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Antarctic Journal

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
You could see the anticipation on his face as he waited for his award.  What does anticipation mean?
a)
determination
b)
confusion
c)
anger
d)
excitement
2.
The scientist visited the continent of Antarctica.  What is a continent?
a)
landmass
b)
waterway
c)
rain forest
d)
hillside
3.
We saw the convergence of the two streets.  What does convergence mean?
a)
widening
b)
flooding
c)
joining
d)
cleaning
4.
Our plane will depart early in the morning.  What does depart mean? 
a)
complete
b)
leave
c)
report
d)
jump
5.
The mountains looked forbidding! What does forbidding mean?
a)
puzzled
b)
steep
c)
threatening
d)
beautiful
6.
The man heaves the weight over his shoulders.  What does heaves mean?
a)
hoists
b)
crushes
c)
buries
d)
pushes
7.
We saw huge icebergs on our vacation in Alaska.  What are icebergs?
a)
sheets of ice that fall down mountains
b)
ice caps that cover the polar regions
c)
sticks of ice that hang from buildings
d)
masses of ice that float in the ocean
8.
The hurricane caused a lot of destruction to the town.  What is destruction?
a)
time of destroying
b)
act of destroying
c)
way of destroying
d)
person who destroys
9.
Jack was in communication with his dad.  What is communication?
a)
act of communicating
b)
a kind of communicating
c)
person who communicates
d)
lack of communicating
10.
This was teacher appreciation week.  What does appreciation mean?
a)
not appreciating
b)
school of appreciating
c)
act of being appreciated
d)
type of appreciating
11.
There was an explosion in the building.  What is an explosion?
a)
time of exploding
b)
result of exploding
c)
thing that is exploding
d)
kind of exploding
12.
The creation of the painting took the artist a long time.  What does creation mean?
a)
lack of creating
b)
way of creating
c)
dream of creating
d)
act of creating
13.

What general statement can you make about Antarctica based on the passage?

a)

It is unsuited for plants and animals.

b)

It is a good place for winter sports.

c)

It is harsh yet has unique forms of life.

d)

It is a cruel and ugly place.

14.

Which of the following is a reason the crew would stop the ship's motor?

a)

to allow whales in the water to swim by safely

b)

to save fuel during the final stages of the trip

c)

to keep the noisy engine from scaring whales

d)

to prevent sea ice from damaging the engines

15.

The author is adventurous. Which piece of evidence supports this?

a)

"a storm raged for three days"

b)

"we crawled on hands and knees"

c)

"I can't help wondering how many will die"

d)

"We decided to sneak outside and see what the wind felt like"

16.

What is the order of the food chain from bottom to top?

a)

phytoplankton, whales, krill

b)

whales, krill, phytoplankton

c)

krill, phytoplankton, whales

d)

phytoplankton, krill, whales

17.

They decided to try krill in the story.

What is the main idea of that section?

a)

People who are isolated behave strangely.

b)

There is not enough food for people in Antarctica.

c)

Scientists are curious about many different things.

d)

Krill are dangerous for people to eat.

18.

They board a plane to go to Punta Arenas, a town in Chile.

Where is Antarctica located in relation to the northern Arctic region?

"anti-" or "ant-" means "opposite in position"

a)

next to it

b)

on the other side of the Earth

c)

on the other side of the Arctic Ocean

d)

on the equator

19.

What is a bow?

a)

a tool for shooting arrows

b)

the act of bending the body

c)

the forward section

d)

a looped string or ribbon

20.

What does the idiom "right of way" mean?

a)

the right of some to go before another

b)

the ability to move upward

c)

the right to travel on certain routes

d)

the ability to play in a certain place

21.

What does an oceanographer do?

a)

eats food from the ocean

b)

writes a recipe from the ocean

c)

describes the ocean

d)

lives in the ocean

22.

What does "knots" mean?

a)

groups of people that are close together

b)

units for measuring how fast something is

c)

problems, conflicts, or difficult situations

d)

sections of rope or string that are tied together

23.

an ad that tries to grab the reader's attention immediately

a)

topic

b)

details

c)

text structure

d)

persuasive ad

24.

the use of specific words or phrases to communicate clearly

a)

con-

b)

geo-

c)

word choice

d)

autobiography

25.

words that signal the order in which events take place

a)

persuasive ad

b)

time order words

c)

-ion

d)

con-

26.

the pieces of information that support the main idea

a)

topic

b)

details

c)

text structure

d)

persuasive ad

27.

what the piece of writing is about

a)

topic

b)

details

c)

text structure

d)

persuasive ad

28.

the way the text is organized

a)

topic

b)

details

c)

text structure

d)

persuasive ad

29.

a suffix meaning "the act of" or "the result of"

a)

-ion

b)

con-

c)

geo-

d)

de-

30.

a story about a person's life written by the person who lived it

a)

autobiography

b)

biography

31.

a prefix meaning "with" or "together"

a)

-ion

b)

con-

c)

geo-

d)

-ing

32.

a prefix meaning "Earth's surface"

a)

-ion

b)

con-

c)

-ing

d)

geo-

33.

Which word is an adverb?

a)

science

b)

silently

c)

silence

d)

silent

34.

Which is an adverb that answers "how"?

a)

mercy

b)

must

c)

merrily

d)

there

35.

Which word is a "when" adverb?

a)

tomorrow

b)

tightly

c)

too

d)

tame

36.

Which word is a "where" adverb?

a)

slowly

b)

inside

c)

inning

d)

ink

37.

Adverb - We waited eagerly for Mom's plane to arrive.

a)

arrive

b)

waited

c)

for

d)

eagerly

38.

Adverb - Finally, we heard that the flight was canceled.

a)

Finally

b)

heard

c)

canceled

d)

flight

39.

Adverb - It was snowing hard in Denver.

a)

hard

b)

Denver

c)

it

d)

snowing

40.

Adverb - Mom will return tomorrow by bus.

a)

will

b)

return

c)

tomorrow

d)

by

41.

Eleanor Roosevelt spoke her mind clearly on important issues.

a)

spoke

b)

her

c)

mind

d)

clearly

42.

Amelia Earhart always accepted a challenge.

a)

always

b)

accepted

c)

a

d)

challenge

43.

Did these two women often meet?

a)

these

b)

two

c)

often

d)

women

44.

In the story we read, they suddenly decide to go to the airport.

a)

suddenly

b)

decide

c)

to

d)

go

45.

Did anyone see them there?

a)

anyone

b)

see

c)

them

d)

there

46.

Amelia strapped the helmet securely under her chin.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

47.

She checked the gauges carefully.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

48.

Then she looks for other aircraft.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

49.

No planes were flying nearby.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

50.

She looked around.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

51.

Slowly she taxied to the runway.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

52.

The plane rapidly gained speed.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

53.

It floated upward like a huge bird.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

54.

The aircraft rose steeply.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where

55.

Finally, Amelia was in the clouds.

a)

how

b)

when

c)

where