WorksheetsSnowflake Bentley
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Look at the chart below and answer the question that follows.
Clues:
Willie reads about a special camera.
His mom knew it would make him happy.
His parents spent their savings to buy it.
Conclusion:
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Clues:
Willie reads about a special camera.
His mom knew it would make him happy.
His parents spent their savings to buy it.
Conclusion:
________________________________
a)
Willie's parents knew that he would be famous someday.
b)
Willie's parents both cared very much for their son.
c)
Willie's parents had a lot of money.
d)
Willie's parents were very curious about snowflakes.
2.
Which word best describes Willie?
a)
Thoughtful
b)
Patient
c)
Athletic
d)
Sad
3.
What did Wilson Bentley's town build to honor him?
a)
a flagpole
b)
a school
c)
a park
d)
a monument
4.
What happened to show that Willie was successful?
a)
He became rich from his photographs of snowflakes.
b)
He found treasures buried in the snow of Vermont.
c)
Children came to his slide shows of snowflake photographs.
d)
Other scientists raised money so he could publish his pictures.
5.
Which was the best sign that Willie would grow up to be a scientist?
a)
He grew up in Vermont.
b)
He enjoyed snowstorms.
c)
He thought snow was as beautiful as butterflies.
d)
He spent hours studying snow crystals with a microscope.
6.
What did Willie discover about snowflakes?
a)
No two snowflakes are exactly alike.
b)
When a snowflake melts, it leaves a clear print behind.
c)
If he drew quickly, he could copy details of a snowflake.
d)
Each branch of snowflake has a different shape and pattern.
7.
Read this sentence:
Willie had to slide the snowflake onto the black tray and take its picture.
Which meaning of slide best fits the way it is used in this sentence?
Willie had to slide the snowflake onto the black tray and take its picture.
Which meaning of slide best fits the way it is used in this sentence?
a)
Something found in a playground.
b)
A glass plate used with a microscope.
c)
To pass or push onto another place.
d)
Something used to watch a show.
8.
Read this sentence.
He had to work fast or the snowflake would evaporate.
He had to work fast or the snowflake would evaporate.
a)
Disappear
b)
Get dirty
c)
Become hard
d)
Stop falling
9.
Read this sentence from the article.
Artists and designers used the photographs to inspire their own work.
Artists and designers used the photographs to inspire their own work.
a)
Confuse
b)
Finish
c)
Influence
d)
Sell
10.
How did Bentley share with others what snowflakes looked like?
a)
He drew pictures of each snowflake that he collected and published them in a book.
b)
He collected them in a jar and displayed them in a museum.
c)
He took pictures with a camera and published them in a book.
d)
He showed them by putting them on a slide of a microscope.
11.
What was the main text structure in the story "Snowflake Bentley"?
a)
Compare and contrast
b)
Description
c)
Cause and effect
d)
Problem and solution
12.
a)
Definition 1
b)
Defintion 2
c)
Defintion 3
d)
Definiton 4
13.
a)
Definition 1
b)
Definition 2
c)
Definiton 3
d)
Definition 4
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