The Ever-Living Tree Probing Tree

What does the timeline show?

• all the events that occurred before the coast redwood grew
• major world events that were occurring while the coast redwood grew
• how the coast redwood compared to other trees over throusands of years
• only the important events that occurred in Europe whole the dinosaurs were alive

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.7

Why does the author include icons in the article?

• o show different types of trees
• o show different types of trees
• to show what plants need in order to grow
• to indicate human events and redwood events

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.7

How does the author organize the ideas in the sentences below?

Time passed and the new tree grew quickly. It spread its shallow roots
far out under the floor of the forest. Its bark grew thicker.

• by sequence of events
• by order of importance
• by problem and solution
• by comparison and contrast

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CCSS.RI.4.5

How does the author organize the ideas in the sentences below?

Time passed and the new tree grew quickly. It spread its shallow roots
far out under the floor of the forest. Its bark grew thicker.

• by sequence of events
• by order of importance
• by problem and solution
• by comparison and contrast

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CCSS.RI.4.5

Why does the author include a map in the article?

• to show Columbus's route to the New World
• to show where Alexander's ancient empire was
• to show where Alexander's ancient empire was
• to show where the African kingdom of Kanem was

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.7

Which sentence below contains a simile?

• "They stretched their webs wherever they could."
• "The older sapwood became the heartwood of the tree."
• "The outside of the tree looked like an apartment house for 
  spiders."
• "Dozens of trapping spiders looked for spaces up and down the thick,uneven bark of the tree."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

What does the diagram in the article help the reader understand?

• the parts of a glacier
• the parts of a glacier
• the parts of a glacier
• the parts of a mountain range

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.7

Which of these phrases from the article does NOT help you understand the sequence of events?

• "Years went by"
• "Time went on"
• "until the late fifth century"
• "Almost nine thousand miles southeast"

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

Which sentence from the article contains a simile?

• Which sentence from the article contains a simile?
• "Another, smaller fire swept through the forest, clearing away loose 
  brush ...."
• "Its twisted roots sent root crown sprouts up ... encircling the 
  tree in a fairy circle."
• "Dense fibers in the tree snuffed out the flames again before there 
  was any danger."

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CCSS.L.4.5A

In the timeline and the text, what does the icon of a ship stand for?

• Europeans' movement to Asia for trade
• Christopher Columbus's voyage to North America
• the shipping of redwood lumber across the Pacific Ocean
• the transplanting of redwood saplings from Europe to North

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.7