R+ 5B Intermediate: Examining Sequence

R+ Standard 5B : Examining Sequence

Lesson 1: Intermediate

Multiple Choice

It takes only a week or so for a very tiny caterpillar to get big and fat. When it is ready, the caterpillar will hang upside down. Then it will begin to make a special shell around its body. This shell is called a chrysalis. When the chrysalis is made, then the caterpillar begins to change. This will take from seven to ten days. You can’t really see what is happening inside the shell. But the “old” parts break down and the “new” parts form. Some say that the caterpillar is “changing its clothes.” When the butterfly comes out its wings will be very wet. It can’t fly yet. It has to wait for its wings to open up and dry.

The paragraph above is about caterpillars. Put the following events from the paragraph in the correct order from first to last.

A. When the chrysalis is made, the caterpillar begins to change.

B. It takes only a week or so for a very tiny caterpillar to get big and fat.

C. It can't fly yet. It has to wait for its wings to open up and dry.

D. When it is ready, the caterpillar will hang upside down

• B, A,C, D

• C,D, B, A

• B,D,A,C

• D, B, A, C

Multiple Choice

In April 1815, a volcano named Mount Tambora on a tiny island in Indonesia erupted. The whole mountain blew up. Hot rocks and ash shot more than 140,000 feet up into the air. The blast was so powerful that the hot ash went all the way up into the stratosphere. Once there, the hot ash was able to spread out. It took some time for the ash to cover the entire planet. But once it did, it caused major problems on Earth.

Put the following events from the paragraph above in the correct order from first to last.

A. A volcano named Mount Tambora erupted.

B. The hot ash spread out and covered the entire planet.

C. The hot ash caused major problems on Earth.

D. Hot rocks and ash shot all the way up into the stratosphere.

• A,D,C,B

• D,B,C,A

• A,B,C,D

• A,D,B,C

Multiple Choice

No one knows exactly when or where playing cards were first made and used. The first mention of cards showed up in the 800s during the Tang Dynasty. Many cards had pictures of coins on them. Some people believed the cards were actually worth the amount of money shown on them. Then traders from China brought playing cards to Europe in the late 14th century. Once there, the cards spread quickly to other countries. Each country put its own pictures on these cards. In the 1500s, it became a usual practice for the cards to have kings and queens on them.

The paragraph above is about playing cards. Put the following events from the paragraph in the correct order from first to last.

A. It became a usual practice for the cards to have kings and queens on them.

B. Traders from China brought playing cards to Europe.

C. The cards spread quickly to other countries.

D. Cards from the Tang Dynasty had pictures of coins on them.

• D,B,C,A

• D,C,A,B

• C,A,B,D

• A,C,B,D

Multiple Choice

How does a river form? A river starts with just one drop of water. The drop of water comes from a pile of melting snow on a mountain. Another drop will follow. And then another. Soon the tiniest trickle of water starts to flow down the side of the mountain. Not too far away, other drops of water form from other piles of melting snow. All these trickles feed into a brook. The size of the brook grows. The speed of it grows, too. The water flows faster and with more force. At this point, the brook becomes a creek. Other trickles and other brooks flow into the creek. Each one helps the water to run faster. Soon the fastmoving creek becomes a river.

How does a river form? Put these events from the paragraph above in the order in which they happen.

A. Trickles flow down a mountain and feed into a brook.

B. Drops of water from piles of melting snow form trickles.

C. Other trickles and brooks flow into a creek and it becomes a river.

D. The size and speed of the brook grows and it becomes a creek.

• D,A,C,B

• B,A,D,C

• B,A,C,D

• D,A,B,C

Multiple Choice

Bocce ball is a very old game. Scenes showing a game exactly like bocce were found in Egyptian wall paintings made more than 4,000 years ago. The people in Ancient Rome played bocce about 2,000 years ago. By the middle of the 1300s, bocce was widely played. It was so popular that Charles IV, the Holy Roman Emperor, made playing it against the law. He wanted his people to spend their time preparing for war instead. By the 1500s, King Henry VIII of England was enjoying “bowls” -- the bocce kind, not the kind played with pins.

Put the following events from the paragraph above in the correct order from first to last.

A. Egyptian wall paintings showing a game exactly like bocce were made.

B. King Henry VIII of England enjoyed the bocce kind of "bowls."

C. The people in Ancient Rome played bocce.

D. Charles IV, the Holy Roman Emperor, made playing bocce against the law.

• D,A,C,B

• B,A,C,D

• A,C,D,B

• B,C,D,A

Multiple Choice

Every living thing needs energy to live. For most living things, that means eating food. All living things are part of a food chain. A food chain is a series of events in which one living thing eats (or is eaten by) another living thing. Usually, a larger animal will eat a smaller one. A food chain begins with green plants. One food chain might look like this. Green grass grows. A grasshopper eats the grass. A frog eats the grasshopper. A snake eats the frog. A hawk eats the snake. Each living thing gets its energy from the living thing before it in the food chain.

The paragraph above gives an example of a food chain. Put the events from the food chain in the order in which they happen.

A. A hawk eats the snake.

B. A snake eats the frog.

C. A frog eats the grasshopper.

D. A grasshopper eats grass.

• D,C,B,A

• B,C,D,A

• B,A,D,C

• D,A,C,B