Wonders Weekly Assessment Unit 4 Week 4

Read this sentence from the article.

Seaweed is available in profusion, or great amounts, in the ocean.

What does profusion mean in the sentence above?

• less than enough

• a very large quantity

• just the right amount

• an amount that changes

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

What paragraph on page 218 would the following detail best

support?

Maybe someday our cars will be powered by seaweed.

• paragraph 2

• paragraph 3

• paragraph 4

• paragraph 5

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Read this sentence from the article.

It grows more quickly than other plants used to make

fuel and is less expensive.

What point of the author does the text evidence best support?

• Seaweed has many different uses.

• Seaweed could be a great source of fuel.

• Seaweed will soon replace gasoline as a fuel.

• Seaweed will never replace gasoline as a fuel.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

What text evidence supports the author’s point that seaweed has been part of the human diet for a long time?

• Seaweed can be used to help improve soil.

• Seaweed is eaten in many places around the world.

• In Canada, seaweed farmers grow seaweed onshore.

• Dulse has been eaten in Scotland for more than a thousand years.

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Read this sentence from the article.

This practice has led to a deficit of seaweed (that is, ashortage of it) in many places, though.

What does deficit mean in the sentence above?

• crop

• harvest

• lack

• waste

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Read this sentence from the article.

Seaweed has other uses besides providing nutrition for humans by giving them a healthful food.

Which word in the sentence helps the reader understand what nutrition means?

• food

• giving

• humans

• seaweed

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Read this sentence from the article.

Seaweed is easy to grow, and its cultivation—that is, thefarming of it—does not take the place of other crops.

What does cultivation mean in the sentence above?

• act of eating

• act of growing

• expense or cost

• result of experiments

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What text evidence supports the author’s point that seaweed can be more than a health food?

• Some seaweeds grow in coastal waters.

• Some seaweeds are made into tea or soup.

• Some seaweeds grow on ropes resting in water.

• Some seaweeds are dried and made into fertilizer.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

Read this sentence from the article.

Some seaweeds require the active movement of seawater to grow well.

Act can mean “to do” and -ive means “tending to.” Therefore, active seawater is

• clear

• deep

• flowing

• salty

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

From evidence in the text, you can tell that the author believes seaweed

• tastes very good.

• is cheap and easy to grow.

• is becoming less common.

• will never replace other foods.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6