"Streams in the City" & "Wind in the Willows" Review Game!

1. 1. Which sentence states a central idea of paragraphs 1 and 2?

• A. Streams are vital resources for people.

• B. Streams are only found outside of cities.

• C. Streams are different in various landscapes.

• D. Streams are normal parts of natural settings.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

2. 2. Part A: What is the author’s purpose for using the phrase “Often they lie

   low” in paragraph 2?

• A. to provide an example of an urban stream

• B. to show that urban streams are often polluted

• C. to show that urban streams are not easily seen

• D. to contrast an urban stream with a rural stream

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

2. 2. Part B: Which quotation from paragraph 2 supports the answer to Part A?

• A. ". . . part of every landscape, . . .”

• B. “. . . a forest, a city, or a suburb.”

• C. “. . . flowing under sidewalks, . . .”

• D. “. . . rippling by shopping centers.”

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

3. 3. Read the sentence from paragraph 3.

   Streams, stream banks, and the low lands around them provide important habitat for animals and plants that share the urban/suburban landscape with us.

   What does habitat mean as it is used in the sentence?

• A. area

• B. environment

• C. shelter

• D. territory

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

4.) How do paragraphs 4 and 5 support the central idea that streams

are important to urban and rural settings?

• A. They discuss the importance of both types of streams.

• B. They elaborate on how streams provide resources to

  plants.

• C. They detail similarities and differences of both types of

  streams.

• D. They explain why natural streams are better than urban

  streams.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

5.) How does the author introduce the idea of urban streams?

• A. by pointing out that urban settings also have streams

• B. by preparing readers to think only about rural streams

• C. by getting readers to focus on the characteristics of all

  streams

• D. by presenting readers with the transition from rural to

  urban streams

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

6. 6.) Read the sentence from paragraph 5.

   Instead it hits impervious surfaces like hard pavement and rooftops and has no chance to infiltrate the soil.

   What is the meaning of impervious as it is used in the sentence?

• A. affected

• B. cracked

• C. exposed

• D. resistant

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

7.) Read the sentence from paragraph 7.

If all this extra water is diverted directly into a stream channel, several important changes will occur.

What is the meaning of diverted as it is used in the sentence?

• A. pushed

• B. redirected

• C. sped forward

• D. brought together

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

8.) Based on the information in paragraph 8, what inference can be drawn about water movement in cities?

• A. Natural waterways have disappeared.

• B. Natural waterways are overloaded with rainwater.

• C. There are fewer natural waterways now than in the past.

• D. Flooding is caused when man­made waterways overflow.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

9. 9.) Part A: What is the author’s purpose in the passage?

• A. to describe to readers the creation of urban and rural

  streams

• B. to explain to readers the flooding of streams in rural and

  urban areas

• C. to persuade readers that urban and rural streams are

  important to cities

• D. to inform readers about the differences between rural

  and urban streams

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.6