Clean Energy and Gasping for Air passages

How does the author of Passage 2 support the idea air pollution is dangerous to kids?

• He explains the results of a study on the effects it has on their breathing.

• He gives examples of ways to reduce pollution.

• He explains how to treat children with asthma.

• He lists the many different ways children have been affected by pollution.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the structure of Paragraph 3?

• Cause/Effect

• Sequence

• Description

• Problem/Solution

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which phrase best describes paragraph 9?

• Cause/effect

• Description

• Problem/solution

• Sequence

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

According to Passage 2, what caused asthma in the children?

• Playing outdoor sports

• Breathing too much polluted air

• Getting sick when they were babies

• Taking part in the study

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.2.9

How does the study in Passage 2 show the need for people to do more to prevent air pollution?

• It gives examples of clean energy

• It shows harmful effects of air pollution on children

• It shows harmful effects of trash on children

• It tells children to still play outside

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.2.9

What is the main idea of Passage 1?

• More people are using clean energy like solar power and wind power, which does not pollute the air.

• Clean energy is mainly used to create electricity, which people can use to power their homes.

• Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas, come from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago.

• Most of the energy people use comes from burning fossil fuels, which pollutes the air.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

The following sentence is in Passage 2:

After studying the kids for five years, doctors found that 260 of them developed asthma.

What does the word developed mean in this passage?

• to create something

• to begin to have something

• to get rid of something

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Fill in the circles to select whether each option describes a point of view in Passage 1, Passage 2, or both passages.

• A, E, I

• A, D, H

• B, E, I

• A, D, G

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.2.9

How does this graph support the author's point in Passage 2 that air pollution causes asthma?

• It shows that more people developed asthma in high pollution than in low pollution.

• It shows that sometimes people get asthma even in low pollution.

• It shows how asthma affects people's lungs.

• It shows that not very many people get asthma.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.2.9

According to the table, did the number of asthma cases in high pollution areas increase or decrease from 2016 to 2017?

• Increased

• Decreased

• Remained the same

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3A