Clock Watching

What was the main idea of the section "Half Past the Candle"?

• Clocks show the creativity of their designers.

• Clocks help people get to places on time.

• Clocks have gotten smaller and smaller over the years.

• Clocks have improved, so we can keep better track of time.

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Which detail from the passage supports the idea that people today need to keep track of time with a modern clock?

• Workers must meet in the same place at the same time.

• Churchgoers must stop their work to pray.

• Farmers must plant their crops according to the seasons.

• People must know when to hunt and gather food.

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Read this sentence from paragraph 5: "But sundials weren't perfect."

Select two sentences that explain why "sundials weren't perfect."

• The required a small amount of sunlight each day.

• They where made in many different shapes and sizes.

• They could only be used if there where shadows.

• They where outdoor clocks that could easily be damaged.

• They could only be used during the day time.

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Which two details from the passage best explain how the rise of factories changed time-telling?

• Workers were paid by the hour.

• Clocks were large enough to fill up a bedroom.

• Church tower clocks rang out every hour.

• People had to get to work on time.

• Clocks had gears but no faces.

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Complete the chart by marking a problem next to each early way of telling time. Answers can be used more than once.

 

What is the meaning of the word schedule in paragraph 2?

• a plan for what to do at what time.

• a map that shows how to get to places.

• a calendar gives days and dates

• a book that tells about hunting and gathering.

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Select the quote that best supports the meaning of the word schedule?

• "Thousands of years ago"

• "nine o'clock, hunt; ten o'clock, gather"

• "to survive"

• "sun, moon, and stars"

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What two ideas are included in paragraph 15?

• Today, people are too worried about time

• Today, it is easy to find many types of clocks

• in the future, clocks will no longer tell time

• In the future, clocks will use vibrating atoms.

• In the future, clocks will continue to change.

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Replace That's an incredible record to break said

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• That's an incredible record to break, said

• "That's an incredible record to break," said

• "That's an incredible record to break, said"

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• is calling

• was calling

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