SOL NF Pretest

A student makes several predictions based on the title of the passage before reading it.  Which prediction was NOT confirmed?

• Very few humans live there.

• A dangerous land will be described.

• The terrain is very different from most of the world.

• Only a few people have been to the land.

The author suggests that visitors to Antarctica might have problems with —

• scientists

• penguins

• volcanoes

• schedule

Which claims about the passage are best supported by evidence found in the passage?

• Scientists consider Antarctica an impressive place for study.

• The Emperor penguin is one of ten species.

• Antarctica is considered to be politically neutral.

• Explorers ignored Antarctica until the later part of the 1900s.

From paragraph 6, the reader can conclude that —

• the animals around Antarctica are becoming extinct

• only scientists and researchers are allowed to visit Antarctica

• several countries have battled over the rights to own Antarctica

• people in many countries want Antarctica to remain the way it is today

What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

• Hundreds of years passed before Antarctica was discovered.

• Most humans tell stories about Antarctica.

• Antarctica was not discovered until 1820.

• The seas near Antarctica are dangerous.

Ronald Amundsen and his group traveled to the South Pole using —

• helicopters

• dog sleds

• snow mobiles

• boats

What caused a delay in the discovery of Antarctica?

• Treaties protected it.

• The passage was too dangerous.

• There were no explorers.

• It was too cold to visit.

A "midnight sun" occurs when —

• the sun provides light for twenty-four hours

• the sun only shines at midnight

• the stars appear to move around the night sky

• the sun does not shine for months at a time

Which question can be answered in paragraph 5?

• How are emperor penguins different than other penguins?

• What types of food does the blue whale species eat?

• What is the largest type of squid in the world?

• In how many oceans can a blue whale be spotted?

Read the sentence from paragraph 2.

We now know that Antarctica is the fifth largest continent.

In which word does -est have the same meaning as it does in largest?

• Honest

• Fewest

• Guest

• Forest