Grade 5 - Final "Life on Earth and Beyond" Revision

I was hoping to speak to an astrobiologist about judging the exhibits.

• an astronaut studying space travel
• an engineer studying rocket science
• a chemist studying space particles
• a scientist studying life in the universe

Studying microbes allows scientists to better understand the world.

• tiny living things
• pores in rocks
• drops of snowmelt
• dangerous radiation

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CCSS.L.5.4A

Scientists built sensors on the outside of the spacecraft.

• light bulbs
• detecting devices
• hammers and chisels
• design procedures

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

The scientist said that certain types of radiation are not dangerous to people.

• energy rays
• light beams
• waves of light
• rock samples

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CCSS.L.5.4A

CCSS.RI.5.4

Scientists hope that by studying the prairie dog colony living at the zoo, they will learn more about their behavior.

• association
• crowd
• group
• neighborhood

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CCSS.RI.6.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4

How do you know that "Life on Earth and Beyond" is an informational text?

• The selection includes facts and text features to organize information.
• The selection includes superheroes with super powers.
• The selection includes fictional events that never happened.
• The selection includes animal characters that talk with each other.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What inference can the caption and headings (in the image below) help you make about the Dry Valleys?

• The Dry Valleys are in outer space.
• The Dry Valleys are very cold and dry.
• The Dry Valleys are warm and sunny all year long.
• The Dry Valleys are where animals and plants thrive in Antarctica.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The caption present in the image below -

• shows what something or someplace looks like.
• organizes related information.
• shows the geography or location of the place.
• describes what is shown in a photograph.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Based on (paragraph 14), what inference can you make about the connection between microbes in Antarctica and microbes on Mars?

• Microbes on Mars are orange in color while the ones on Earth are green.
• Microbes are double in size on Mars.
• The microbes in both places might look alike because they live inside rocks.
• The Martians on Mars and on Earth are green in color.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

The text feature that shows me a place on Earth that is similar to an environment found on Mars.

• the side bar: “Water, the Host with the Most”
• the photograph: The Antarctica Dry Valleys (aerial view)
• the map of Chris’s research site
• the heading: “Journey to the Bottom of the Earth”

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5