RI.4.3 Checkpoint

1. After you place the dough balls on the cookie sheet, you should do what?

• Add the cherries.

• Flatten the dough balls.

• Measure the flour.

• Turn the oven on.

2.What might happen if you skipped the first step?

• The cookies would burn.

• The recipe wouldn’t make enough cookies.

• The oven would not be heated and ready when you are ready to bake.

• The oven would break.

3.Why do you place the cookies on a wire rack?

• To keep the cookies from dripping.

• To help them cool.

• The text doesn’t tell you to place them on a wire rack.

• To help them finish cooking inside.

4.Which detail from the text above explains why the Virginia Colony was established?

• To discover riches.

• Businessmen established the first permanent colony.

• The new colonists settled into their new homes.

• The population of colonists grew.

5.Why did the Native American tribes have growing concerns about the colonists?

• Less food was available for the Native American tribes.

• They had disputes about which cash crops should be sold.

• They believed the Virginia Colony would force them off their land.

• Native American groups did not earn enough money from trades.

6.At some point during development, frogs leave the water for life on land. Why does this occur?

• Due to its size, a frog is safer on land.

• Once a frog is old enough, it spends the rest of its life in water.

• There is a larger amount of food for frogs to eat on land.

• Their developed lungs are most suited for breathing air.

7.Toads are considered a different type of frog because

• they are covered in bumps but share similarities with frogs.

• they live in a variety of habitats including deserts, grasslands, and prairies.

• they mostly are found by water.

• they have narrower bodies.

8.According to the text, why does a Toad eat its food whole?

• Toads have teeth for chewing

• A Toad’s throat is large enough to swallow food whole

• Frogs swallow food whole

• Toads do not have teeth to chew