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. Ozone
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Tundra
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
3. Mosaic
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
4. Bandolier
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
5. Deduction
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
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.