Use the texts New Dinosaurs: Wild, Wonderful and Way Weird and A Visit to the Past to answer the question.

New Dinosaurs: Wild, Wonderful and Way Weird

A Visit to the Past

Which type of detail does the author of New Dinosaurs: Wild, Wonderful and Way Weird use to make the main point?

(1 point)
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words and opinions of experts
words and opinions of experts

examples of different types of creatures
examples of different types of creatures

information about the land where bones have been found
information about the land where bones have been found

pictures from national parks
pictures from national parks
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words and opinions of experts
A Blast from the Past Unit Test
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Use the texts titled Turning the Tide and Diving to Rescue Coral Reefs to answer the question.

Turning the Tide

Diving to Rescue Coral Reefs

Which of the following is a major idea that the reader would learn by reading both texts?

(1 point)
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Climate change is likely why corals are dying.
Climate change is likely why corals are dying.

Corals are one of the oldest life forms on the planet.
Corals are one of the oldest life forms on the planet.

What is happening on land is affecting corals in the sea.
What is happening on land is affecting corals in the sea.

Keeping corals alive is a balancing act.
Keeping corals alive is a balancing act.
What is happening on land is affecting corals in the sea.
Jan wants to tell her mom that she had to stop working in the garden early.

Which idiom should she use?

(1 point)
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You have to hold your horses.
You have to hold your horses.

I had to call it a day.
I had to call it a day.

I was in hot water.
I was in hot water.

You and I saw eye to eye.
I had to call it a day.
Use the text Goodbye, Gas to answer the question.

Goodbye, Gas

Which information does the picture of Earth on page 21 help show?

(1 point)
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why heat gets trapped and warms the Earth
why heat gets trapped and warms the Earth

how the moon moves around the Earth
how the moon moves around the Earth

how close the planet is to the sun
how close the planet is to the sun

where air can be found on the planet
where air can be found on the planet
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why heat gets trapped and warms the Earth
How many closed syllables are in the word wilderness?(1 point)
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one
one

two
two

three
three

zero
three