Reading Chapter 1

0 Exposure
Skill A
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D)
0 Australia 4. (A) Why? B only states the topic of the
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) second paragraph, while A combines the
4. The passage says that 70% live in cities near the topics of both paragraphs.
coast; this leaves 30% of the population.

0 Classical Music
Skill C
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (B)
4. A group of four musicians in the classical period 0 Learning Vocabulary
would most likely play chamber music. 1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (C)
4. (B) Why? The word transportation is used as an
0 Chemical Equations example of how to use word parts to increase
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A) vocabulary; increasing vocabulary is the main
4. will vary idea of the reading.

0 Wilderness First Aid 0 Polar Regions

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (D) 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D)
4. something for cuts, medicine for bites/pain, a first 4. (A) Why? Sentence A expresses the main idea of
aid book the paragraph, while sentence B only expresses
one detail.
0 Pottery
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (C) 0 The United Nations
4. Grind it into fine powder; Let it dry 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (D)
4. The pronouns him and her give the clue. It
should come after mentioning the secretary.
Skill B
0 Television
0 Baseball 1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C)
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A) 4. (A) Why? Choice A is best because it deals with
4. How baseball is different from most sports information already introduced in the
reading; choice B would disrupt the
0 Biographies
coherence of the reading by introducing a
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) new idea, the Internet.
4. will vary
0 Sunlight
0 Geology
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B)
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (A) Why? Choice A could be removed because it
4. Geology is a young branch of science. does not give us information about the parts
of sunlight, which is the main topic of the
0 Milk
reading. Choice B does give information
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B)
about one part of sunlight.
4. (B) How and when milk became an important
food for people.

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 0 Dogs
Review A-C
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B)
Vocabulary Review 4. they = people; them = dogs; they = people;
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (A) They = people; they = dogs; They = people;
4. (A) 5. (D) 6. (C) They = people; them = dogs
7. (A) 8. (D) 9. (A)
10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (B)
13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (C) Skill E
16. real 17. centuries 18. modern
19. diary 20. survive 21. out 0 Rome
22. up 23. up 24. in 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A)
25. out 4. legend, myth, true or not, know

0 Guitars
Skill Review 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D)
0 Pueblo Silver Works 4. will vary
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (B)
4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (B) 0 Scientific Method
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (C)
0 Oaks 4. educated guess, learned, past experience
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A)
4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B) 0 Humidity
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D)
4. During the night because the air becomes cooler
Skill D at night and cant hold as much humidity.

0 Oral Reports 0 Flamenco

1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (B) 1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (D)

4. others = (not important) points, it = the report, 4. major, intense, passionate, deep emotions,
them = a small group of friends, their = the friends express, enjoy

0 Air Movement
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (D) Skill F
4. Air is heated when it touches the warm earth.
0 Literature
1. (A), (C), (E)
0 Territories 2. (D) 3. (A)
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. sentences 1, 3, 4, and 7
4. they = people living in territories
0 Vitamins
0 Ten-Speed Bikes 1. Vitamin A --- (B), (C); Vitamin D --- (D), (E)
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C)
4. one = a control, you = riders/someone, it = the bike 4. sentences 8 and 11

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0 Crime Skill Review
1. Felony --- (B), (C), (F); Misdemeanor --- (A), (D), (E) 0 Fiction
2. (C) 3. (C) 1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (A)
4. fine 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (B)
7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (D)
0 Geology 10. (A), (C), (F)
1. Physical --- (B) Oceanography --- (E)
Historical --- (D) Economic --- (F) 0 Machines
2. (A) 3. (C) 1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D)
4. paragraph 1, sentences 3 and 5; paragraph 2, 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (D)
sentences 3 and 4 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C)
10. Levers --- (A), (B), (F), (I);
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Inclined planes --- (C), (D), (G)
1. (C), (D), (E)
2. (A) 3. (B)
4. will vary

Review A-F
Vocabulary Review
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B)
4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A)
7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A)
10. (A) 11. (C) 12. (D)
13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (B)
16. major 17. intense 18. emotion
19. express 20. ancient 21. (S)
22. (O) 23. (S) 24. (S)
25. (O)

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Chapter 2
0 Clouds
Skill A
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A)
0 Soccer 4. (B) 5. (C)
1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (D) 6. Cumulus --- (E), (C); Stratus --- (B), (D);
4. (D) 5. (B) Cirrus --- (F), (H)
6. (A), (E), (F)
0 Space Bodies
0 Rain 1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (C)
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (B)
4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C), (D), (E)
6. Method 1 --- (B), (D), (E); Method 2 --- (C), (F), (H)

0 Herbs and Spices Review A-C

1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (A)
4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) Vocabulary Review
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B)
4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A)
Skill B 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (A)
10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (C)
0 The Earth 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (A)
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (D)
4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (D) 19. (A) 20. (D) 21. (B)
22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (A)
0 Scientific Notation 25. (A) 26. (C) 27. (B)
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (A) 28. (B) 29. (A) 30. (C)
4. (C) 5. (C) 31. among 32. base 33. altitude
6. Scientific Notation --- (C), (E), (F); 34. distance 35. goal 36. breathe
Floating Point Notation --- (A), (B), (G) 37. towers 38. frozen 39. period
40. after a while 41. absorb 42. shallow
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43. opponent 44. satellite 45. equation
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (C) 46. (O) 47. (S) 48. (O)
4. (C) 5. (C) 49. (S) 50. (O)
6. (B), (C), (E)

Skill Review
0 Map Legends
Skill C
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (B)
0 Breathing 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D)
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 7. (B) 8. (D) 9. (C)
4. (C) 5. (A) 10. (B), (D), (F)
6. (A), (B), (E)

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0 Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors
Skill F
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D)
4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (A) 0 Evaluating Sources
7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (D) 1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A)
10. Comets --- (E); Asteroids --- (A), (G); 4. (C) 5. (A)
Meteors --- (D), (F) 6. Primary --- (B), (C); Secondary --- (A), (F)

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Skill D 1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (C)

4. (C) 5. (C)
0 History Makers 6. (B), (C), (E)
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (C)
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4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A)
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B)
0 Poetry 4. (A) 5. (A)
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (C) 6. (B), (E), (F)
4. (A) 5. (D)
6. Lyric --- (F), (G), (I); Narrative --- (B), (H);
Dramatic --- (A), (E) Review A-F
0 Tides Vocabulary Review
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B)
4. (D) 5. (A) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (C)
6. (B), (E), (F) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (A)
10. (D) 11. (C) 12. (B)
13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (D)
Skill E 16. (B) 17. (C) 18. (A)
19. (D) 20. (B) 21. (D)
0 Tennis 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (B)
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (A) 25. (B) 26. (D) 27. (A)
4. (A) 5. (B) 28. (B) 29. (D) 30. (A)
6. (B), (D), (E) 31. event 32. planet 33. take part
34. contests 35. talent 36. victory
0 Glaciers 37. predominantly 38. rackets 39. loft
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 40. smash 41. stringed 42. series
4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (C) 43. conjunction 44. reform 45. course
46. (D) 47. (E) 48. (B)
0 Vikings 49. (A) 50. (C)
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (C)
4. (D) 5. (C)
6. Work --- (B), (F), (G); Celebration --- (A), (D)

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Skill Review 0 Constellations
0 Wild Pigs 1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B)
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (D) 6. (B)
4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C)
7. (D) 8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (D)
10. (B) 11. (B) 12. (C), (D), (A)
12. (E), (A), (F)

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Chapter 3
Focus A 2. Oaks can grow very old and very large, and
their acorns may have been an early human
Guided Practice food.
01 Hide Preparation 3. Oaks were so important in the past for
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (E) construction that people made myths about
them and even worshipped them.
02 Succession
4. Even nowadays, oak is an important resource
1. (F) 2. (B) 3. (E) for fuel and carpentry.

03 Constellations
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A)
Focus B
Summary Guided Practice
01 Literature 01 Geology
Sample response: Suggested answer:
1. Through literature, we can learn about the This passage describes the different branches of
world in three main ways. geology. The first of these branches of geology
2. First, we learn about people by reading the looks at the rocks and land inside the Earth. On
experiences of the author. the other hand, physical oceanography looks at
3. Second, we learn about history when we the oceans and the rocks beneath them. Next, the
read stories written in the past. passage describes historical geology, which may
4. Last, the writing itself can teach us about the involve the study of fossils, and economic geology,
language we use. which deals with the search for minerals and fuels.

02 The Renaissance 02 Evaluating Sources

Sample response:
1. The Renaissance was a period of remarkable
change.
2. Peoples major concern shifted from God to
humans.
3. Art, philosophy, and education emphasized
the achievements of people.
4. People stopped living for a future life and
started living for their present one.
03 Oaks
Sample response:
1. For a long time, oaks have been important
trees to people.
Suggested answer:
This passage explains how to evaluate different
sources of information. First, we should consider
if the source is a primary source, which means the
writer gives first-hand information, or if the source
is a secondary source, which means the writer gives
second-hand information. Another point to consider
is whether the source is presenting facts or opinions.
Finally, we should look at when the source was
written, as older sources may have outdated
information.

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03 Machines
Suggested answers:
This passage explains three examples of simple
machines: levers, pulleys, and wheels and axles.
Simple machines like these are useful because
they can multiply the force applied to them and
they can change the direction of that force.
Levers are used to lift and push. Pulleys are used
to lift heavy objects. Wheels and axles are used to
turn large wheels.
learned silver working from the Navajo. Eventually,
turquoise became more important than silver in
Zuni pieces. Finally, the passage describes Hopi sil-
ver works. They first learned this craft from the
Zuni and later formed a silver works guild with
soldiers from World War II.

Summary
01 Vitamins
Sample response:
This passage examines some facts and myths
about vitamins and health. It first mentions the
belief that taking Vitamin C can cure a cold is not
true. Next, it states that being careful about taking
Vitamin D is a good idea because too much can
cause health damage. Finally, the passage warns
against the belief that people should take a lot of
Vitamin A; in fact, too much Vitamin A can also
cause health problems.

02 The Earth
Sample response:
This passage describes different ways that the age
of the Earth has been calculated. It first tells
about an older technique that calculated age
based on the idea that lower layers of rock are
older than higher layers. Another, more accurate,
technique mentioned in the passage is measuring
the radioactive particles from rocks. By using this
second method, scientists have concluded that
the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old.

03 Silver Work
Sample response:
This passage discusses the silver works of three
different First Nations. It first explains about the
Navajo people. They learned how to silver work from
Mexicans and later added turquoise to their silver
jewelry. Next, it describes how the Zuni people

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