Mississippi Academic Assessment Program — Practice Test

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

• area

• environment

• shelter

• territory

How do paragraphs 4 and 5 support the central idea that streams are important to urban and rural settings?

• They discuss the importance of both types of streams.

• They elaborate on how streams provide resources to plants.

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

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

How does the author introduce the idea of urban streams?

• by pointing out that urban settings also have streams

• by preparing readers to think only about rural streams

• by getting readers to focus on the characteristics of all streams

• by presenting readers with the transition from rural to urban streams

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

• affected

• cracked

• exposed

• resistant

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

• pushed

• redirected

• sped forward

• brought together

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 man-made waterways overflow.

Which quotation supports the answer to Part A?

• A) “Streams are an important part of every landscape, no matter whether that landscape is a forest, a city, or a suburb.” (paragraph 2)

• B) “They are also part of the network of channels that drains rain and melting snow off our streets, parks, and yards.” (paragraph 3)

• C) “Urban streams tend to carry more water at a faster speed after a storm than their country cousins.” (paragraph 4)

• D) “Storm water has no choice but to flow downhill into street drains and ditches and then into streams.” (paragraph 5)

What is a central idea of the passage?

• Streams in the city contain more water than streams in the forest.

• Groundwater flows slowly underground and empties into stream channels.

• Rainfall in suburban areas lands on hard surfaces, so it cannot infiltrate the soil.

• City streams are different from streams that are found in the forest and other natural areas.

Which statement supports the answer to Part A?

• The fast-moving water in streams erodes the banks of the streams.

• Streams provide habitat for many animals and plants that live around them.

• Only about half the rain that falls in the forest falls to the earth and soaks into the ground.

• Streams that are found in the city tend to contain more water and move faster than streams in the forests.

How does the author use the illustration to show the ideas presented in paragraphs 9–10?

• A) by showing how a stream looks in each setting

• B) by showing where the water goes in each setting

• C) by showing the effects of infiltration in urban streams

• D) by showing how wider channels exist in rural streams