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The Sequoias

Last updated over 7 years ago

12 questions

Note from the author:

This exercise was conducted with an ESL level 3 class.

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Question 1

1.

What are the "oldest living things" in the World?

A insects

B humans

C sequoia trees

D palm trees

Question 2

2.

How tall are some sequoia trees?

A 10 feet

B 100 feet

C 200 feet

D over 250 feet

Question 3

3.

How old can sequois trees be?

A 100 years old

B 200 years old

C 1000 years old

D 3000 years old

Question 4

4.

Who was Sequoyah?

A An Indian

B An American Indian

C A African American

D An American

Question 5

5.

What did Sequoyah do for his people?

A taught them to type

B developed an alphabet

C invented a pen

D wrote a book

Question 6

6.

What protects the sequoia tree from fire and insects?

A tree bark

B tree branches

C special tannin

D special leaves

Question 7

7.

Which sequoia tree is the biggest?

A General Custer

B General Grant

C General Washington

D General Sherman

Question 8

8.

What three things are true about The General Sherman tree?

A it is 267 feet tall

B it is 4000 years old

C it is 100 feet around the base

D it is a young tree

Question 9

9.

What did John Muir study?

A birds and insects

B plants and wild life

C cats and dogs

D plants and animals

Question 10

10.

When did President Theodore Roosevelt come to see the sequoias?

A 1910

B 1920

C 1930

D 1903

Question 11

11.

How did President Roosevelt protect the sequoias?

A he cut them down

B he fenced them in

C he created a national park

D he took photographs of all the trees

Question 12

12.

Do you think President Roosevelt was right to save the sequoias? If YES, why?