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WorksheetsForces of Nature Unit 2 Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 38mins
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. His pent-up energy found an outlet in a raucous game of tag football.
lack of
emotional
stored up
dangerous
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The decorations were reminiscent of autumn leaves.
leftovers
reminders
made
symbolic
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The bracken covered the base of the rock.
fern
spider
clothing item
soil
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The police officers blocked off the road until all of the debris from the accident was cleared.
danger
evidence
rubbish
traffic
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. No buildings still stood at the epicenter.
government headquarters
most important area of the city
highest ground, usually on a mountain
point on Earth directly above an earthquake
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. For many millennia, people believed Earth was flat.
reasons
thousands of years
generations of people
beliefs or propositions
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The puppy wrested the squeaky toy from under the couch.
buried
dimantled
hid
pulled
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Many soldiers would cache food and supplies for desperate times.
extend
hide
sell
trade
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The oil spill dispersed throughout the river, killing hundreds of fish.
combusted
leaked
spread
waded
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The hiker crossed over an undistinguished deer trail in the woods.
obvious
unusual
unnoticeable
overgrown
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The soldiers are issued infared goggles to help them see in the dark.
outside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating watervapor
producing light by adding electrons to a glowing material
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. She examined my costume minutely before declaring it the winner.
with close attention to even the smallest details
for a minute
piece by piece, minute by minute
casually
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. One way to save money on electricity is to replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent (CF) light bulbs.
outside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating watervapor
producing light by adding electrons to a glowing material
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Luis angled the car obliquely into the parking spot and passed his driver’s license test.
abruptly
indirectly
nervously
quickly
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. It was a consolation to the students that they would repeat the exam if they did do their best.
comfort
favor
present
punishment
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. The horse broke her leg when she was only a yearling.
newborn
trainee
foal learning to walk
youth between 12 and 24 months old
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Rats were considered the scourge of the Middle Ages.
source of all disease
cause of trouble or pain
omen of good fortune
sign of a good harvest
Choose the answer that best matches the word in italics. Some people say they can hear a distracting hum when working under fluorescent lights
outside visible spectrum
creating light by radiating heat
emitting light by creating watervapor
producing light by adding electrons to a glowing material
Which of the following sentences from Of Wolves and Men uses imagery to engage the reader?
The wolf is three years old.
It is now late in the afternoon.
His ears are rammed forward, stiff.
It is not a time of year for much howling.
Bent birches prompt the speaker in “Birches” to imagine
ice storms.
a boy has been swinging on them.
people cutting them down.
the harshness of nature.
In “Birches,” the author uses the phrase “shed crystal shells” to describe
a collection of glass figurines.
the ice cracking off of the trees.
the melting of snow on the rocks.
the shine of seashells glistening on the beach.
In “Birches,” the author uses the line “like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair before them over their heads to dry in the sun” to
children playing in the woods.
a childhood memory of the summertime.
the shape of the trees after an ice storm.
the feeling of cobwebs on the face of a boy.
Which of the following lines from “Birches” uses metaphor to creat a strong image?
“Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust-
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away...”
“I should prefer to have some boy bend them
As he went out and in to fetch the cows”
“Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.”
“Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig’s having lashed across it open.”
In An Inconvenient Truth, the main greenhouse gas is
carbon dioxide.
nitrous oxide.
oxygen.
methane.
In An Inconvenient Truth, all of the following are at fault for releasing too much greenhouse gas EXCEPT
industry.
technology.
modern lifestyle.
trees.
In An Inconvenient Truth, Earth is called the Goldilocks planet because
the sun is at a balanced distance.
it has a significant wildlife population
it is neither too hot nor too cold for life.
of the mineral content, especially coal and gold.
In An Inconvenient Truth, an increase in greenhouse gasses is dangerous because
they trap more heat in Earth’s atmosphere.
they create holes in the atmosphere, releasing too much heat.
they reduce humans’ ability to absorb oxygen through their lungs.
they increase the power of the sun, leading to negative effects such as skin cancer.
According to Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, how is wind power beneficial in the fight against global warming?
It uses wind panels to trap the power of the wind.
It emits water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
It creates a vast amount of energy without releasing poisonous gases.
It uses batteries instead of electricity to produce power.
In An Inconvenient Truth, Green roofs are beneficial in fighting global warming because
they are beautiful.
they have solar panels, which collect energy.
they emit water vapor, which cools the atmosphere.
they support plants, which filter carbon dioxide from the air.
In An Inconvenient Truth, the author uses which of the following to emphasize how humans have a chance to improve the atmosphere?
the illustration of the sun’s energy as it travels to and from the Earth.
the content under the subheading “What Exactly Are Greenhouse Gases?”
the content under the subheading “Crisis=Opportunity.”
the chart of “Atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa Observatory.”
The text from An Inconvenient Truth features a subheading entitles “Take Action” with the line: Here are a few examples of actions you can take to make a difference. Who is the intended audience for this section of the text?
children
parents
politicians
teachers
In An Inconvenient Truth, the most likely reason the author uses the heading A Silent Alarm is to
use an image that all readers can visualize.
show us there is a problem that many do not know about.
to bore the reader.
frighten readers so they will take action.
In “Orphans Give Indian Couple Will to Live,” the Paramesvarans are offended by the term orphans because
they feel they are now the parents to these children.
the government will not let the children be adopted by them.
Mr. Paramesvaran grew up without a father and knows how difficult it was.
they think the natural parents of the children will be found alive some day.
My favorite teacher so far this year is...
Mrs. Kane!
Mrs. Kinter!
Mrs. Jimerson!
Mrs. Ernst!
someone else!
