ELA Benchmark

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Streams in the City

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ELA Benchmark

ELA Benchmark

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.7.2, RL.8.2, RI.8.4

+34

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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How do paragraphs 4 and 5 support the central idea that streams are important to urban and rural settings?

They discuss the importance of both types of streams.

They elaborate on how streams provide resources to plants.

They detail similarities and differences of both types of streams.

They explain why natural streams are better than urban streams.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Answer explanation

Media Image

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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How does the author introduce the idea of urban streams?

by pointing out that urban settings also have streams

by preparing readers to think only about rural streams

by getting readers to focus on the characteristics of all streams

by presenting readers with the transition from rural to urban streams

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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