Unit 4 Review Part 2

11) Read the sentence from the passage.

This meteoroid “rain” wears down the lunar surface, creating a layer of dust.

The author calls the space materials meteoroid “rain” to suggest that the meteoroids --

• form puddles like rain

• fall in a way similar to rain

• affect the weather on the moon

• make the surface of the moon wet

12) What causes the bright rays on the Moon’s surface to become duller?

• Moon dust covers the brighter spots.

• Wind erosion wears down the bright rocks.

• The Moon’s atmosphere reflects less light over time.

• Changes in the Moon’s cycle make craters harder to see.

13) The author most likely wrote this passage to --

• give the reader information about great scientific discoveries on the Moon

• provide the reader with little-known scientific information about the Moon’s history

• inform the reader of a crater on the Moon that people on Earth can appreciate

• entertain the reader with specific accounts written by astronomers who have traveled to the Moon

14) Which is the best summary of this passage?

• Copernicus is a huge crater on the Moon. It has several interesting features like bright splash zones and different colored areas. The Moon gets covered with meteor dust, and as that dust grows, the crater’s features grow duller

• Meteor Crater in Arizona is the largest crater on Earth. Copernicus is a large crater on the Moon and it makes Meteor Crater seem small. Copernicus was formed when a large asteroid or comet struck the Moon.

• Craters are caused by the impact of meteors. Copernicus is the best known crater on the Moon even though other craters are larger. This is because Copernicus actually faces Earth directly.

• Copernicus, a crater on the Moon, is about 58 miles across and 2 miles deep. The Moon normally experiences a rain that consists of meteor dust. With Copernicus, however, the rain consists of an object more than a mile in diameter.

15) What would be the best heading for Paragraph 4?

• Big Object Blasts

• The Face of the Moon

• How Meteoroids Collide

• How Craters Form Lava Plains

16) Which statement best summarizes Paragraph 9?

• Copernicus has been called several names, but it is most often called the king of craters.

• Nicolaus Copernicus named the Moon’s meteor crater after himself, but today it is known as the king of craters.

• The crater known today as the king of craters was named after the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

• The king of craters is the most common name for Copernicus, but in the 1800s it was called “the Monarch of the Moon” by an unknown astronomer.

17) Which sentence does not state an important detail about the Moon?

• Many astronomers, like Nicolaus Copernicus, have studied the Moon.

• Constant collisions with meteoroids cause the Moon’s surface to wear down.

• One astronomer referred to the scar he saw on the Moon as “the Monarch of the Moon.”

• The Moon’s surface consists of different colored areas.

18) Complete the cause and effect chart.

• The Moon’s crater can be seen with binoculars.

• Meteoroids frequently collide with the Moon.

• Copernicus is special.

• The Moon’s surface is made of bright and gray areas.

19) Reread the sentence below.

To see it, you just have to step outside and look at the Moon through binoculars.

The word binoculars uses a prefix that means --

• two

• middle

• not

• life

20) You do not need to read a passage to answer this question.

Read the sentence below.

Joey tried to ignore his unfinished essay, but it glared at him from across the room.

What example of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification