Streams in the City RI.6.1, RI.6.4

The following question has two parts. First, answer PART A. Then answer PART B.

PART A.

What is the author's purpose for using the phrase "Often they lie low" in paragraph 2?

• to provide an example of an urban stream

• to show that urban streams are often polluted

• to contrast an urban stream with a rural stream

• to show that urban streams are not easily seen

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.K.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

PART B.

Which quotation from paragraph 2 supports the answer to PART A?

• "...when people, buildings, and streets are around."

• "...flowing under sidewalks..."

• "...meandering past ball fields..."

• "...rippling by shopping centers."

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

Streams, stream banks, and the low lands around them provide important habitat for animals and plants that share the urban/suburban landscape with us.

What does the word habitat mean as it is used in the sentence?

• area

• environment

• shelter

• territory

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 5.

Instead it hits impervious surfaces like hard pavement and rooftops and has no chance to infiltrate the soil.

What is the meaning of the word impervious as it is used in the sentence?

• affected

• cracked

• exposed

• resistant

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Read the sentence from paragraph 7.

If all this extra water is diverted directly into a stream channel, several important changes will occur.

What is the meaning of the word diverted as it is used in the sentence?

• pushed

• sped forward

• brought together

• redirected

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

Based on the information in paragraph 8, what inference can be drawn about water movement in cities?

• Natural waterways have disappeared.

• Natural waterways are overloaded with rainwater.

• There are fewer natural waterways now than in the past.

• Flooding is caused when man-made waterways overflow.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2