Integrating Information from Two Sources

What is the first article mostly about?

• Conditions cause dryness, the continent has colossal blizzards.

• Conditions in Antarctica such as temperature, precipitation, and wind.

• Conditions in January, the continents average high temperature is about 18 degrees below zero.

• Conditions in thick ice sheet almost completely covers the continent.

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

According to the first article, for how much of the year is Antarctica without sun?

• half year

• three months of the year

• whole year

• 1/4 of the year

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What is the second article mostly about?

• The types of animals that live in Antartica.

• The types of animals and plants that live in Antartica.

• The types of plants that live in Antartica.

• The types of microscopic organisms.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Antarctica has an extreme climate. Underline two sentences from the below passage that supports this idea.

• Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth.

• This land mass is about 1.5 times the size of the United States, but there are no permanent human residents there.

• This is due to the continent's inhospitable climate.

• Of the seven continents, Antarctica is most unlike the other six.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Antarctica has an extreme climate. Underline two sentences from the below passage that supports this idea.

• Only the seas provide these creatures with enough food and shelter to survive.

• Most Share a trait that allows them to handle the sub-zero temperatures.

• Their bodies have special feathers or thick layers of blubber that insulates them.

• These creatures include penguins, other sea birds, seals, and whales.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which statement about Antarctice is best supported by both passages?

• Antarctica is home to over 4,000 species of microbes.

• Antarctica is the coldest and driest continent on Earth.

• Antarctica has several species of marine animals.

• Antarctica is sunny from September to mid-March.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Which two paragraphs, one from each article, best support the answer to Part A?

• Paragraph 1 in "Desert of Ice"

• Paragraph 2 in "Desert of Ice"

• Paragraph 4 in "Desert of Ice"

• Paragraph 1 in "Antarctica's Life"

• Paragraph 3 in "Antarctica's Life"

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9