Eight Billion and Counting

What was the author's main purpose for writing the book?

• to inform readers about Rapa Nui

• to persuade readers to visit Rapa Nui

• to entertain readers with a story about the people of Rapa Nui

• to inform readers about human overpopulation

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is one effect of irrirgation?

• Salt is removed from soil.

• Rivers fail to reach the sea.

• Decreased food production.

• The human population grows forever.

Which words means able to be used without destroying a resource?

• sustainable

• carrying capacity

• standard of living

• distribution

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which detail supports the main idea that eating less meat means more grain for people in low-income countries?

• Grain is the world's most important source of food.

• Average Americans use more food than they need to survive.

• A third of the grain grown worldwide is used to feed livestock.

• Everyone in the world can have enough to eat.

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

Between which years did the Industrial Revolution occur?

• 1700 and 1750

• 1810 and 1920

• 1760 and 1850

• 1910 and 1935

Everyone in the world could have enough to eat if _____.

• people have more babies

• people in high-income countries waste less

• people in low-income countries raise more livestock

• people in high-income countries eat more meat

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

Read this sentence: Their birthrate is now below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman. Based on the text, the word birthrate means ______.

• the number of babies born in the world within a year

• the number of babies born in low-income countries within a specific period

• the number of babies born in high-income countries within a year

• the number of babies born in a population within a specific period

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

After reading this book, what can you conclude about human overpopulation?

• It is destroying the planet.

• It will never decrease.

• It is creating sustainable resources.

• It is saving ecosystems.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

What is one result of burning fossil fuels?

• ocean loss

• melting polar ice caps

• chemicals polluting crops and water

• healthier ecosystems

What makes this book a nonfiction informational book?

• It has factual information about the world.

• It is written from the writer's imagination.

• It has rhythm and rhyme.

• It is a story about a real person's life.

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5