4th Grade Reading Comp. Task Cards 2

Energy can also be transferred. It can move from one part of a system to another. Everyone has heard of electricity before. We use electricity every day. Electrical energy can be transferred. It can go from a source to a light bulb. In a flashlight, energy is also transferred. The energy moves from the batteries to the bulb.

What does the word transferred mean as it is used in the passage?

• Join

• Change

• Move

• Valuable

One day Hare was making fun of Tortoise for being slow. Tortoise was tired of Hare's mean behavior. So, he challenged him to a race. Hare quickly gets ahead. Confident of winning, he takes a nap. But Hare is surprised when he wakes up. He finds Tortoise has won the race.

How does the image contribute to ideas in the passage?

• It shows what happens if you make fun of someone.

• It shows why Hare was not good at racing.

• It shows how slow Tortoise is.

• It shows how Tortoise gets ahead of Hare.

Sweden is one of the best countries for waste management. Only about one percent of its trash goes to landfills. How is this possible? Where does it all go? There are two main reasons: incinerators and recycling. Home and business owners carefully sort their trash. They make two groups. One is recyclables. The other is waste. The waste is sent to waste to energy plants. The waste to energy plants are very important. They help control the waste. They burn the waste to produce steam. The steam helps make electricity. It’s a clever process. It releases less harmful gasses. Hopefully, one day the United States and the world will do the same. Maybe then we will have a greener Earth.

What can be inferred about the United States?

• The US is not like Sweden.

• The US makes more trash.

• The US is not as modern.

• The US will need energy plants.

A Chicken was busily scratching and scraping about to find something to eat for himself and his family, when he happened to turn up a precious jewel that had been lost by its owner. "Aha!" said the Chicken. "No doubt you are very costly and he who lost you would give a great deal to find you. But as for me, I would choose a single grain of corn before all the jewels in the world."

What is the meaning of precious as it is used in the passage?

• Valuable

• Shiny

• Rich

• Helpful

About 23,000 pandas roamed wild and free through China a thousand years ago. But a lot has happened in the last forty years. More than fifty percent of their habitat has been destroyed by humans. This leaves the beautiful and beloved panda endangered. Despite impossible odds, the panda is making a comeback. How? By humans teaching baby pandas how to live in the wild.

Select the detail from the passage that shows why pandas are endangered.

• 23,000 pandas roamed wild.

• Habitat has been destroyed.

• The panda is making a comeback.

• By humans teaching baby pandas how to live in the wild.

A lonely couple wants a child. They live next to a walled garden that belongs to an evil witch named Dame Gothel. The wife is pregnant with a girl. When she gives birth, Dame Gothel takes her newborn and names her Rapunzel. When Rapunzel turns twelve, she is taken into a tower to be shut out from the world. One day a prince finds Rapunzel and asks her to marry him. She agrees. Dame Gothel finds out about the Prince who is planning to free Rapunzel, so she cuts Rapunzel's hair off and sends her to a faraway desert. The following night the Prince climbs up the tower only to find Dame Gothel instead of Rapunzel. Dame Gothel throws the Prince out of the tower, leading him to fall on thorny bushes and become blind. Months later, the Prince, who is still blind, finds Rapunzel through her singing. Rapunzel cries into his arms, and her tears bring back the Prince's sight. The Prince takes Rapunzel to his kingdom, where they lived happily ever after.

What is the passage mostly about?

• Rapunzel's parents wanting a baby

• Rapunzel wanting to marry a prince

• Rapunzel trying to get away from Dame Gothel

• Rapunzel saving the prince

Energy can be transferred from one component into another. People, machines, and appliances need energy to work. They also have an energy output that may be useful. Let's look at some examples.

Example 1: A girl is running a race. She needs energy from somewhere. Her input energy comes from the food she eats. By running the race, she gives out energy through movement and heat.

Example 2: A TV will only work if it is plugged in. It needs energy to work. Electrical energy is the input. Light and sound are the output.

Example 3: A flashlight will not work unless it has batteries. The input energy for the flashlight is batteries. The output energy from the flashlight is light and heat.

Which sentence should be included in a summary of the passage?

• Appliances need energy to work

• A girl is able to run a race

• A TV is an important source of energy

• Energy can be transferred in many different ways

Most people describe geography as the study of maps. Yet this is only partially correct. A better definition is the study of natural features on earth. But also how human activity affects and is affected by these features. The study of geography has a history that stretches over many centuries. Over this period, geography has grown and developed. Studying the historical growth of geography is helpful. It gives insights to better understand the nature of geography.

What is geography the study of?

• Maps and construction

• Maps, nature, and humans

• Humans over time

• Nature and plants

A childless old woman bakes a gingerbread man who leaps from her oven and runs away. The woman and her husband chase him but are unable to catch him. The gingerbread man then outruns several farmworkers and farm animals, while taunting them with the phrase: I've run away from a little old woman, A little old man, And I can run away from you, I can! The tale ends with a fox catching and eating the gingerbread man who cries as he is devoured, "I'm quarter gone...I'm half gone...I'm three-quarters gone...I'm all gone!"

From what point of view is the story told?

• First-person

• Third-person

• Various points of view

• The view of the main character