Reading Strategies

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing

• the entire text told in your own words

• a dumb thing that teachers make you write

• the main ideas and important details of a text

Which of the following is a key strategy for understanding scientific texts?

• Skimming through the text quickly

• Highlighting key terms and concepts

• Ignoring unfamiliar terms

• Reading only the introduction and conclusion

When reading a scientific experiment, what should you focus on to understand the methodology?

• The abstract

• The hypothesis and variables

• The author's biography

• The publication date

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is the purpose of using diagrams and charts in scientific reading?

• To make the text look more complex

• To provide visual representation of data

• To fill up space

• To confuse the reader

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

How can summarizing help in understanding scientific articles?

• By making the text longer

• By identifying main ideas and supporting details

• By changing the topic

• By adding more information

Which reading strategy involves asking questions about the text before, during, and after reading?

• Scanning

• Predicting

• Questioning

• Summarizing

What is the benefit of annotating a scientific text?

• It helps in memorizing the text

• It allows for personal interaction with the material

• It makes the text look messy

• It is a waste of time

Why is it important to understand the vocabulary used in scientific texts?

• To impress others

• To understand the concepts and ideas presented

• To skip difficult parts

• To make reading faster

Which strategy can help in retaining information from a scientific text?

• Reading once quickly

• Taking notes and reviewing them

• Ignoring difficult sections

• Reading aloud

How does identifying the structure of a scientific text aid in comprehension?

• It helps in predicting the content

• It makes reading slower

• It is not useful

• It distracts from the main ideas