U3W3: The Story of Snow

What do we see when we see a cloud?

• air

• liquid water droplets

• water vapor

• specks

What determines the shape of a snow crystal?

• how wet the cloud is

• how cold the cloud is

• how high up the cloud is

• how wet and cold the cloud is

When does a snow crystal stop growing?

• soon after it falls from the cloud

• once it hits the ground

• while it is still in the cloud

• never

All of the following are shapes of snow crystals EXCEPT:

• columns

• plates

• stars

• triangles

What is the main idea of the selection, The Story of Snow?

• Snow begins with a speck.

• Many snow crystals make one snowflake.

• Snow crystals can be many different shapes.

• The speck becomes the center of a snow crystal.

Snow can form from particles of bacteria, ash, pollen grains, salt, or soil.

• True

• False

All of the following are key features of expository text EXCEPT:

• It supports a topic with reasons and evidence.

• It contains descriptive details to help the reader experience the story with their senses.

• It contains facts, concrete details, and examples.

• It includes text features such as diagrams, headings, photographs, captions, and illustrations helping the reader visualize information.

Using the text features from the story, what is a dendrite?

• star-shaped snow crystals

• plate-shaped snow crystals

• column-shaped snow crystals

• broken snow crystals

If the root word -logy means "study of" and the root word

-astr means "star", what is astrology?

• the study of the planets, stars, sun, and moon

• the study of gravity

• the measurement of stars

• the sound of stars

What is the main idea of the text on page 223?

• Column-shaped snow crystals

• Column-shaped snow crystals have six sides.

• Column-shaped snow crystals have a unique shape and forming process.

• Hollow columns are longer and more common than solid columns.