TRAILS General Assessment

You need to answer the following questions:

• What is a tornado?

• How are clouds formed?

• What is lightning?

What topic should you choose for your report that will include all of these questions?

• Temperature

• Weather

• Rain

• Floods

When writing a report, what is the best order of the steps you should take?

• Find sources of information, list questions you want to answer, take notes, write your paper, choose a subject

• List questions you want to answer, find sources of information, take notes, choose a subject, write your paper

• Choose a subject, list questions you want to answer, find sources of information, take notes, write your paper

You are to write a report about Japanese cultures and traditions. Which question will help you find information for your report?

• What is the typical climate of Japan?

• What is the population of Japan?

• Which plants and animals are native to Japan?

• What national holidays are celebrated in Japan?

Choose the best place to look for the meaning of a word.

• Dictionary

• Newspaper

• Magazine

• Another student

What would be the best resource to help you learn more about your favorite athlete’s hobbies?

• Autobiography

• Sports encyclopedia

• Sports magazine article

• Hobby website

You want to learn about President Abraham Lincoln. Choose the best places to look.

• A biography and a fiction story

• A biography and an encyclopedia

• A fiction story and a website

Your library’s online catalog describes a book and where it is located. Using the information in the image, where would you find the book in the library?

• The reference section

• The nonfiction section

• The fiction section

You just read a book that you really enjoyed and you want to find more books by the same author. What type of search should you do in the online catalog?

• A subject search

• A title search

• An author search

• A keyword search

You saw lions at the zoo and want to learn more about them. The library does not have a book on lions. What other kind of books should you check?

• Books about monkeys

• Books about mammals

• Books about zoo habitats

• Books about birds

You are looking for information to help you answer the following question:

What are the rings of Saturn made of?

Which of the following facts will help you write your response?

• Saturn’s main rings are made up of water and ice.

• Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune all have rings.

• Galileo first saw Saturn’s rings through a telescope in 1610.

• Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.