WorksheetsTime magazine
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
Article: “Best Inventions of 2016” mainly describes?
a)
A. inventors.
b)
B. how inventions can improve health.
c)
C. fascinating inventions from the past year
d)
D. how to use virtual-reality technology.
2.
Article: “Best Inventions of 2016” What does passion mean (in “Light Up!”)?
a)
A. light
b)
B. a strong interest
c)
C. a lack of interest
d)
D. none of the above
3.
Article: “Best Inventions of 2016” Jeff Woolf (in “Cycle Safety”) would most likely agree that
a)
A. bikes should be stylish.
b)
B. bike riders should always wear a helmet.
c)
C. bikes should not be bulky
d)
D. bike riders are engineers.
4.
Article: “Best Inventions of 2016” Getting active with UNICEF’s Kid Power Band helps the group
a)
A. donate food to hungry children.
b)
B. get kids to take vitamins.
c)
C. build elementary schools.
d)
D. grow vegetables.
5.
Article: “Best Inventions of 2016” How much does Sony’s PlayStation VR headset cost?
a)
A. $400
b)
B. $800
c)
C. $4,000
d)
D. $2,000
6.
Article: “Best Inventions of 2016” Scientists are saving lives in Sub- Saharan Africa by growing
a)
A. delicious sweet potatoes.
b)
B. drought-resistant plants.
c)
C. vitamin A–rich sweet potatoes.
d)
D. larger sweet potatoes.
7.
Article: “Dinosaur Finds” How does the discovery of a dinosaur tail support paleontologist Ryan McKellar’s statement that “[dinosaurs have] become a lot more birdlike”?
a)
A. The dinosaur was about the size of a sparrow.
b)
B. The dinosaur tail includes feathers
c)
C. The dinosaur tail is 99 million years old.
d)
D. The dinosaur tail was preserved in amber.
8.
Article: “Dinosaur Finds” The author wrote this story to
a)
A. describe the past year’s major dinosaur discoveries.
b)
B. explain how dinosaurs hunted
c)
C. describe major discoveries involving baby dinosaurs.
d)
D. describe dinosaur feathers.
9.
Article: “Dinosaur Finds”. How much older is the dinosaur tail preserved in amber than the fossilized dinosaur brain tissue?
a)
A. 34 years
b)
B. 340 million years
c)
C. 34 million years
d)
D. 232 million years
10.
Article: “Top 5” In the poll, How many fewer votes did Hillary Clinton get than Donald Trump?
a)
A. 318
b)
B. 470
c)
C. 1,088
d)
D. 218
11.
Are you ready for your SCIENCE STAAR test tomorrow?
a)
Yes
b)
We have a test tomorrow?
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