WorksheetsClock Watching
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 42mins
What was the main idea of the section "Half Past the Candle"?
Clocks show the creativity of theri designers.
Clocks help people get to places on time.
Clocks have gotten smaller and smaller over the years.
Clocks have improved, so we can keep better track of time.
Which detail from the passage supports the idea that people today need to keep track of time with a modern clock?
Workers must meet in the same place at the same time.
Churchgoers must stop their work to pray.
Farmers must plant their crops according to the seasons.
People must know when to hunt and gather food.
Read this sentence from paragraph 5: "But sundials weren't perfect."
Select two sentences that explain why "sundials weren't perfect."
The required a small amount of sunlight each day.
They where made in many different shapes and sizes.
They could only be used if there where shadows.
They where outdoor clocks that could easily be damaged.
Thye could only be used during the day time.
Which two details from the passage best explain how the rise of factories changed time-telling?
Workers were paid by the hour.
Clocks were large enough to fill up a bedroom.
Church tower clocks rang out every hour.
People had to get to work on time.
Clocks had gears but no faces.
Complete the chart by marking a problem next to each early way of telling time. Answers can be used more than once.
What is the meaning of the word schedule in paragraph 2?
a plan for what to do at what time.
a map that shows how to get to places.
a calendar gives days and dates
a book that tells about hunting and gathering.
Select the quote that best supports the meaning of the word schedule?
"Thousands of years ago"
"nine o'clock, hunt; ten o'clock, gather"
"to survive"
"sun, moon, and stars"
What two ideas are included in paragraph 15?
Today, people are too worried about time.
Today, it is easy to find many types of clocks.
in the future, clocks will no longer tell time.
In the future, clocks will use vibrating atoms.
In the future, clocks will continue to change.
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