WorksheetsUnit 3 Skills Test 2 Study Guide
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 30mins
Which statement BEST expresses a central idea of "A billion animals caught in Australia's fires; some may go extinct"?
Because of the fires in Australia, many animals essential to the ecosystem are being killed.
Fires in Australia are making the job of entomologist harder.
The government should do something to stop the fires.
Insects are important to Australia's ecosystem.
Choose text evidence from “A billion animals caught in Australia's fires; some may go extinct" that BEST supports the statement below.
Insects are important to Australia's ecosystem.
"Now, tens of millions of bugs are being burned alive, and some may vanish without ever being discovered."
"Only about 20 to 30 percent of Australian insects are known to science," said Katja Hogendoorn, a researcher at the University of Adelaide.
"Then there are all the insects which make up half of all animal biomass and are a major food resource."
"Entomologists are scientists who study insects."
According to NEWSELA Staff, endangered animals are characterized as...
animals with large populations.
animals that are in threat of becoming extinct.
animals with health issues.
animals that are only living in one area.
Which statement best describes the text structure of "A billion animals caught in Australia's fires; some may go extinct"?
Cause and Effect
Description
Compare and Contrast
Problem/ Solution
What were the authors conveying when they wrote, "Biodiversity is part of what makes planet Earth, planet Earth. It's our heritage; it's our richness."
We live in a world with a variety of plants and animals that contribute to making our Earth what it is today.
Planet Earth is rich and it is a safe place for humans and animals.
Plants and animals are rapidly going extinct.
Animals are in constant danger because of global warming.
Which statement best supports the authors' tone of urgency?
"The conservation group Kangaroo Island Land For Wildlife said many of the remote cameras it uses to monitor the marsupials were "melted" by fires. However, the group said some photos of survivors were captured, offering a bit of hope."
"After the fires end, Hohnen and other experts said, the focus must turn to helping animals that remain by removing invasive predators, captive-breeding some species and replanting vegetation."
"There's a feeling among the scientific community here that the eyes of the world are on Australia ... The predictions of climate change were expected to be manifest first and most obviously in Australia, because it's already a dry continent," Dickman said. "There's a sense of even greater responsibility, in some ways."
Some also say there needs to be bolder government action on climate change.
What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?
Cats and red foxes are two of Australia's most deadly invasive predators that are often so hungry that they could eat a horse!
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Alliteration
What type of pronoun is used in the following sentence?
She is a University of Queensland doctoral student who studies the birds.
Intensive
Reflexive
Subject
Object
What type of pronoun is used in the following sentence?
"Through hard work, the number of glossy black cockatoos reached 400 by 2018, but they are still considered endangered," said Daniella Teixeira.
Intensive
Reflexive
Subject
Object
What type of pronoun is used in the following sentence?
The fires themselves appear to have burned as many as 6 of 8 known cockatoo flock regions, she said.
Intensive
Reflexive
Subject
Object
What type of pronoun is used in the following sentence?
Scientist have captured some photos of survivors by themselves.
Intensive
Reflexive
Subject
Object
Which answer choice provides the correct way punctuate the sentence with commas?
Stephen Shipton lost 50 cows 60 pigs and 10 sheep when fire struck his farm in a town in New South Wales.
Stephen Shipton lost 50 cows, 60 pigs, and 10 sheep when fire struck his farm in a town in New South Wales.
Stephen Shipton lost 50 cows 60 pigs, and 10 sheep when fire struck his farm in a town in New South Wales.
Stephen Shipton lost 50 cows, 60 pigs, and 10 sheep, when fire struck his farm in a town in New South Wales.
Stephen Shipton lost, 50 cows, 60 pigs, and 10 sheep, when fire struck his farm in a town in New South Wales.
Which answer choice provides the correct way to punctuate the sentence with commas?
Animals that survive may struggle to find food and insects may struggle to find decaying matter to eat.
Animals that survive, may struggle to find food and insects, may struggle to find decaying matter to eat.
Animals that survive may struggle, to find food, and insects may struggle to find decaying matter to eat.
Animals that survive may struggle to find food, and, insects may struggle to find decaying matter to eat.
Animals that survive may struggle to find food, and insects may struggle to find decaying matter to eat.
In "A billion animals caught in Australia's fires; some may go extinct", which point of view is being used?
First
Second
Third-Limited
Third- Omniscient
What is the sentence structure of the following sentence?
While scorched koalas have become the symbols of the devastation, they are not at risk of extinction.
Compound
Compound-Complex
Simple
Complex
What is the structure of the following sentence?
Individual animals might survive, but their habitats will be destroyed.
Compound
Compound- Complex
Simple
Complex
