At Home In The Coral Reefs
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- 1.What does the word current mean in the sentence? A giant current runs through the deep water of the ocean.
- A.
Something that happens in the present
- B.
Water that moves in one direction
- C.
Still water
- D.
Salt water
- 2.What does the word partnership mean in the sentence? In the ocean many of the plants and animals have a partnership.
- A.
Way of hiding from each other
- B.
Way of helping each other
- C.
Swimming away
- D.
Eating alone
- 3.What does the word suburbs mean in the sentence? People use water on farms, in cities, and in suburbs.
- A.
A place in the city
- B.
A small cottage house
- C.
A town close to the city
- D.
A large apartment building
- 4.Which of these is the name of the zillions of tiny animals that make a coral reef?
- A.
Lagoons
- B.
Skeletons
- C.
Blue tags
- D.
Coral polyps
- 5.Which of these BEST describes how sand is formed?
- A.
Over thousands of years, ocean waves pound skeletons of reef animals and plants into smaller and smaller bits, which eventually become grains of sand.
- B.
Thousands of years ago, someone dropped soil on the beach, and it grew into sand from exposure to the sun.
- C.
Over thousands of years, ocean waves pound garbage into tiny bits, which eventually become sand.
- D.
No one knows how sand is formed; it is a mystery.
- 6.Why does the author MOST LIKELY include this sentence? Divers who swim in the coral reef sometimes step on and break pieces of the reef.
- A.
To show that divers need to be more careful when swimming in the ocean
- B.
To suggest that the coral is not important to the animals of the ocean
- C.
To show that the divers need a place to swim
- D.
To suggest that the broken coral can grow back
- 7.Which of these BEST describes something people can do to help the coral reef?
- A.
They can work to keep oceans clean.
- B.
They can build many more aquariums.
- C.
They can grow coral reefs in laboratories
- D.
They can grow coral reefs in laboratories
- 8.Which of these is MOST LIKELY a lesson people can learn from a coral reef?
- A.
Gobbies are not smart.
- B.
Dead reefs can make sand.
- C.
Building complex life systems is easy.
- D.
Animals working together can accomplish much more than alone.
- 9.Which of these is MOST LIKELY a way to avoid polluting our oceans?
- A.
Do not go near the water.
- B.
Add new fish to coral reef colonies.
- C.
Dump all waste on the ground near the water.
- D.
Recycle and reduce the amount of trash we make.
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