atMOTSphere
atMOTSphere Contest Winner :
Claudia Mack from Québec
Quiz #1: Weather Alert!
Presented by Air Canada and the Language Portal of Canada (an initiative of the Translation Bureau at Public Services and Procurement Canada)
Put your language skills to the test! Find the right answers for a chance to win a trip for two to Geneva, Switzerland! (The prize includes air fare with Air Canada, five nights’ accommodation (double occupancy) and $1000 in spending money.)
You can submit one entry per day for each quiz. For an entry to be eligible, the answers provided must be correct.
Choose the best term to complete the following expressions related to weather or natural phenomena:
The unexpected news came like a stroke / bolt / thunderclap from the blue.
At the announcement, a tidal wave / lightning bolt / wildfire of emotion swept through the crowd.
After the report was leaked, the office received a hurricane / monsoon / deluge of emails.
Quiz #2: “Geo” Words
Presented by Air Canada and the Language Portal of Canada (an initiative of the Translation Bureau at Public Services and Procurement Canada)
Put your language skills to the test! Find the right answers for a chance to win a trip for two to Geneva, Switzerland! (The prize includes air fare with Air Canada, five nights’ accommodation (double occupancy) and $1000 in spending money.)
You can submit one entry per day for each quiz. For an entry to be eligible, the answers provided must be correct.
Did you know that the prefix “geo” means “earth”?
Find the “geo” word that matches each picture!
The solid surface of the earth
a) geocoronab) geospherec) geosyncline
A rock containing a small, crystal-lined cavity
a) geodeb) geodesyc) geoduck
An instrument designed to detect vibrations passing through the earth’s crust
a) geometerb) geomembranec) geophone
The science of growing plants in earth
a) geoponicsb) geotropismc) geomorphology
Quiz #3: Green Riddle
Presented by Air Canada and the Language Portal of Canada (an initiative of the Translation Bureau at Public Services and Procurement Canada)
Put your language skills to the test! Find the right answers for a chance to win a trip for two to Geneva, Switzerland! (The prize includes air fare with Air Canada, five nights’ accommodation (double occupancy) and $1000 in spending money.)
You can submit one entry per day for each quiz. For an entry to be eligible, the answers provided must be correct.
Decipher the clues below, and then string the syllables together to find a word linked to the theme of the environment!
My first syllable is a squeal of fright or surprise.
My second syllable is H2O in French.
My third syllable is a synonym for “also.”
My fourth syllable is the joint between the elbow and the knuckles.
My whole is a person who vacations responsibly so as to preserve nature.