Going to Extremes - 1

Journey to the world's most extreme weather places! Test your knowledge on unique climates in Yakutsk, Bangkok, and Sohra.

1. How do people in Bangkok get cool? 2. What is the temperature in Yakutsk in the winter? 37 degrees 40 degrees 37 degrees below zero 40 degrees below zero 3. Where do you need boots, a raincoat and an umbrella? Bangkok Yakutsk Thailand Sohra 4. What is unusual about the classrooms in Sohra? There are holes in the roof. students sit in class with open umbrellas. rain comes through holes into the classroom. All answers are correct. 5. Why must you never walk without shoes in Bangkok in the summer? Because you will burn your feet. Because you need to get to school. Because everybody there wears sandals. 6. Why do the truck drivers to Yakutsk have to keep their engines on? Because they want to sleep in the truck. Because they don't want the engine to freeze. Because they don't want to lose the key. 7. Complete the following sentence: It is hard to believe that people in Sohra have to walk far to get water to drink because it is the rainiest town in the world. 8. Complete the following sentences with the word bank below: 1. I am really tired. I didn't sleep enough at night.2. The weatherman is predicting extreme weather next week.3. People must walk on the sidewalk. Not on the road!4. After the storm, my father fixed the roof of our house.5. The temperature is zero degrees. It might snow at night.6. You can leave your coat here. It is warm inside.7. Usain Bolt holds the record for being the fastest runner.8. The baby cried the whole afternoon. His teeth are coming out. 9. Complete the following sentences with the word bank below. 1. Don't forget to turn off the lights before you go.2. Today it is very cold. It feels like it is going to snow.3. I looked down and saw five shekels on the sidewalk.4. I can't cook well, but I know how to fry an egg.5. Can you help me? This exercise is really difficult.6. When will the bus arrive in Tel Aviv?7. Ice melts when it gets warm.8. There is a hole in the umbrella.9. The water in the swimming pool is very cold. We won't go in. 10. Fill the names of the cities on the globe. Yakutsk Sohra Bangkok