Reference Sources 6th Grade

You are writing a speech about how the seating chart at lunch makes you mad.  You need to find another word to use besides mad.  What resource would you use to find another word?

• thesaurus
• almanac
• encyclopedia
• atlas

You find the word transcendentalism in a biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson you are reading for a report in English.  You don't know what transcendentalism means.  Which resource would you use to find the meaning?

• encyclopedia
• dictionary
• atlas
• almanac

The wifi is out at school, so there's no internet access.  You need to know how many and which states share a border with Colorado.  Which resource do you use?

• dictionary
• thesaurus
• atlas
• almanac

You need to know the past tense of the verb percolate.  What resource to you use to find the answer?

• encyclopedia
• atlas
• almanac
• dictionary

You need to know the beginning and ending dates of George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's presidencies.  Which resource would you use to find those dates?

• thesaurus
• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• atlas

You need to find out the number of hurricanes that occured in 2005.  What resource do you use to find the number?

• almanac
• dictionary
• thesaurus
• encyclopedia

You need to know the times of high and low tides in Corpus Christi, TX in 2016 for a science fair project.  What resource could you use to find the answer?

• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• atlas
• almanac

You need to know which countries are located on the European continent.  Which resource would you use to find the answer?

• dictionary
• thesaurus
• almanac
• atlas

You need to find an antonym for the word cold, but your teacher says you can't use the words hot, warm, or boiling.  What resource would you use to find another antonym?

• thesaurus
• encyclopedia
• atlas
• almanac

You need to find out some general information about the Communist Revolution in Russia.  Which resource would you use to find that information?

• dictionary
• thesaurus
• encyclopedia
• almanac