iReady "Worth More than Gold"

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iReady "Worth More than Gold"

iReady "Worth More than Gold"

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English

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RI.6.2, RL.5.2, RL.6.2

+4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that growing monocultures can be risky?

“American farmers grow wheat, soybeans, corn, and other foodstuffs, and it’s an impressive sight.”

B “Every cornstalk in the cornfield is exactly like its neighbors, with the same DNA.”

C “If one cornstalk in the field can be killed easily by an attacker, so can all the rest.”

D “One problem was that we didn’t have the science to know what had gone wrong; people didn’t know about DNA.”

E “The cell can read DNA like a cookbook, finding recipes that tell how to make other molecules that it needs.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B

Part A : What is one main idea of “Worth More Than Gold”?

A Gene banks protect the world’s food supply.

B People have studied DNA for hundreds of years.

C Monocultures are often destroyed by pests.

D The Irish potato famine began in 1845.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Part B: Which sentence from the article best supports the answer to part A?

A “That means it has the same instructions for building itself.”

B “Because all the potatoes in Ireland at the time were so similar, most of the potato crop died.”

C “If you want molecules that will fight potato fungus, you need the genes for making those molecules.”

D “If crops are in trouble, what’s in those vaults is worth more than gold.”

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Which of the following would not belong in a summary of the passage?

A The Irish potato famine in the 1800s was made worse because people at the time did not know about DNA.

B To get molecules that will fight a potato fungus, you need to have the right materials.

C One solution to possible problems caused by monocultures lies in the field of genetics, in plant DNA.

D To protect the world’s crops, a gene bank in Svalbard, Norway, has backup copies of more than half a million seeds.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is the main purpose of paragraph 5?

A It introduces the topic of worldwide famine.

B It provides a definition of the key term “fungus.”

C It shows how genes can solve the problem of crop disease

D It poses and answers logical questions about DNA and genes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2