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Use "Scream Machines" to answer this question. Which sentence BEST restates the main idea of the FIRST PARAGRAPH?

• Roller coaster cars make a clicking sound as they travel upward.

• Amusement parks entertain milions of people every year.

• Roller coasters are popular because they are thrilling.

• Some roller coasters include a long pause before a sudden drop.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Use "Scream Machines" to answer this question. In which statement does the author use a FACT to support the argument that modern roller coaster rides are "thrilling"?

• "No doubt your heart raced as you climbed in the car..."

• "After the seemingly endless pause at the top..."

• "...reaching speeds that were both exciting and terrifying."

• "...you head downhill at speeds that can reach more than 100 mph."

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Use "Scream Machines" to answer this question. Which of the following BEST summarizes this passage?

• The first roller coaster in America was the Switchback Railway. It was similar in design to the French roller coaster. Russian ice slices, an older type of coaster ride, did not have wheels. On the older rides, humans had to pull the cars to the top of the hills. Now machines do that, after which potential energy takes over.

• Today's roller coasters can take uou as high as 600 feet above the ground and speed you downhill at an amazing 100 miles per hour. It all started back in the 8th century when the Russians invented their famous ice slides. America's first roller coaster, the wooden Switchback Railway, opened at Coney Island in 1884.

• Three centuries ago the Russians invented the wooden ice slide. La Marcus A. Thomson introduced the Switchback Railway at Coney Island Amusement Park in New York. Before that, the French had invented a similar ride. Today's roller coasters still use kinetic energy to power the rides and thrill riders all over the world.

• The history of "coaster" rides based on potential and kinetic energy most likely began with the Russian ice slide of the 1700s. The French and Americans created similar rides from wood, adding wheeled cars and looping tracks. Today's steel roller coasters use modern technology to reach great heights and speeds.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Use "History of Roller Coasters" to answer this question. Based on information in the passage, what can readers infer about the Russian ice slides?

• People who were poor could not afford them.

• The rides could be constructed in a few months.

• Each city had at least one ice slide.

• Wooden sleds were used in the summer.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Use "History of Roller Coasters" to answer this question. What is MOST LIKELY the reason the author arranged the events in this passage in chronological order?

• to explain how to improve future roller coasters

• to tell which events were most important

• to show how the roller coaster developed over time

• to make the story of roller coasters more interesting

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Use both texts to answer this question. What idea about roller coaster history is NOT discussed in BOTH passages?

• People are always trying to build bigger and better coaster rides.

• Today's roller coasters are much faster than the earliest coasters.

• The Switchback Railway was a financial success.

• The French made improvements to coaster rides.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5