12 Days of Reading Grade 7 Quiz #1

What is the main idea of the paragraph?

• Uruguay won the first World Cup in 1930.

• Billions of people watch World Cup games.

• World Cup Soccer excites and unites the world.

• The World Cup was held in Asia for the first time in 2002.

Where or how did you find the main idea?

• in the first sentence

• in the last sentence

• in the middle of the paragraph

• by thinking about which idea is most important in the paragraph

What is one thing that the marine ecologist studies?

• whether pollution affects the growth of land animals

• whether pollution affects the plants and animals of the ocean

• whether pollution affects human actions

• whether pollution affects the land

The first thing that the ecologist will do is

• find whether the plants and animals are suffering or thriving.

• determine the effect of human behavior on the plants and animals.

• decide whether to study plants or animals.

• discover how to prevent water pollution.

What happened after the red light flashed the second time?

• The door of the glider slid open.

• The men got into jump position.

• The first pair of men leaped from the glider.

• Kerry repeated the men's instructions.

Which clue word tells when Kerry and Glenn jumped from the glider?

• first

• last

• before

• after

What causes the metal of a bell to vibrate?

• the ringing of the bell

• the clapper striking the bell

• the movement of the light waves

• the pitch of the sound

What is the immediate result of the vibrations of the metal bell?

• The sound waves become visible.

• The bell becomes a metal coil.

• The air around the bell vibrates.

• The sound waves are produced.

What is one way meteors and meterorites are similar?

• They both can be found on earth's surface.

• They both cuase little damage to the earth.

• They both have a common origin.

• They both fall through the sky in showers.

Which clue word signals the similarity between meteors and meterorites?

• but

• instead

• alike

• both