Weingart GMAS ELA W2

Which website would be the BEST place to find out if clothing swaps are good for the environment?

• the website of a store that sells new clothes

• the website of an organization that promotes recycling

• the website of someone who never swaps clothes

• the website of a company that gets paid to hold
  clothing swaps

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which sentence has end punctuation that shows excitement?

• That was the most amazing fireworks display ever.

• That was the most amazing fireworks display ever!

• That was the most amazing fireworks display ever?

• That was the most amazing fireworks display ever:

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence in this paragraph has informal language and should be revised?

(1) The mountain laurel is a beautiful plant. (2) The flowers bloom from about the middle of May to the middle of June. (3) Me and my friends think the star-shaped pink and white flowers are totally gorgeous. (4) Mountain laurel bushes are found all over the eastern United States.

• sentence 1

• sentence 2

• sentence 3

• sentence 4

Read the passages and answer the questions.

Being a Geologist

Being a geologist is hard work, but it is a rewarding job. Mostly, I work outdoors. I climb up and down rocks. I chip off samples. I try to learn how rock and mineral formations were created.

Sometimes I work on a team with other geologists. We might spend weeks in an area looking at different types of rocks and minerals. We often make maps of what we see. For example, we might show where a bed of limestone meets a layer of hard shale. We trace these rock formations through hills and valleys and fields and wherever they go.

Part of my job is also trying to figure out what kinds of rocks, minerals, and other valuable resources are underground. We look for oil as well as the mineral gold.

Indoors, I work in a lab on my computer. I use computer programs to find out how the earth might have shifted to form rocks. It may look like I'm playing a video game, but this is a real-life game about our planet! Every day, I think how lucky l am to have this job.

The Scratch Test for Mineral Hardness

One way geologists identify minerals is by figuring out their hardness.

The scale of hardness goes from 1 to 10. Diamond is the hardest mineral. It is rated 10 on the scale. Talc is the softest mineral. It is rated 1 on the scale.

Geologists use a scratch test to rate minerals. If one mineral can scratch another mineral, it is harder than the mineral it scratches.

An easy way to get an idea of a mineral's rating is to scratch it with a material whose rating is already known. For example, your fingernail has a hardness of 2.5. A penny has a hardness of about 3.5. A steel nail or a piece of glass is about 5.5. Scratch the unknown mineral with each of the known materials and see if any leave a scratch line. If your fingernail leaves a scratch line on the mineral, you know the mineral has a hardness rating of less than

2.5. If the fingernail does not leave a scratch but the penny does, you know the mineral has a hardness rating between 2.5 and 3.5. If only the nail or glass leaves a scratch, the mineral's rating must be between 3.5 and S.5. If none of the materials leave a scratch, the mineral has a hardness rating of above 5.5.

How are both passages alike?

• Both provide step-by-step instructions.

• Both contain information about minerals

• Both give a personal point of view about a topic

• Both organize information by cause and effect.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Read the passages and answer the questions.

Being a Geologist

Being a geologist is hard work, but it is a rewarding job. Mostly, I work outdoors. I climb up and down rocks. I chip off samples. I try to learn how rock and mineral formations were created.

Sometimes I work on a team with other geologists. We might spend weeks in an area looking at different types of rocks and minerals. We often make maps of what we see. For example, we might show where a bed of limestone meets a layer of hard shale. We trace these rock formations through hills and valleys and fields and wherever they go.

Part of my job is also trying to figure out what kinds of rocks, minerals, and other valuable resources are underground. We look for oil as well as the mineral gold.

Indoors, I work in a lab on my computer. I use computer programs to find out how the earth might have shifted to form rocks. It may look like I'm playing a video game, but this is a real-life game about our planet! Every day, I think how lucky l am to have this job.

The Scratch Test for Mineral Hardness

One way geologists identify minerals is by figuring out their hardness.

The scale of hardness goes from 1 to 10. Diamond is the hardest mineral. It is rated 10 on the scale. Talc is the softest mineral. It is rated 1 on the scale.

Geologists use a scratch test to rate minerals. If one mineral can scratch another mineral, it is harder than the mineral it scratches.

An easy way to get an idea of a mineral's rating is to scratch it with a material whose rating is already known. For example, your fingernail has a hardness of 2.5. A penny has a hardness of about 3.5. A steel nail or a piece of glass is about 5.5. Scratch the unknown mineral with each of the known materials and see if any leave a scratch line. If your fingernail leaves a scratch line on the mineral, you know the mineral has a hardness rating of less than

2.5. If the fingernail does not leave a scratch but the penny does, you know the mineral has a hardness rating between 2.5 and 3.5. If only the nail or glass leaves a scratch, the mineral's rating must be between 3.5 and S.5. If none of the materials leave a scratch, the mineral has a hardness rating of above 5.5.

Which statement BEST describes how the two passages are different?

• The passages describe topics that are not related.

• The passages contain different types of information about related topics.

• The passages show different perspectives of the writers.

• The passages describe different ways of performing a similar activity.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Many years ago, the Colorado River flooded almost every spring, In the late 1800s, farmers had settled the land along the lower Colorado River. The floods caused major damage every year. This was a big problem for the farmers who worked near its banks, People tried to control the river. They built irrigation canals and levees to control the water. Nothing worked.

In the early 1900s, the U.S. government found a solution. It would build a dam on the river. This huge structure would stop the flooding and help create a year-round water supply for the people in the area. The government announced in 1931 that the dam would be built. The dam would be 726.4 feet high. The Hoover Dam was completed in 1935. It is located along the border of Arizona and Nevada.

In this passage, the MAIN text structure the writer uses is?

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• comparison

• cause and effect

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5