Module 3 Week 1 Assessment

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from paragraph 3. Her excitement and wonder about the mysteries of the sea kept her in the water too long.

Which meaning of the word mysteries is used above?

• people who are secretive

• the customs of an ancient belief system

• movies or books dealing with puzzling crimes

• things that are difficult to understand or explain

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences from paragraph 1.

Soon you are watching a crab. It slowly dances around the edge of the tide pool, as if moving to some inner music only it can hear.

Why does the author most likely include the sentences above?

• to help the reader imagine the crab’s shape

• to suggest that the crab’s home is too small

• to help the reader imagine the way the crab moves

• to suggest that the crab is hearing the sounds of the water

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from paragraph 6.

When she finished, she always carried the crabs, starfish, and other creatures back to the same place where she found them and set them free.

Which word from the passage does the sentence above help readers better understand?

• coast

• habitat

• humans

• universe

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence from paragraph 8.

Rachel Carson was one of the first scientists to worry about spraying insects and weeds with poisonous chemicals, called pesticides.

What is the meaning of pesticides as it is used above?

• chemicals that destroy living things

• chemicals used to decrease the size of bugs

• chemicals used to change the color of flowers

• chemicals that cause crops to grow very slowly

Multiple Choice

Read the sentences from paragraph 8.

But Rachel knew that this good must be balanced against the danger pesticides can cause to other living things. For example, spraying certain chemicals in an area can also harm friendly insects, like the bees that help to fertilize fruit trees. Think about the Latin root fer.

What is the meaning of fertilize above?

• bring to the bugs

• improve plant quality

• make ready to produce

• make food for creatures

Multiple Choice

Which best describes how the passage is organized?

• cause and effect

• sequence of events

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast