Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. Light-Year
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
2. Rainforest
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
3. Polygon
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
4. Kilometer
► A proportional part or share.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Voracious
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.