How to answer
Matching Features: how to approach it
- 1
Scan the passage for each name in the list and mark where it appears.
- 2
Read around each name and compare what is said with the statements.
- 3
Some options may be used more than once, and some not at all; the instructions say which.
- 4
Expect paraphrase: the statement rarely copies the passage word for word.
85 drills
Matching Features drills
- Acoustic Dynamics in Educational ArchitectureEducation and learning · 8 questionsStart →
- Algorithmic Curation and Cultural DiscoveryDigital technology and society · 8 questionsStart →
- Ancient Changes in the African MonsoonMonsoons · 8 questionsStart →
- Atmospheric Mysteries of VenusThe atmosphere of Venus · 8 questionsStart →
- Atmospheric Signatures of Meteor ShowersMeteor showers · 8 questionsStart →
- Atmospheric Variations in Rainbow FormationThe optics of rainbows · 8 questionsStart →
- Biographies in Mammoth IvoryWoolly mammoths · 8 questionsStart →
- Canopy Soils of Tropical RainforestsRainforest canopies · 8 questionsStart →
- Debating the Genesis of the MoonThe origin of the Moon · 8 questionsStart →
- Direct Imaging of ExoplanetsDetecting exoplanets · 8 questionsStart →
- Dynamics of Hydrothermal ExplosionsGeology and natural hazards · 8 questionsStart →
- Ecosystem Formation on Retreating Glacier ForelandsGlacier retreat · 8 questionsStart →
All 85 Matching Features drills
- Fungal Networks in Forest Ecosystems
- Harnessing the Soil Microbiome
- Harnessing White-Hot Energy
- Harvesting Mist in Arid Lands
- Harvesting Water from Near-Earth Asteroids
- How El Niño Affects Tropical Rainforests
- How Icebergs Collapse at Sea
- Illuminating the Ocean Twilight
- Innovations in Soil-Less Crop Cultivation
- Internal Tides and Deep Ocean Circulation
- Investigating Eccentric Cave Formations
- Investigating the Permian Extinction Triggers
- Investigating Unconscious Plagiarism
- Investigating Underground Water on Mars
- Mapping the Altitude of Auroras
- Mapping Untracked Space Debris
- Microclimates and Solitary Bee Survival
- Monitoring Hydrothermal Geyser Cycles
- Optimising Nutrient Flows in Closed Aquaponics
- Overcoming Elevation on Industrial Canals
- Overcoming Signal Interference in Satellite Navigation
- Overcoming the Limits of Early Telescopes
- Planning the Nocturnal City
- Processes of Subsurface Fossilisation
- Rebuilding Sinking River Deltas
- Repurposing Post-Industrial Mining Heritage
- Scientific Expeditions to Observe Total Solar Eclipses
- Sediment Movement and Carbon Trapping in Estuaries
- Seeds of the Cosmic Giants
- Social Immunity in Insect Societies
- Soil Carbon in Organic Agriculture
- Subterranean Ecology of Temperate Grasslands
- Subterranean Fish Fermentation in Northern Latitudes
- Subterranean Physics and the Direct Detection of Dark Matter
- Survival Strategies of Desert Cacti
- The Acoustic Ecology of Cave Art
- The Architecture of Workplace Job Crafting
- The Birth of Atlantic Hurricanes
- The Chemical Evolution of Cometary Ice
- The Chemistry of Prehistoric Adhesives
- The Colours of Feathered Dinosaurs
- The Domestication and Spread of Maize
- The Domestication of the Dog
- The Ecology of Early Plant Cultivation
- The Ecology of Language Structure
- The Epistemic Art of Sand Drawing
- The Evolution of Cat Domestication
- The Evolution of Early Wheat
- The Evolution of Urban Vertical Farming
- The Fragile Atmospheres of Jupiter's Moons
- The Hidden Hydrology of Subterranean Estuaries
- The Hidden Power of Ocean Eddies
- The Hydraulic Architecture of Trees
- The Hydrology of Highland Peatlands
- The Living Atmosphere and Human Immunity
- The Origins of Horse Domestication
- The Origins of Oceanic Clouds
- The Persistence Trap
- The Quest for Artificial Stone
- The Rehabilitation of Coastal Mangroves
- The Science of Dark-Sky Sanctuaries
- The Science of Fulgurites
- The Solar Coronal Heating Mystery
- The Survival Strategies of Desert Annuals
- The Survival Strategies of Floating Rice
- The Synchronous Flowering of Bamboo
- Thermal Dynamics of Nocturnal Recovery
- Thermodynamics and Passive Bioclimatic Architecture
- Tornadoes in Mountainous Terrain
- Tracing Ancient Amber Routes
- Tracking Urban Pollution Through Honeybees
- Transforming Industrial Food Waste
- Underwater Fibre Optics and Earthquake Detection
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