7th Grade Quiz Week 6

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEAYellowstone National Park is mainly located in Wyoming, although three percent is located in the state of Montana. The Continental Divide of North America runs diagonally through the southwestern part of the park. The park sits on the Yellowstone Plateau, which is an average elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level. This plateau is bounded on nearly all sides by mountain ranges. There are 290 waterfalls that are at least fifteen feet in the park, the highest being the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, which falls 308 feet.

• Why to visit Wyoming

• Physical features of the Yellowstone Park

• The continental Divide of North America

• Yellowstone Park's beautiful water falls

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

Sir Isaac Newton was contemplating the universe in his garden one day in 1665 when he noticed an apple fall from a tree. Newton wondered to himself, “Why should the apple always fall to the ground? Why does it not go sideways or upwards but directly toward the Earth’s center?” After much contemplation Newton concluded that objects are pulled to the Earth through a force that he called gravity, which means heaviness in Latin. On July 5th, 1687 Newton formally expressed his law of universal gravitation in series of books called The Principia.

• The life of Issac Newton

• A falling apple inspired Newton to think about gravity

• What do you get when you contemplate the universe.

• Issac Newton studies the Earth's forces

The horse was described as "ornery" as he often kicked and ran at people. What does ornery mean?

• Bad tempered/angry

• Happy

• Sad

• Annoying

“Rat race is a perfect name for it,” she said. “We’re always going and going and going."

What does Rat race mean in this sentence from Outsiders?

• Lots of people competing for the same thing

• A race for rats

• Losing the race

• Winning something

"After the movie was over it suddenly came to us that Cherry and Marcia didn’t have a way to get home. Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home."

What does gallantly mean in this sentence from Outsiders?

• bravely

• stupidly

• annoyingly

• quickly

In a compound sentence, the comma comes ______________ the coordinating conjunction (fanboys).

• after

• before

• there is no comma

What punctuation is missing in the following compound sentence?

I don't like my meat overcooked and tough nor do I like my milk warm.

• comma after nor

• comma before nor

• period

• question mark

What change, if any, needs to be made to this sentence?

Some of my friends parents have to spend over an hour and a half in traffic on their way to work.

• Change friends to friends'

  
  

• Change their to there

• Change the period to an exclamation point

• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

What changes need to be made to this sentence?

There are many reasons to make this issue a priority, and it won’t be easy to find a plan that makes everyone happy.

• Insert a comma after reasons

• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

• Delete the comma after and

• Change priority to priorety

Complete the sentence with the coordinating conjunction that make sense.

The weather today will be cool, ____ it will also be rainy.

• or

• but

• and

• so