7th Grade STAAR Blitz Day Seven

What does the term 'pyroclastic' mean as used in paragraph 10?

• Eruptions that are cool and slow-moving.

• Lava that hardens on the surface of the Earth.

• Containing fragments from a volcanic eruption.

• A type of volcano that is steep and jagged.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What change should be made to sentence 1 in the Writing Review section?

• Change has to have

• Insert a comma after frightened

• Change intrigued to intrigued

• Change for to in

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Which idea should follow and support sentence 3 in the Writing Review section?

• Volcanologists are very interesting people who study volcanoes.

• Volcanologists have learned much about volcanoes, but they admit freely that they have much more to learn.

• If you want to become a volcanologist, you will need to go to college to get a specialized degree.

• National Geographic made a documentary about two volcanologists who fell in love, Katia and Maurice Krafft.

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What is the most likely reason the author

included the information in paragraph 1?

Select TWO correct answers.

• To introduce the information that will be

  presented in the selection

• To argue that scientists use an outdated

  system to classify volcanoes

• To highlight that the type of eruption is the

  most important factor in sorting volcanoes

• To reveal that the main way to determine

  the type of volcano is to examine its shape

• To explain the factors scientists use to

  categorize volcanoes

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What does the organizational structure of the selection help the author emphasize?

• The steps that must take place for volcanoes

  to form

• The causes and effects of volcanic eruptions

• The similarities and differences between the

  different types of volcanoes

• The problems associated with volcanoes and

  how scientists solve those problems

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Part A What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• To provide information about the history of

  classifying volcanoes

• To explain why scientists classify volcanoes

• To demonstrate the way different volcanoes

  erupt

• To demonstrate the way different volcanoes

  erupt

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

Part B Which sentence from the selection best

supports the answer to Part A?

• The major types of volcanoes include the

  following: (paragraph 1)

• These also are shaped like a cone. (paragraph 3)

• This is because, instead of erupting only once,

  they erupt repeatedly. (paragraph 3)

• Mauna Loa and Kilauea are two Hawaiian

  shield volcanoes. (paragraph 6)

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CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

The author includes the photograph of a

caldera most likely to support which idea

from the selection?

• Crater Lake is a caldera that is filled with

  water.

• Yellowstone National Park has calderas.

• A caldera is either a round or oval low-

  lying area.

• The eruptions that create calderas are

  violent.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which sentences from the selection best

support the idea that some volcanoes do not

look like volcanoes?

Select TWO correct answers.

• As you might think from their name, cinder

  cones are shaped like a traffic cone.

  (paragraph 2)

• This makes a round mound of lava called a

  lava dome. (paragraph 4)

• These have a gentle slope and are shaped

  in a mound. (paragraph 5)

• Oregon’s Crater Lake is a caldera that is

  filled with water. (paragraph 9)

• When volcanic material that has been

  erupted builds up into an enormous, flat-

  topped area, it is hard to recognize it as a

  volcano. (paragraph 10)

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5