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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Reducing, reusing, and recycling are all

ways that we can help save and

protect the ______________________.

• loom

• revolution

• environment

• universe

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

The ____________________ in the

newspaper was about the recent

earthquake in Alaska.

• succulents

• expedition

• exchange

• article

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

________________________.

• lucrative

• revolutionary

• unique

• frantic

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

It is important to follow the speed

limit when you are driving on the

____________________________.

• driveway

• horse

• interstate

• racetrack

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The pond looked bright green because

of all the __________________ that had

grown on the surface.

• algae

• emeralds

• plants

• succulents

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1