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WorksheetsEruption! and Week 1 Quiz
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins
Read “Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives," in your HMH textbook on page 183.
Yes, I have out my HMH textbook and have reread the story.
No, I do not have out my HMH textbook. I have not reread the story.
Read “Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives” and answer each question.
At the beginning of the passage, it says that VDAP members debated whether the alert should be moved to level three. What does the word debated mean?
demanded
persuaded
protested
discussed
Read “Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives” and answer each question.
Which statement best describes volcanoes?
Volcanoes are difficult to predict because they don’t erupt in a straight, orderly progression.
Volcanoes are easy to monitor because every one follows the same order of events.
Volcanoes usually occur in remote places, so they rarely affect humans.
Volcanoes always cause typhoons before they erupt.
Read “Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives” and answer each question.
Why did Andy watch the lights of the airstrip?
The lights could measure the height of the smoke plumes.
If the lights went out, he knew that he needed to run to safety
He knew that the lights controlled the military television and radio
The lights would indicate if there was a traffic jam during the evacuation.
Read “Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives” and answer each question.
Why did the instruments flatline?
The volcano was about to erupt.
The seismograph needles were banging.
The eruption had destroyed the monitoring stations.
The wind and rain of the typhoon had moved over the island.
Read “Eruption! Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives” and answer each question.
How is the passage organized?
It lists the steps the military told the scientists to take
It tells the events the scientists faced in the order that they occurred.
It explains the problems the scientists experienced and how they solved them.
It compares and contrasts how the scientists reacted with how the military reacted
Read the selection and answer each question.
Rachel Carson’s World of Wonder
1 Imagine you’re a scientist studying the sea life along the Maine coast. It is early morning and the tide has gone out. A deep pool of cold water, trapped by rocks at low tide, looks like a good place to study the animals that live on the seashore. You step into the tide pool and feel the water cover most of your legs. Soon you are watching a crab. It slowly dances around the edge of the tide pool, as if moving to some inner music only it can hear.
2 Perhaps you even discover one of the crab’s enemies. You might find sea flowers (anemones) with stinging tentacles, green sea urchins, or tiny fish called blennies. You lose track of the time. All you are thinking about is the community of small creatures living in your tide pool.
3 Finally, you start to climb out of the water. But your legs are so cold you can’t feel them. This happened one morning in 1951 to biologist Rachel Carson. Her excitement and wonder about the mysteries of the sea kept her in the water too long. Luckily, a friend helped her out of the tide pool and found her a warm blanket.
Rachel Discovers Her Love of Science
4 As a child, Rachel said she was happiest “with wild birds and creatures as companions.” She and her mother spent many hours outdoors, walking and observing plants and animals.
5 When she got to college, Rachel found she especially liked learning about biology, or the study of living things. She was also becoming a fine writer. Later, she was one of the first two women to be hired as a biologist and writer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
6 Rachel loved the sea. She went to the shore as often as she could to collect and study living samples of sea life. When she finished, she always carried the crabs, starfish, and other creatures back to the same place where she found them and set them free. Sometimes at night Rachel used her flashlight to study seashore animals that hid during the day. In her notebook, she wrote down all that she discovered.
Writing About Nature
7 Rachel wrote many articles about nature. She wanted people to know that birds, fish, and all living things need a special area, or habitat, in which to live. She also wrote books, including her famous book The Sea Around Us. Two cats kept her company while she did her writing. “Buzzie in particular used to sleep on my writing table,” she said. While planning what to write, she sometimes lightly sketched her cat’s face over the words on her paper!
Rachel Warns About Pesticides
8 Rachel Carson was one of the first scientists to worry about spraying insects and weeds with poisonous chemicals, called pesticides. Pesticides can help to produce more and better crops. But Rachel knew that this good must be balanced against the danger pesticides can cause to other living things. For example, spraying certain chemicals in an area can also harm friendly insects, like the bees that help to fertilize fruit trees.
9 Some scientists believed that they could control nature to suit humans. Rachel warned that changing things in nature without knowing the results could be dangerous. We need to “think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe,” she said.
10 Rachel decided she must write about the danger of pesticides. She carefully checked all her scientific reports. She knew her book would be attacked for its outspoken point of view.
11 Silent Spring was published in 1962. The book started a worldwide conversation about how humans should take care of nature. Soon scientists were asked to develop ways of controlling particular pests without harming other living things. The U.S. government established the Environmental Protection Agency.
12 Rachel’s book affected all people, not just scientists. In 1970, our nation celebrated the first Earth Day, a sign that ordinary citizens were beginning to understand and care about the Earth.
Yes, I read the story above.
No, I did not read the story above.
Read the sentences from paragraph
Soon you are watching a crab. It slowly dances around the edge of the tide pool, as if moving to some inner music only it can hear.
Why does the author most likely include the sentences above?
to help the reader imagine the crab’s shape
to suggest that the crab’s home is too small
to help the reader imagine the way the crab moves
to suggest that the crab is hearing the sounds of the water
Read the sentence from paragraph
Her excitement and wonder about the mysteries of the sea kept her in the water too long.
Which meaning of the word mysteries is used above?
people who are secretive
B the customs of an ancient belief system
movies or books dealing with puzzling crimes
things that are difficult to understand or explain
Read the sentence from paragraph
When she finished, she always carried the crabs, starfish, and other creatures back to the same place where she found them and set them free.
Which word from the passage does the sentence above help readers better understand?
coast
habitats
humans
universe
Read the sentence from paragraph
Rachel Carson was one of the first scientists to worry about spraying insects and weeds with poisonous chemicals, called pesticides.
What is the meaning of pesticides as it is used above?
chemicals that destroy living things
chemicals used to decrease the size of bugs
chemicals used to change the color of flowers
chemicals that cause crops to grow very slowly
Read the sentences from paragraph
But Rachel knew that this good must be balanced against the danger pesticides can cause to other living things. For example, spraying certain chemicals in an area can also harm friendly insects, like the bees that help to fertilize fruit trees.
Think about the Latin root fer. What is the meaning of fertilize above?
bring to the bugs
improve plant quality
make ready to produce
make food for creatures
Which best describes how the passage is organized?
Rachel Carson’s World of Wonder
1 Imagine you’re a scientist studying the sea life along the Maine coast. It is early morning and the tide has gone out. A deep pool of cold water, trapped by rocks at low tide, looks like a good place to study the animals that live on the seashore. You step into the tide pool and feel the water cover most of your legs. Soon you are watching a crab. It slowly dances around the edge of the tide pool, as if moving to some inner music only it can hear.
2 Perhaps you even discover one of the crab’s enemies. You might find sea flowers (anemones) with stinging tentacles, green sea urchins, or tiny fish called blennies. You lose track of the time. All you are thinking about is the community of small creatures living in your tide pool.
3 Finally, you start to climb out of the water. But your legs are so cold you can’t feel them. This happened one morning in 1951 to biologist Rachel Carson. Her excitement and wonder about the mysteries of the sea kept her in the water too long. Luckily, a friend helped her out of the tide pool and found her a warm blanket.
Rachel Discovers Her Love of Science
4 As a child, Rachel said she was happiest “with wild birds and creatures as companions.” She and her mother spent many hours outdoors, walking and observing plants and animals.
5 When she got to college, Rachel found she especially liked learning about biology, or the study of living things. She was also becoming a fine writer. Later, she was one of the first two women to be hired as a biologist and writer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
6 Rachel loved the sea. She went to the shore as often as she could to collect and study living samples of sea life. When she finished, she always carried the crabs, starfish, and other creatures back to the same place where she found them and set them free. Sometimes at night Rachel used her flashlight to study seashore animals that hid during the day. In her notebook, she wrote down all that she discovered.
Writing About Nature
7 Rachel wrote many articles about nature. She wanted people to know that birds, fish, and all living things need a special area, or habitat, in which to live. She also wrote books, including her famous book The Sea Around Us. Two cats kept her company while she did her writing. “Buzzie in particular used to sleep on my writing table,” she said. While planning what to write, she sometimes lightly sketched her cat’s face over the words on her paper!
Rachel Warns About Pesticides
8 Rachel Carson was one of the first scientists to worry about spraying insects and weeds with poisonous chemicals, called pesticides. Pesticides can help to produce more and better crops. But Rachel knew that this good must be balanced against the danger pesticides can cause to other living things. For example, spraying certain chemicals in an area can also harm friendly insects, like the bees that help to fertilize fruit trees.
9 Some scientists believed that they could control nature to suit humans. Rachel warned that changing things in nature without knowing the results could be dangerous. We need to “think of ourselves as only a tiny part of a vast and incredible universe,” she said.
10 Rachel decided she must write about the danger of pesticides. She carefully checked all her scientific reports. She knew her book would be attacked for its outspoken point of view.
11 Silent Spring was published in 1962. The book started a worldwide conversation about how humans should take care of nature. Soon scientists were asked to develop ways of controlling particular pests without harming other living things. The U.S. government established the Environmental Protection Agency.
12 Rachel’s book affected all people, not just scientists. In 1970, our nation celebrated the first Earth Day, a sign that ordinary citizens were beginning to understand and care about the Earth.
cause and effect
sequence of events
problem and solution
compare and contrast
