Unit 4 W3&4 (3)

Now answer Numbers 1 through 10. Base your answers

on “Life in the Cold.”

What is the MOST important idea of the article?

• Penguins are a type of bird that live in Antarctica.

• The weather in Antarctica is very similar to the weather in a desert.

• Whales travel to Antarctica to adapt to the change of seasons.

• The weather conditions in Antarctica are harsh, but the animals are right at home.

Read this sentence from the article. How can they live in this frozen, ice-cold land? Which word in the sentence helps the reader understand what frozen means?

• can

• live

• land

• ice-cold

The author organizes the article

• by comparing Antarctica to other deserts.

• by comparing the animals that live in Antarctica.

• by listing the ways animals in Antarctica hunt for their food.

• by listing the different types of penguins that can be found in Antarctica.

Read this sentence from the article. They huddle close beside each other with their bodies touching. What does huddle mean as used in the sentence above?

• crowd together

• get in a straight line

• jump into the water

• flap wings up and down

In the fifth paragraph, the author compares how penguins move in water and on land by explaining

• how they get their food.

• that they swim better than they walk.

• that they walk better than they swim.

• the problems they have moving around.

Read this sentence from the article. They shuffle, or drag their feet, on the ice as they move from place to place. What does shuffle mean as used in the sentence above?

• to run very fast

• to hop on one foot

• to take large steps

• to walk without lifting the feet

The ideas in the first paragraph are connected by

• comparing Antarctica to a desert.

• listing the different types of deserts.

• explaining different weather patterns in Antarctica.

• describing the amount of snow that falls each year in Antarctica.

The author helps the reader learn about penguins by

• comparing penguins to other birds.

• explaining how penguins breathe underwater.

• explaining the different types of food they hunt.

• telling why penguins have problems walking on ice.

Read this sentence from the article. It is an uncomfortable place for most people to live. An uncomfortable place is one you would MOST LIKELY

• make a home in.

• want to visit often.

• ask others to go to.

• not want to live in.

Read this sentence from the article. A fierce, strong wind blows often, and the weather is always freezing. What does fierce mean as used in the sentence above?

• fiery

• calming

• powerful

• refreshing