QUIZ 453

Check your Knowledge Quotient!     

1. ‘Tasiilaq’ means ‘like a lake’ in Greenland.

A. False

B. True    

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

2. East Greenland has on average 300 days a year of sunshine.

A. True

B. False

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

3. ‘Piteraq’, a fierce katabatic wind that thunders down from the icecap.

A. False

B. True

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

4. The northeastern part of Greenland is a protected national park.

A. True

B. False

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

5. The Aurora Borealis forms when charged protons and electrons emitted from the sun as a solar wind are drawn in towards us by Earth’s magnetic field and collide with atoms and molecules in our atmosphere.  

A. False

B. True

C. None of the above

D. Any other reason

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – B, 2 – A, 3 – B, 4 – A, 5 – B