Life on the Ice Comprehension Quiz

Read this sentence from the text.

"The top, the Arctic, is home to the North Pole."

What does this sentence tell you about the North Pole?

• The North Pole is in the Arctic.

• The North Pole has few houses.

• Penguins live in the Arctic.

• The North Pole is close to, but not quite in, the Arctic.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.2.2

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

• People do not live there.

• It is at the bottom of the planet.

• In winter, parts of the ocean freeze over.

• No human saw this continent until two hundred years ago.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

What is one detail from the text that tells you flying is difficult in these cold places?

• Pilots map the stars to help them fly.

• The instruments in the planes do not work in these extremely cold regions.

• No one knows how to fly a plane.

• Scientists make a lot of discoveries in Antarctica.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

• pull out ancient books

• protect the Earth

• help ice become like it was long ago

• collect samples from the ice that provide information about the past

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Why do scientists go to the Arctic and Antarctica to look for meteorites?

• The meteorites are more visible on the white blanket of ice and snow.

• That is what their boss told them to do.

• There are more meteorites there than anywhere else.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Why do people at the Poles wear goggles?

• The wind is too harsh.

• Their eyes may freeze shut.

• The snow is constantly blowing.

• They could get temporarily blinded from all the light bouncing off the snow.

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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 wear bulky mittens.

• People build shelters to get out of the wind.

• Doing work in extremely cold is very difficult.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is an iceberg?

• A place at the poles.

• A chunk of ice that breaks off and floats in the ocean.

• A type of food.

• A special type of scientist.

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is something that is DIFFERENT between the Arctic and Antarctica?

• Antarctica is cold, and the Arctic is not.

• Scientists only go to the Arctic.

• There are only icebergs in Antarctica.

• Antarctica has land under the ice, and the Arctic does not.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is this article MOSTLY about?

• really cold places on Earth

• the dangers of getting too cold

• why people should visit the Poles

• why people should not visit the Poles

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2