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traveled
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miles
The
on windsurfing boards;
fastest
the trip took
14 months.
baseball pitches
reach speeds of
1
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miles an hour.
more than
A man
walked on
his hands
from Vienna,
Austria, to
Paris,
Paris,
France.
The trip took
55 days!
72
TOP OF MOUNT EVEREST.
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Brazilian
men
OLYMPIC TORCH TO THE
11 CALORIES AN HOUR.
A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER CARRIED THE
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An athlete
swam the
entire
Mississippi
River—from
Minnesota to
Louisiana—
in 68 days.
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Ask a friend to give you
words to fill in the blanks in
this story without showing
it to him or her. Then read
out loud for a laugh.
My friend
and I wanted to help save the environment, so we volunteered for a beach
friend’s name
cleanup day. We stocked up on
for the shores of the
a soggy
food
,
noun, plural
sandwich, a rusty
onto the beach and washed up a treasure chest covered with
number
verb ending in -ing
they
past-tense verb
as we pried open the chest with a(n)
type of metal
up and down like
plastic
adjective
type of transportation
covered National Geographic magazine. Suddenly a(n)
verb ending in -ing
gloves, and headed
adjective
. You wouldn’t believe some of the junk we found. We picked up
body of water
aluminum
large number
trash bags and
adjective
, and even a(n)
wave
adjective
-
slimy substance
past-tense verb
beach item from nature, plural
noun
,
noun, plural
. My heart started
. There were at least
coins inside! My friend and I yelled, “We’re rich!” and started
animal, plural
. But when I scooped up some of the coins,
all over my hands. The coins turned out to be
type of candy, plural
wrapped
DAN SIPPLE (ART). © 2012 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
in colored foil. But we had a great day anyway, because we helped protect the environment.
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QUIZ
WHIZ
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3
4
What is the name of the
sport, popular in both
Canada and Scotland,
that involves a broom?
One of the world’s most
popular sports is known as
soccer in Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, and the United
States. But what is it called
in most other countries?
a. kickball
b. football
c. rugby
d. hacky sack
2
True or false? The colors of the Olympic rings
represent the five most popular events at the
Olympic Games.
a. ice hockey
b. curling
c. sweeping
d. lacrosse
5
What is the name of
the instrument that
fans could be heard
blowing during the 2010
FIFA World Cup soccer
championships?
a. harmonica
b. bullhorn
c. trumpet
d. vuvuzela
True or false? In Afghanistan, the sport of kite fighting involves cutting your opponents’ kite strings so
that your kite can fly the highest and longest.
There are ten different
sports in a decathlon.
Which of the following is
not a decathlon sport?
7
6
a. long jump
b. pole vault
c. marathon
d. javelin throw
The world’s heaviest sumo wrestler
weighed 630 pounds. That’s almost
as heavy as a male _______________ .
a.
brown bear
8
c.
b.
sheep
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d.
blue whale
This skateboarder, nicknamed “The Birdman,”
was the first ever to land
a trick called the 900—
that’s two and a half turns
in the air!
golden retriever
a. Shaun White
b. Andy Macdonald
c. Tony Hawk
d. Ryan Sheckler
10
9
True or false? In Malaysia,
some athletes play tennis
using their legs and feet
instead of rackets.
Which American football
team won the first ever
Super Bowl, played in
1967?
a. Green Bay Packers
b. Dallas Cowboys
c. New Orleans Saints
d. New York Giants
answers on page 10
4
Bullfrog
GREEN TIP
Who’s there?
Earth.
Earth who?
Really? Is there
another Earth out
there? I’m it—so
protect me!
Q
What did the rock
say to the geologist?
Q
sun
What does the
drink from?
A
Sunglasses.
Don’t take me for granite.
BIG FLOWER:
A
What’s up, Bud?
LITTLE FLOWER:
You’ve got to be joking...
I’m busy blooming.
I’ll leaf you
alone, then.
Q
Atlantic Ocean
say to the
Pacific Ocean?
GREEN TIP
Pack the dishwasher.
You’ll save about
five gallons of water
each time you don’t
hand wash
the dishes.
What did the
A
Nothing. It just waved.
BIG FLOWER:
GREEN TIP
With a paren
permission, w t’s
or bike inste alk
ad
of riding in
a car.
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(ROCK); © GLEN JONES / DREAMSTIME (SUN); © GERRY BOUGHAN / DREAMSTIME (WAVE). © 2012 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Turn off the
lights when
you’re not in
the room.
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6
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6
know
7
More than a
4
1
earthshaking
facts about our
world
Earth’s
thousand
temperature
Earths could
rises slightly during
a full moon.
fit insideJupiter.
2 It would take
5
The air trapped
a stack of more
inside an iceberg
than 100,000
can be thousands
of years old.
giraf
fes
to reach the
6
There are about
outermost
3,000 lightning flashes
layer of Earth’s
on Earth every minute.
atmosphere.
7
Humans
3
have lived on Earth
If you traveled as fast
for about 200,000 years;
as a car on the highway,
it would take nearly
dinosaurs
three days and nights
to reach the
Earth’s core.
10
MAY 2010
walked the planet for
roughly 160 million years.
7
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didn’t
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Bet you
These photographs show
close-up views of athletic
equipment. Unscramble the
letters to identify what’s in
each picture. answers on page 10
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© STEPHEN GIBSON / DREAMSTIME. BOTTOM ROW (LEFT TO RIGHT): © ALEXANDER RATHS / DREAMSTIME; © BRAD CALKINS / DREAMSTIME; © BILLYFOTO / DREAMSTIME. © 2012 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
GAME ON!
Play “What
the World?” in
other intera and
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iPad version
of NG KIDS.
8
?
?
?
?
How eco-friendly are your parents? If they can’t answer these
questions, maybe they should take a lesson in going green.
1
Which of these items can
be composted, or turned
into natural fertilizer,
for your garden?
A. eggshells
B. golf balls
C. aluminum foil
D. all of the above
2
?
3
6
What alternative form of transportation does not appear in the
Harry Potter book series?
A. a broomstick
B. a hippogriff
C. a skateboard with wings
D. a flying motorcycle
4
In your lifetime, you will
throw away enough trash
to fill...
A. the Empire State
Building.
B. about five trash trucks.
C. six bathtubs.
D. the Grand Canyon.
Which of these species are threatened
by global warming?
A. koala
B. clownfish
C. arctic fox
D. all of the above
Paper can be made from
which of these materials?
A. panda excrement
B. hemp
C. wood
D. all of the above
7
How many degrees has the Earth warmed up in
the past 100 years?
A. 20 °F
B. 30°F
C. 1°F
D. 12°F
8
Which statement about
recycling aluminum is true?
A. More than half of all aluminum
cans produced in the United
States are recycled.
B. Approximately 100,000 aluminum cans
are recycled every minute in the United States.
C. Recycling one aluminum can saves nearly the
same amount of energy that it takes to power
a 100-watt lightbulb for four hours.
D. all of the above
9
What is most frequently found in beach
cleanups?
A. glass
C. shoes
B. pieces of plastic
D. jewelry
What uses the most energy in U.S. homes
each year?
A. lighting
B. heating and air-conditioning
C. refrigeration
D. heating water
?
5
answers on page 10
10
In the futuristic movie
Wall·E, what is Wall·E’s job?
A. cleaning up trash left
behind by humans
B. planting trees in parks
C. designing eco-friendly tourist
destinations
D. sorting bottles at a recycling plant
?
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YOUR PARENTS
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Laugh Out
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Answers
Top row: basketball hoop, running shoe, hockey stick. Middle row:
football helmet, hula hoops, skateboard. Bottom row: soccer ball,
swimming goggles, tennis racket.
“Stump Your Parents” (page 9):
1. A, 2. C, 3. B, 4. B, 5. D, 6. D, 7. C, 8. D, 9. B, 10. A.
“He’d make a fantastic outfielder, coach.
He’s great at catching fly balls.”
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“Quiz Whiz: World of Sports” (page 4):
1. B, 2. False: The rings represent the colors in the flags of every
nation, 3. B, 4. True, 5. D, 6. C, 7. A, 8. C, 9. True, 10. A.
“Animal Games” (page 6):
1. golf course, 2. pool, 3. boxing ring, 4. running track, 5. bike track, 6. badminton court, 7. basketball court, 8. fencing venue, 9. rings, 10. weight-lifting area.
“What in the World?” (page 8):
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