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The ever-living tree

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does the timeline in the article show?

a)

all the events that occurred before the coast redwood grew

b)

major world events that were occurring while the coast redwood

grew

c)

how the coast redwood compared to other trees over thousands of years

2.

Why does the author include icons in the article?

a)

to show different types of trees

b)

to compare the past with the present

c)

to indicate human events and redwood events

3.

How does the author organize the ideas in the sentences below?


Time passed and the new tree grew quickly. It spread its shallow roots far out under the floor of the forest. Its bark grew thicker.

a)

by sequence of events

b)

by order of importance

c)

by problem and solution

4.

Why does the author include a map in the article?

a)

to show Columbus's route to the New World

b)

to show where Alexander's ancient empire was

c)

to show where redwoods grow around the world

5.

Which sentence below contains a simile?


Hint, Simile: A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things in an interesting way. Ex: As cute as a kitten

a)

"They stretched their webs wherever they could."

b)

"The older sapwood became the heartwood of the tree."

c)

"The outside of the tree looked like an apartment house for

spiders."

6.

What does the diagram in the article help the reader understand?

a)

The parts of a glacier

b)

the parts of a catapult

c)

the parts of a redwood tree

7.

In the timeline and the text, what does the icon of a ship stand for?

a)

Europeans' movement to Asia for trade

b)

Christopher Columbus's voyage to North America

c)

the shipping of redwood lumber across the Pacific Ocean

8.

Which of these events in the life of the coast redwood happened LAST?

a)

The sapwood layer developed to carry water and nutrients

b)

A new tree began to grow up near the redwood's broken trunk.

c)

The heartwood layer formed to help the tree stand straight and tall

9.

Why does the author include a map on Student Edition page 687?

a)

To show Alexander's Empire

b)

To show the ocean

c)

to show a red spot

10.

Why do you think the author includes smaller pictures in the border around the edges of each scene?

a)

To decorate the borders

b)

To show major events

c)

Because the author had anything else to do