Weird and Wondrous Rocks / The Great Barrier Reef

Under which heading can the reader find information about why some rocks appear to be moving on their own?

• Ringing Rocks County Park, Pennsylvania

• Eternal Flame Falls, New York

• Caverns of Sonora, Texas

• Sailing Stones, Death Valley National Park, California

Which best explains the text structure of paragraph 3?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Sequence

Which sentence below best summarizes Weird and Wondrous Rocks?

• Every type of rock can do something weird and wondrous compared to other rocks.

• There are many different rocks that intrigue people to explore and learn about.

• There are weird rocks all over the world.

• All rocks are weird in the United States.

Select two details from the text that belong in a summary of the passage.

• "It can take centuries for these cave deposits to form, and the process continues today"

• "Then, suddenly, hundreds of pebbles and boulders drift across the playa all at once."

• "In many of the United States’ natural areas, rocks, not animals or plants, are the main attraction."

• "Rocks in other places move, make sounds, and change shapes as well."

What structure does the author use to present information in paragraph 6?

• problem and solution

• sequence

• description

• cause and effect

What is the central idea of this passage?

• Scientists study what rocks do.

• Rocks are an intriguing part of nature.

• All rocks can do different things.

• The United States has the most interesting rock parks.

Choose two details from the passage that support the central idea.

• "Drip by drip, as the water falls from the cave ceilings and walls, the minerals build up to form stalagmites and stalactites."

• "Rocks aren’t just “sitting still” as you might expect."

• "Rocks in other places move, make sounds, and change shapes as well."

• "The ringing rocks are made of diabase, a dark, igneous, or volcanic, rock."

Read the poem on page 49 titled: The Great Barrier Reef.

Which of the following best describes how the poet uses structure to create meaning in the poem?

• By explaining all of the different things a tourist can do if they visit the Great Barrier Reef.

• By explaining all of the different animals that live there, readers can better create a visual of what it looks like.

• By describing how big the Great Barrier Reef is and it can be seen from space truly shows how great it really is.

• By organizing the stanzas in order it shows how big the Great Barrier Reef.

Reread stanza 2.

It’s sixteen hundred miles long

along the Queensland coast,

the barrier reef whose name is “Great,”

and that’s no idle boast.

What does the word boast most likely mean?

• to brag about

• to enjoy

• to listen to others

• to drive a boat

How does stanza 3 prepare the reader to understand the rest of the poem?

• It describes what you should do if you are visiting the Great Barrier Reef.

• It explains what astronauts can see from space.

• It describes which animals live in the Great Barrier Reef.

• It explains how long the Great Barrier Reef is.