Science at the South Pole Unit2 Focus2

a) On a mountain

b) In the ocean

c) In front of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

d) In a museum

a) Robert Falcon Scott

b) Jane Roberts

c) Roald Amundsen

d) Ernest Shackleton

a) 20 days

b) 34 days

c) 40 days

d) 50 days

a) A shopping mall and a train station

b) A post office, a basketball court, and a movie theatre

c) A swimming pool and a gym

d) A theme park and a zoo

a) Norway

b) No one

c) The United Nations

d) The United States

a) 10

b) 20

c) 30

d) 50

a) 1,000

b) 2,000

c) 4,000

d) 6,000

a) 1–3 months

b) 3–18 months

c) 2–5 years

d) Permanently

a) Her family encouraged her

b) She read about a research project

c) She watched a documentary

d) She always wanted to visit cold places

a) Disappointed

b) Lucky

c) Nervous

d) Confident

a) Studying weather patterns

b) Researching marine life

c) Observing penguins

d) Mapping glaciers

a) It has always been cold

b) It was much warmer

c) It has always been covered in ice

d) It used to be a desert

a) A frozen whale

b) A complete dinosaur skeleton

c) Dinosaur remains in pieces

d) A new species of fish

a) 2

b) 3

c) 5

d) 7

a) -30°C

b) -50°C

c) -80°C

d) -100°C

a) There is constant sunlight

b) There is no sunlight for several months

c) The sunlight changes colors

d) The sunlight lasts for only one hour

a) Read books and played games

b) Went skiing

c) Built snowmen

d) Watched television

a) Her family

b) Her favorite food

c) Colours

d) Warm weather

a) Boring

b) Very interesting

c) Exhausting

d) Unimportant

a) Frustrated

b) Content, as she liked reading

c) Bored

d) Sad

a) Hundreds of years old

b) Thousands of years old

c) Millions of years old

d) Billions of years old

a) Ice skating

b) Basketball

c) Hiking

d) Swimming

a) It's too dangerous in winter

b) Winter temperatures are extreme

c) The research stations close in winter

d) There is no sunlight in summer

a) Like a puzzle

b) Very easy

c) Extremely boring

d) A scientific breakthrough