Lesson 20 Reading Comprehension L2

What does this sentence tell you about the North Pole: The top, the Arctic, is home to the North Pole.

• The North Pole is in the Arctic.

• The North Pole has few houses.

• The North Pole is close to the Arctic.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which is a detail that tells you the Antarctic is very cold?

• People do not live there.

• It is at the bottom of the planet

• In winter, parts of the ocean freeze over.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

What does the phrase kick up mean in the sentence from the article: And when the winds kick up and blow the snow around, it's hard to know where the sky ends and the land begins.

• move upward

• hurt like a kick

• increase in force

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

According to the article, some scientists drill through the ice in the North Pole to pull out history. What is the meaning of pull out history?

• collect samples that provide information about the past

• protect the Earth so it will have a long history

• help the ice become more like it was long ago

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

The scientist's team that is described in the story has given how many meteorites to NASA?

• ten

• thousands

• hundreds

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Why do people at the Poles wear goggles?

• They could get temporarily blinded.

• Their eyes might freeze shut.

• The snow is constantly blowing.

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

Why is it dangerous to get overheated in the extreme cold?

• Sweat can freeze into a layer of ice.

• People build shelters to get out of the wind.

• Doing work in the extreme cold is very difficult.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is the article MOSTLY about?

• why people should visit the Poles

• the dangers of getting too cold

• really cold places on Earth

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2