Module 3 Exam Review

Which type of informational text is most likely to sound like fiction in places?

• a report on sports that are no longer played

• a book about famous American athletes

• a booklet of rules for playing a sport

• a magazine article on how baseballs are made

What sentence best re-states the paragraph below?

Humans have watched solar eclipses since before the dawn of written history. During this long span of time, our understanding of science has grown enormously. As a consequence, many of the older ideas we had about the causes and effects of solar eclipses have been replaced by detailed physical explanations. Still, some people hold on to older, more superstitious ideas about eclipses, such as the idea that food will spoil during an eclipse because of special radioactive waves.

• Most people accept scientific explanations for what happens during a solar eclipse while a few still believe superstitions.

• Many superstitions about solar eclipses remain, such as the idea that radiation will cause food to spoil.

• Solar eclipses have been happening throughout human history, but early humans paid little attention to them.

• Modern ideas about science have removed some of the excitement from watching a solar eclipse occur.

Based on your understanding of word roots, what does astronomy mean?

• study of matter and energy

• study of rocks and other non-living things

• study of stars and other space objects

• study of life and its requirements

What is a planetarium?

• book about planets

• study of rockets

• place for viewing planets

• small model of solar system

What is the topic of an article called “Llamas on Guard in the Barnyard”?

• how to train a llama to pull a plow

• how llamas evolved from working animals to pets

• how llamas are used to protect livestock

• how to tell a llama from an alpaca

What text structure is used to describe how something has changed over time?

• chronological order

• comparison-contrast

• cause and effect

• problem-solution

What text structure would be used to explain the reasons why country went to war?

• chronological order

• comparison-contrast

• cause and effect

• problem-solution

What text structure should you use to write about how to fix something at your school that isn’t working?

• chronological order

• comparison-contrast

• cause and effect

• problem-solution

What is the topic sentence of the paragraph below?

Monarch butterflies make an incredible journey, though no single butterfly lives for the whole trip. In the fall, the monarchs in the United States migrate south to Mexico or California. In the spring, butterflies return to the northern states—but these are the children or grandchildren of the butterflies who left the previous winter. Scientists still don’t know how the monarchs know how to return to their ancestral home

• Monarch butterflies make an incredible journey, though no single butterfly lives for the whole trip

• In the fall, the monarchs in the United States migrate south to Mexico or California.

• In the spring, butterflies return to the northern states—but these are the children or grandchildren of the butterflies who left the previous winter.

• Scientists still don’t know how the monarchs know how to return to their ancestral home.

Which sentence does NOT belong in the paragraph below?

In a total solar eclipse, only the sun’s outer atmosphere can be seen, and the effect is dramatic. The brighter stars and planets are suddenly visible. Animals change their behavior. Birds and squirrels nest. Cows return to the barn. Crickets chirp. A total eclipse is usually less than three minutes long. There is a noticeable drop in both light level and air temperature. It is an eerie feeling.

• The brighter stars and planets are suddenly visible.

• Cows return to the barn.

• A total eclipse is usually less than three minutes long.

• There is a noticeable drop in both light level and air temperature.