Non-Fiction Book Club - Questions

What was the main idea of "Fly Guy Presents: Sharks"?

• Nurse sharks have smoother skin than most sharks.

• Most sharks are carnivores.

• To tell about different types of sharks and how they survive.

• To let the reader know that sharks are fish.

Which statement from the text supports the main idea?

• "Sharks are fish."

• "Sharks don't have any bones."

• "A mother shark can have up to 100 pups at a time."

• "Sharks have super senses that make them great hunters."

According to the text, which type of shark is not a carnivore?

• Great White Shark

• Whale Shark

• Sand Tiger Shark

• Whitetip Reef Shark

According to the text, how are sharks like fish?

• They eat plankton.

• They have many rows of teeth.

• They can hear their prey moving underwater.

• They breathe through gills.

What was the main idea of "Solar System" by Gregory Vogt?

• To teach about the Solar System and the different parts that make up the Solar System.

• So the reader could learn that Earth is the third planet from the sun."

• To tell the reader that Pluto is now a dwarf planet.

• The sun is the center of the Solar System.

Which of the following statements from the text supports the main idea?

• "Building special cities on Mars will make it possible for people to live there."

• "Earth belongs to a very large family of 8 planets and more than 90 moons."

• "The sun is the center of the solar system."

• "One moon travels around Earth."

According to the text, why does the sun look much larger and brighter than the other stars in the solar system?

• It is the center of the Solar System.

• It is bigger than the other stars.

• It is millions of times closer to us than the other stars.

• It is red and the other stars are not.

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a reason astronomers study the solar system?

• To find out where the solar system came from.

• To find out if there is life on other planets.

• To send spacecraft to visit them.

• To learn how to make more planets.

What was the main idea of "What Am I Made Of"?

• To teach the reader about our body systems and how they work together.

• To show the reader what our bodies look like on the inside.

• To inform the reader how blood travels through our body.

• To teach the reader what our brain does and how it works.

Which of the following details from the text support the main idea?

• "Every part of your body is made of tiny, tiny things called cells."

• "Your body has a whole framework of bones called a skeleton."

• "Inside your body - between your neck and the top of your legs - are lots of important parts the keep you alive."

• "Some of your nerves keep things like your heart and lungs working all the time."