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1. The Sahara Desert in the country of _____________ is the HOTTEST place on Earth. In 1922, it hit the highest temperature recorded anywhere on earth, ever. How hot was it? ______________________________________________

 
Find the answer at: www.extremescience.com/hottest.htm

 

2. Where is the COLDEST place on earth? At Lake Vostok, located in ______________, the temperature once reached the lowest ever recorded: _________________________ ___________. (Even the penguins think it’s cold!)

 
Find the answer at: www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/02/fslakevostok.htm

3. The Atacama Desert in ______________ is the DRIEST place on earth. Even though it hardly ever rains there, flocks of pink flamingos (and some people) survive by collecting water from _________________________________________.

 
Find the answer at: www.extremescience.com/DriestPlace.htm

 

4. Mount Waialeale, located on the island of ________________, is the world’s WETTEST place, receiving an average of _______ inches of rain a year. This means you could see a rainbow there nearly every day!

 
Find the answer at: www.harcourtschool.com/activity/extreme/html_docs/Wettest.html

 

5. At 29,208 feet high, Mount Everest, located in ________________, is the HIGHEST mountain in the world. Who were the first two brave people to summit its majestic peak in 1953? _________________________________________________

 
Find the answer at: www.italysoft.com/curios/everest/

 

6. The DEEPEST point on earth, the Marianas Trench, is located more than 35,000 feet down at the bottom of the ____________ Ocean, just east of ______________________. It's farther below sea level than Everest is above!

 
Find the answer at: www.geocities.com/thesciencefiles/marianas/trench.html

 

7. Russia, which is almost twice the size of the United States, is the LARGEST country in the world. It is located on two continents: _________________ and ___________. It's so large, it spans 11 different time zones!

 
Find the answer at: www.peacecorps.gov/kids/world/europemed/russia.html

 

8. The mighty Amazon river, which begins in __________ and ends along the coast of Brazil, is the world’s second-longest river. Which river is the LONGEST and where is it located? ___________________________________________

 
Find the answer at: www.newint.org/issue273/facts.html

 

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