Mississippi Academic Assessment Program — Practice Test

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

• area

• environment

• shelter

• territory

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.

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

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

• affected

• cracked

• exposed

• resistant

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

• A) pushed

• B) redirected

• C) sped forward

• D) brought together

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

• A) Natural waterways have disappeared.

• B) Natural waterways are overloaded with rainwater.

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

• D) Flooding is caused when man-made waterways overflow.

What is the author’s purpose in the passage?

• to describe to readers the creation of urban and rural streams

• to explain to readers the flooding of streams in rural and urban areas

• to persuade readers that urban and rural streams are important to cities

• to inform readers about the differences between rural and urban streams

Which quotation supports the answer to Part A?

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What is a central idea of the passage?

• Streams in the city contain more water than streams in the forest.

• Groundwater flows slowly underground and empties into stream channels.

• Rainfall in suburban areas lands on hard surfaces, so it cannot infiltrate the soil.

• City streams are different from streams that are found in the forest and other natural areas.

Which statement supports the answer to Part A?

• The fast-moving water in streams erodes the banks of the streams.

• Streams provide habitat for many animals and plants that live around them.

• Only about half the rain that falls in the forest falls to the earth and soaks into the ground.

• Streams that are found in the city tend to contain more water and move faster than streams in the forests.