Unit 8 Week 3 Benchmark Quiz

About an hour into our flight, the

pilot announced that due to some

bad weather, it was possible that we

would experience some

________________________.

• irrigation

• provisions

• cotton gins

• turbulence

Reducing, reusing, and recycling are all

ways that we can help save and

protect the ______________________.

• loom

• revolution

• environment

• universe

The ____________________ in the

newspaper was about the recent

earthquake in Alaska.

• succulents

• expedition

• exchange

• article

Samara has two different colored eyes, which makes her look very

________________________.

• lucrative

• revolutionary

• unique

• frantic

It is important to follow the speed

limit when you are driving on the

____________________________.

• driveway

• horse

• interstate

• racetrack

The pond looked bright green because

of all the __________________ that had

grown on the surface.

• algae

• emeralds

• plants

• succulents

What is the text structure of paragraphs 4 & 5 in "Questions and Answers About the Ocean?"

• by explaining causes and effects

• in chronological order

• by comparing and contrasting two things

• by stating a problem and giving solutions

What is ONE main point of the text?

• Coral is very fragile, so the outer shell protects it.

• Algae and plankton are two organisms that are at the bottom of the food

  chain.

• The oceans are absorbing too much carbon dioxide.

• The ocean does an excellent job absorbing excess heat.

What is ANOTHER main point of the text?

• The ocean does an excellent job absorbing excess heat.

• Some liquid is acidic, like lemon juice, while other liquid is alkaline, like bleach.

• When the ocean absorbs too much heat, it is harmful.

• Oceans cover most of the planet.

Which sentence does NOT support the inference that there would be less oxygen

for humans to breathe if oceans were gone?

• Ocean plants take in the carbon

  dioxide and give off oxygen.”

• The ocean “absorbs about one quarter

  of the CO2 that we humans

  create when we burn fossil fuels…”

• “If not for the ocean, we’d be in even

  worse trouble with too much CO2.”

• Each liquid falls somewhere along

  a pH scale with acid at one end

  and alkaline (bases) at the other.”