
• The place where something ends
• The time when something begins

Answer: The main subject or idea of something

Which word describes something exciting and full of suspense?

• Embarrassing
• Ordinary
• Thrilling
• Unpleasant

Answer: Thrilling

What does “touching” mean when describing a story or moment?

• It makes people feel bored
• It makes people feel confused
• It makes people feel hungry
• It makes people feel strong emotion

Answer: It makes people feel strong emotion

What is a “tribal dance”?

• A dance performed underwater
• A dance used only in a school contest
• A dance with no music or rhythm
• A traditional dance connected with a community or people

Answer: A traditional dance connected with a community or people

What does “unpleasant” mean?

• Easy to remember
• Full of confidence
• Not enjoyable or pleasant
• Very exciting

Answer: Not enjoyable or pleasant

Which word best describes a stunning view of a reef?

• Amazing
• Embarrassing
• Ordinary
• Unpleasant

Answer: Amazing

Which word could describe a group moving in neat lines?

• Army-like
• Exhilarating
• Memorable
• Touching

Answer: Army-like

Which word would best describe a clever answer to a hard question?

• Brilliant
• Embarrassing
• Ordinary
• Unpleasant

Answer: Brilliant

Where might students meet for lessons and activities at a college?

• At the coral
• In the fauna
• On campus
• On the seabed

Answer: On campus

What can help you speak in front of a class without giving up?

• A coral reef
• A lack of practice
• An unpleasant feeling
• Confidence

Answer: Confidence

Which habitat is home to many colorful sea creatures?

• A campus
• A coral reef
• A mountain meadow
• A seabed cave only

Answer: A coral reef

What is one goal of a responsible eco-tour?

• Learning about nature while respecting it
• Leaving rubbish along a trail
• Making as much noise as possible
• Taking wildlife away from its habitat

Answer: Learning about nature while respecting it

How might a person feel after tripping during a school presentation?

• Brilliant
• Embarrassed
• Memorable
• Thrilling

Answer: Embarrassed

Which word best describes a fast, exciting ride at an amusement park?

• Exhilarating
• Ordinary
• Touching
• Unpleasant

Answer: Exhilarating

A first snorkelling trip can be an exciting what?

• Campus
• Experience
• Fauna
• Theme

Answer: Experience

What might a nature guide do to find unusual plants?

• Explore the area
• Lack the area
• Learn the area by rote
• Perform the area

Answer: Explore the area

Which word names all the animal life in a coral reef?

• Campus
• Fauna
• Flora
• Theme

Answer: Fauna

Which word names the plant life found in a place?

• Fauna
• Flora
• Performance
• Seabed

Answer: Flora

If a reef has a lack of sunlight, what does it have?

• A large audience
• A new kind of plant
• Too little sunlight
• Too much sunlight

Answer: Too little sunlight

Which study method involves repeating facts many times?

• Exploring a campus
• Giving a performance
• Going on an eco-tour
• Learning by rote

Answer: Learning by rote

What kind of trip might you still remember years later?

• A confusing trip
• A memorable trip
• An ordinary trip
• An unpleasant trip

Answer: A memorable trip

What might dancers give on a stage for an audience?

• A campus
• A performance
• A seabed
• An eco-tour

Answer: A performance

Where do divers find sand and rocks beneath the ocean?

• In the flora
• On a mountain trail
• On the campus
• On the seabed

Answer: On the seabed