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Issue 169, Dated 19th April, 2012 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities
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Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key

Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
1.
S O U T H A M P T O N
2.
C O A L
3.
W R E A T H S
4.
I S M A Y
5.
M A R B L E
6.
Q U E E N S T O W N
7.
C H E R B O U R G
8.
L I F E B O A T S
9.
I C E B E R G
10.
B E L F A S T
Clues
1. Place in the UK where the Titanic began its voyage
2. The Titanic was powered by steam that was created by burning __________
3. Thrown into the sea during the memorial service
4. J Bruce __________ was the boss of the White Star Line
5. The toilets in first-class were made of this
6. Town in Ireland that is now called Cobh
7. The town in France visited by the Titanic
8. The Titanic did not have enough of these
9. What the Titanic struck that caused it to sink
10. City where the Titanic was built
Remembering the Titanic (Page 1)
Instructions: Read the article Remembering the Titanic.
Fill in the boxes with the correct answers to find the mystery word.
Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
Penguin satellite census (Page 10)
Instructions: Read the article Penguin satellite census.
Tick either true or false for the following statements.
TRUE FALSE
1. A census is a population count.

2. Emperor penguins live only in the Arctic.

3. Female Emperor penguins incubate their eggs.

4. Groups of penguins are known as colonies.

5.
Patches of penguin guano could be seen in the satellite
images.

6. Emperor penguins eat krill.

7. Krill is a type of plant.

8. Recently sea ice has been melting in the Arctic.

9. The South Pole is in the Antarctic.

10. The satellite images showed 64 penguin colonies.

Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
Mammoth discovery (Page 5)
Instructions: Read the article Mammoth discovery.
1. Find the key words in the wordsearch below. Words can go in any
direction. 2. Take the first 24 unused letters, starting at the top left-hand
corner of the box. 3. Put these letters into the squares at the bottom of
the page to discover the mystery phrase.
Key words
CARCASS PREDATOR
SIBERIA ELEPHANTS
TUSKS RUSSIA
EXTINCTION EVOLVED
DECOMPOSED BACKBONE
PREHISTORIC FROZEN
Mystery phrase
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M

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P R E H I S T O R I C E
R B T H R I E E E Y E X
E A A R O B L L D M A T
D C M C M E O E T F H I
A K F A O R U P T R N N
T B R R D I V H U O K C
O O U C G A I A S Z Y T
R N S A K Q P N K E I I
E E S S L N D T S N H O
F E I S L G N S X Z F N
Z I A X K E V O L V E D
D E C O M P O S E D W O
Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
Odd one out =
MEXICO
Stephen Harper
(1)
Washington DC
(2)
Mexico
Cuban leader
(3)
Ral Castro
(3)
Juan Manuel Santos
(4)
Canada
(1)
Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner
(5)
Argentina
(5)
Former Cuban leader
(6)
USA
(7)
OAS
(2)
Fidel Castro
(6)
Colombia
(4)
Barack Obama
(7)
Summit of the Americas (Page 15)
Instructions: Read the article Summit of the Americas. Now eliminate from the list 7
pairs of words or phrases that go together. You will have one word or
phrase left over. That is the answer. One pair is already done for you.
Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
Democratic Progressive Party Karonga
New president of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika
Stopped giving aid DPP
Capital of Malawi USA
Joyce Banda Former vice president of Malawi
Rules by which a country is governed Joyce Banda
City in Malawi Constitution
Former president of Malawi Lilongwe
Malawis vice president takes over(Page 3)
Instructions: Read the article Malawis vice president takes over.
Draw a line to connect the correct links. The first is done for you.
Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
World Map (Page 13)
Instructions: Listed below are 12 countries. Eliminate from the list those countries
that appear on the map of the world. You will be left with one country
that is not named on the map. That is the answer.
Colombia Cambodia Mongolia
Japan India Malawi
Russia Peru Argentina
Syria Switzerland Indonesia
Missing Country =
MONGOLIA
Issue 169 Newsademic.com British English edition Activities Answer Key
Name: __________________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ________________
1.
S A H A R A
2.
P A R A S I T E
3.
P L A S M O D I U M
4.
M O S Q U I T O
5.
S Y M P T O M S
6.
A R T E M I S I N I N
7.
C A M B O D I A
8.
M Y A N M A R
9.
N E T S
Clues
1. Desert in Africa
2. Malaria is caused by a __________
3. Lives in the blood and causes malaria
4. Type of insect that spreads malaria
5. Headaches, sickness and pain in the joints are __________ of malaria
6. Name of drug that is effective at treating malaria
7. Country in South East Asia
8. Country that is also known as Burma
9. Sleeping under __________ is a good way of avoiding malaria
Drug-resistant malaria (Page 8)
Instructions: Read the article Drug-resistant malaria.
Fill in the boxes with the correct answers to find the mystery word.