Functional Text: Experiment

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Another name for the hot vent in the deep-sea floor is

• chimney vent

• sulfur vent

• hydrothermal vent

• steam vent

The bold exclamation point by step number 1 is probably there because

• It's the most important step in the experiment.

• There's a surprise in this step.

• It could be the most dangerous step in the experiment and the exclamation point is a warning.

Which of these items is not needed for this experiment

• a pitcher

• red food coloring

• plastic bag

• aluminum foil

Why do you think the experiment wants you to work quickly in Step 4?

• so that you don't run out of time before class ends

• so that the hot water doesn't cool down too quickly

• so that you can repeat the step

• so that your partner can do step 5

The purpose of this experiment is

• to show you how to follow steps in an experiment

• to show you how hot fluids stay at the bottom in the ocean

• to show you how hot fluids rise from ocean hot vents

• to show you how cool fluids don't change shape

The suffix -ly in the word quickly is the same as in the word

• dreamily

• butterfly

• family

• beastly

Which of these words is a synonym for the word extends in the introduction paragraph

• continues

• shrinks

• maximizes

• investigates