Unit 1 Assessment Study Guide

The word aquarium comes from the Greek root aqua-, meaning "water". Knowing this, which word has the same root?

• Aquatic

• Water

• Accident

• Hydrogen

The word biology comes from the Greek root bio-, meaning "life". Knowing this, which word has the same root?

• bibliography

• life

• biography

• trilogy

The word biology comes from the Greek root dyna-, meaning "power". Knowing this, which word has the same root?

• Powerful

• Dominant

• Dynamite

• Dye

The word autograph comes from the Greek root graph-, meaning "write". Knowing this, which word has the same root?

• Writing

• Giraffe

• Gather

• Demographic

The word telegraph comes from the Greek root tele-, meaning "far". Knowing this, which word has the same root?

• telepathy

• telicaster

• far away

• tell

Bad drivers are responsible for more accidents on the road. Car insurance companies can raise their rates due to the increase of wrecks. New traffic laws are passed because of the behavior of dangerous drivers. What is the organizational pattern?

• cause and effect

• sequence

• question and answer

• chronological

In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• order & sequence

• compare & contrast

Every morning, I wake up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed.

• description

• compare & contrast

• sequence

• problem & solution

Key words that for cause and effect:

• next, after, then, first, last

• struggle, promise, problem, solution

• consequently, as a result of, so, therefore

• similar, common, compare, contrast

One dinosaur had a brain that weighed about as much as three pencils.  Its body weighed ten tons and was over twenty feet in length.  As you can guess, this dinosaur did not think too clearly.  It wasn't the world's brightest dinosaur!  What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• How big one dinosaur was
• What one dinosaur's brain was like
• Why one dinosaur had a small brain
• how pretty dinosaurs were