DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST

Level Two
Green Planet

PLACES 8 The organization Sea Shepherd chased a ship

Choose the best answer. from Antarctica to _____ because it was using
illegal nets.
1 On 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin left
a □ Africa
_____ on a ship called HMS Beagle.
b □ Europe
a □ England
c □ North America
b □ the Galapagos Islands
d □ South America
c □ South America
d □ the USA 9 More than 40% of coal is from _____.
a □ China
2 The first green political groups appeared in
b □ Japan
Australia and _____.
c □ Ukraine
a □ Alaska
d □ the USA
b □ Germany
c □ New Zealand 10 The _____ city government wants to be
d □ the USA carbon neutral, so it is building sustainable
homes and clean-energy power plants.
3 Nearly 25% of the land in _____ is less than
a □ California
two metres above sea level.
b □ Chernobyl
a □ Bangladesh
c □ Copenhagen
b □ the Galapagos Islands
d □ Fukushima
c □ Costa Rica
d □ the Solomon Islands
4 50% of the animal species on Earth live in
_____. CHARACTERS
a □ the Arctic Choose the best answer.
b □ a coral reef 11 Before Charles Darwin studied plants and
c □ national parks animals, he studied to be a _____.
d □ a tropical rainforest a □ doctor
5 People saw the first Monteverde golden toads b □ farmer
in _____. c □ scientist
a □ Belize d □ writer
b □ Costa Rica 12 Rachel Carson was very worried about
c □ the Galapagos Islands _____, and she wrote a famous book called
d □ Panama Silent Spring.
6 In 1890, the US government made _____ to a □ climate change
protect plants and animals in California. b □ the government
a □ Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary c □ pesticides
b □ the Great Barrier Reef d □ whales
c □ Yellowstone National Park 13 The organization _____ began in 1961, and it
d □ Yosemite National Park protects animals that are in danger, and the
7 Penguins nearly became extinct in _____ after environment.
people killed 405,000 of them in 1867. a □ Die Grünen
a □ Antarctica b □ Greenpeace
b □ the Galapagos Islands c □ Sea Shepherd
c □ the Falkland Islands d □ The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
d □ the Solomon Islands

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14 The organization _____ started in 1971. It ANIMALS

tries to stop things that are bad or dangerous Choose the best answer.
for the environment from happening, and it 21 In South America, Charles Darwin saw that
never uses violence. the _____ were not all the same.
a □ Die Grünen a □ finches
b □ Greenpeace b □ penguins
c □ Sea Shepherd c □ polar bears
d □ the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) d □ whales
15 After Al Gore was Vice President of the USA, 22 In the 1960s, there were hundreds of _____
he made an important film about _____. but now they have all disappeared.
a □ climate change a □ bison
b □ penguins b □ coral reefs
c □ pesticides c □ golden toads
d □ tropical rainforests d □ jaguars
16 John Muir was called the ‘father of our 23 In the 1800s, millions of _____ were killed in
_____’. North America. People wanted their strong
a □ coral reefs skins.
b □ mountains a □ bison
c □ national parks b □ jaguars
d □ tropical rainforests c □ penguins
17 In 1498, a Portuguese traveller called Vasco d □ whales
da Gama found _____ in the Atlantic Ocean. 24 Alan Rabinowitz studied _____ in Belize.
a □ krill a □ finches
b □ seals b □ jaguars
c □ penguins c □ toads
d □ whales d □ whales
18 The organization _____ tries to protect ocean 25 When sea water becomes too warm _____
animals. It started in Canada in 1977. can lose its colour and die.
a □ Die Grünen a □ coral
b □ Greenpeace b □ krill
c □ Sea Shepherd c □ a penguin
d □ the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) d □ a whale
19 In 2018, Greta Thunberg started to protest 26 50 million years ago, _____ started to swim
about _____. under the water. These animals are very good
a □ climate change at diving.
b □ penguins a □ finches
c □ pesticides b □ penguins
d □ tropical rainforests c □ polar bears
20 Greta Thunberg goes to important meetings d □ toads
around the world, but she doesn’t travel by 27 _____ is a very small sea animal. It can only
_____. live in cold water.
a □ car a □ Coral
b □ boat b □ Krill
c □ bus c □ A seal
d □ plane d □ A whale

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35 to stop something being dirty

a □ clean
28 Polar bears live in the Arctic, and their most
b □ grow
important food is _____.
c □ protect
a □ krill
d □ study
b □ penguins
c □ sea birds 36 when you don’t put dangerous greenhouse
d □ seals gases into the atmosphere
a □ store
29 Millions of people go out in boats to watch
b □ carbon neutral
_____.
c □ second-hand
a □ krill
d □ power plant
b □ jaguars
c □ toads 37 when all of a species dies
d □ whales a □ deforestation
b □ emergency
30 In the Deepwater Horizon disaster, millions of
c □ extinct
sea animals and plants died because a lot of
d □ violence
_____ went into the sea.
a □ oil 38 not dangerous
b □ plastic a □ illegal
c □ radioactive material b □ safe
d □ coal c □ space
d □ tropical
39 when there is little or no water for a long time
VOCABULARY a □ drought
Choose the best answer. b □ earthquake
c □ flood
31 to become different or not the same d □ storm
a □ appear
b □ change 40 to use something again
c □ chase a □ recycle
d □ waste b □ save
c □ store
32 something that’s true d □ throw away
a □ fact
b □ idea
c □ part
d □ test STORY
Choose the best answer.
33 the usual weather in a place over a year
a □ atmosphere 41 In 2019, scientists used information from a
b □ climate satellite to learn about _____ in Malawi,
c □ energy Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
d □ temperature a □ wild animals
b □ floods
34 when ice turns to water
c □ mountains
a □ disappear
d □ the sun
b □ melt
c □ rise
d □ sink

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49 There were terrible _____ disasters in

Chernobyl in 1986 and in Fukushima in 2011.
42 Charles Darwin said that a species could
a □ coal
_____. This was a new idea at the time.
b □ electricity
a □ change quickly
c □ nuclear power
b □ change slowly
d □ oil
c □ change suddenly
d □ not change 50 You can _____ your carbon footprint by
giving money to green organizations.
43 Green organizations and political groups want
a □ offset
to help to _____ the environment.
b □ recycle
a □ damage
c □ store
b □ hurt
d □ throw away
c □ protect
d □ protest
44 Our climate is changing because of the level
of _____ in our atmosphere.
a □ greenhouse gases
b □ oxygen
c □ pesticides
d □ waste
45 The Earth will become _____ because of
climate change.
a □ bigger
b □ colder
c □ smaller
d □ warmer
46 An area as big as thirty football fields
disappears every minute from _____.
a □ Antarctica
b □ cities
c □ rainforests
d □ oceans
47 In 1100, there were 320 million people on
Earth, but by 2020 there were nearly _____
people.
a □ 350 million
b □ 1.1 billion
c □ 7.8 billion
d □ 98 billion
48 It can be difficult for _____ to find food in
winter because the Arctic ice is melting.
a □ penguins
b □ polar bears
c □ seals
d □ whales

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 DOMINOES MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ANSWERS

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Green Planet

PLACES
1a STORY
2c 41 b
3a 42 b
4d 43 c
5b 44 a
6d 45 d
7c 46 c
8a 47 c
9a 48 b
10 c 49 c
50 a
CHARACTERS
11 a
12 c
13 d
14 b
15 a
16 c
17 c
18 c
19 a
20 d

ANIMALS
21 a
22 c
23 a
24 b
25 a
26 b
27 b
28 d
29 d
30 a

VOCABULARY
31 b
32 a
33 b
34 b
35 a
36 b
37 c
38 b
39 a
40 a

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Level Two
Green Planet

BEFORE READING GUESS WHAT

1 Encourage students to guess but do not tell
a 3 them the answers now. They will find out as
b 7 they read that the answers are:
c 6 a False
d 2 b True
e 5 c True
f 8 d False
g 1 e False
h 4 f True

2 ACTIVITY PAGES 12–13

a–c Students’ own answers. READING CHECK
1
ACTIVITY PAGES 6–7 b False
READING CHECK c False
b 3 d True
c 2 e False
d 1 f True
e 3
f 3 2
g 2 b 2
h 3 c 4
d 5
WORD WORK e 7
1 f 3
b scientist g 1
c land
d seeds WORD WORK
e beak 1
f planet b violence
c organization
2 d air
b land e political
c planet f rainforest
d insect
e scientist 2
f beak b political
c rainforest
d air
e organization
f violence

3
b hunting
c appear
d part

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

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e pesticides
GUESS WHAT
GUESS WHAT Encourage students to guess but do not tell
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them them the answers now. They will find out as
the answers now. They will find out as they read they read that the answers are:
that the answers are: a False
a False b True
b True c False
c False d False
d True e True
e True f False

ACTIVITY PAGES 18–19 ACTIVITY PAGES 24–25

READING CHECK READING CHECK
b rise b True
c damage c False
d the atmosphere d False
e melting e True
f earlier f True
g die g True
h is already h True
i grow i False

WORD WORK WORD WORK

1 1
2 last drought
3 clean male
4 farm remove
5 less roof
6 become affect
7 president female
8 coal pool
9 disappear
2
2 b male
b president c roof
c coal d affect
d clean e pool
e century f female
f less g remove
g disappear h drought
h become
i last

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GUESS WHAT READING CHECK
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them 1
the answers now. They will find out as they read b feet = heads
that the answers are: c dive = fly
a 1 d four = two
b 2 e food = air
c 3 f penguins = whales
d 1 g guns = nets
e 3
2
ACTIVITY PAGES 30–31 b 5
READING CHECK c 1
b 3 d 3
c 1 e 4
d 6
e 2 WORD WORK
f 5 1
2 chase
WORD WORK 3 penguins
1 4 net
b skin 5 illegal
c bones 6 dive
d canoe 7 sink
e space Mystery word: captain
f university
g national park 2
h coral reef b net
c sink
2 d chase
b university e dive
c canoe f captain
d bones g illegal
e national park h penguins
f skin
g coral reef GUESS WHAT
h space Encourage students to guess but do not tell
them the answers now. They will find out as
GUESS WHAT they read that the answers are:
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them a True
the answers now. They will find out as they read b False
that the answers are: c False
a False d False
b True e True
c True f True
d False g True
e True h True
f True
ACTIVITY PAGES 46–47
ACTIVITY PAGES 38–39 READING CHECK

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b 2 d ski
c 1 e footprints
d 3 f bacteria
e 2
f 3 3
g 2 b second-hand
h 2 c sustainable
d carbon neutral
WORD WORK e offset
1
b well
c health WHAT NEXT?
d cover 1
e machine Students’ own answers.

2 2
b company a–c Students’ own answers.
c radiation
d electricity
e disaster
f tsunami

GUESS WHAT
Encourage students to guess but do not tell them
the answers now. They will find out as they read
that the answers are:
a, b, d and f.

ACTIVITY PAGES 54–55

READING CHECK
b cars
c plastic
d protest
e cities
f waste
g houses
h hydrogen

WORD WORK
1
b footprints
c cycle lane
d bacteria
e ski
f fuel

2
b fuel
c cycle lane

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 DOMINOES ACTIVITY KEY

Level Two
Green Planet
PROJECT A PAGES 56–57
ANIMALS IN DANGER
1
Mexico, Canada

2
during the day = at night.
eighteen = nineteen (18 large animals + jaguars)
the USA = Canada
Polar bears = Grizzly bears
no = 90% fewer

3 b

4
1 d
2 c
3 a
4 b

5
Students’ own answers.

PROJECT B PAGES 58–60

A GREEN PROBLEM
1
b 2
c 1
d 6
e 3
f 5
g 4

2
a 5
b 4
c 2
d 1
e 3

3
Students’ own answers.

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 GRAMMAR
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Level Two
Green Planet
GRAMMAR CHECK 6
b doing O
1 c Burning S
b 1 At first d finding S
c 6 In the end e eating O
d 2 Then / Next / Later f travelling O
e 5 Then / Next / Later g Hunting S
f 3 Then / Next / Later h Protecting S
i watching O
2 j cleaning O
b 5 k Buying S
c 1 l protesting O
d 2
e 4 7
b did Darwin go
3 c are some islands disappearing
b How much 4 d do rainforests affect
c How many 3 e was Alan Rabinowitz living
d How much 10 f do polar bears eat
e How many 2
f How many 8 8
g How many 9 b 2
h How many 1 c 5
i How much 5 d 3
j How much 7 e 1

4 9
b the b will
c a c won’t
d - d will
e an e will
f The f can’t
g The g won’t
h - h will
i the
j -

5
b so
c or
d because
e because
f but
g so
h and

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