7th grade language arts review

RI 7.1

100

What does the name “Wild 2” stand for?

• A the material that makes up the comet
• B the man who discovered the comet
• C the comet’s location
• D the comet’s behavior

What is the man who discovered the comet?

200

According to the passage, what happens to a comet when it gets near the sun?

A    It increases in size.

B    It shoots off chemicals.

C    It changes its flight path.

D    It loses some of its dust and gases.

What is it loses some of its dust and gases?

300

Why does the author call Wild 2 a “new arrival to the inner solar system”?

• A It came into existence in 1978.
• B It could only be viewed up close in 2004.
• C It did not appear there until 1974.
• D It was not thought important until 1999.

What is it did not appear until 1974

400

How had most comets appeared from a close viewpoint?

• A They had small hills.They had small hills.
• B They were surrounded by a cloud.They were surrounded by a cloud.
• C They were made of red rock.They were made of red rock.
• D They had few craters.

What is they had few craters

500

Why does the author include the detail about particles shooting out from the comet?

• A to show how unusual the comet is
• B to show how dangerous the comet is
• C to help explain how the comet was formed
• D to help explain what the comet is made of

What is to show how unusual the comet is? 

RI 7.2 and RI 7.3

100

Which sentence gives the best summary of the passage?

• A Wild 2 is still mostly intact, and because it is about the same age as the sun, scientists hope that samples of dust taken from the comet by the Stardust flyby can teach them more about the formation of the solar system
• B to their surprise, scientists learned from the photographs taken by the Stardust flyby that the Wild 2 comet, instead of being a dirty, fluffy, black ball, has a rigid surface that supports cliffs and peaks over three hundred feet tall.
• C on January 6, 1978, Paul Wild discovered a very different comet on its first passage near Earth. Now called Wild 2, it is a new arrival to the inner solar system and was formed 4.5 billion years ago in an area beyond Neptune
• D Though the comet Wild 2 was formed 4.5 billion years ago, until September 10, 1974, it orbited the sun between Jupiter and Uranus; after that date, it passed into the inner solar system for the first time and moved closer to the sun.

• D Though the comet Wild 2 was formed 4.5 billion years ago, until September 10, 1974, it orbited the sun between Jupiter and Uranus; after that date, it passed into the inner solar system for the first time and moved closer to the sun.

200

What is the main idea of “A Wild Comet Like No Other”?

• A The surface of the Wild 2 comet is rigid and supports high peaks as well as deep craters.
• B Comet Wild 2 is named for Paul Wild, the scientist who discovered it, rather than for its unique characteristics.
• C Comet Wild 2 is considered to be a new comet because it was formed beyond Neptune 4.5 billion years ago.
• D The close and unique study of the newly discovered Wild 2 comet is revealing unexpected information to scientists.

• D The close and unique study of the newly discovered Wild 2 comet is revealing unexpected information to scientists.

300

Read the sentences from a summary of the passage.

(1) The comet Wild 2 is an unusual comet that was discovered in our solar system. (2) Only two other comets have been seen up close. (3) The comet has a rough surface and shoots out jets of particles. (4) Scientists think it can tell us much about how the solar system was formed.

Which sentence from the summary should be replaced?

• A Sentence 1
• B Sentence 2
• C Sentence 3
• D Sentence 4

.

What is Sentence 2

400

What is the main idea of Paragraph 5?

Responses

• A Craters are 492 feet deep and three miles across.
• B Scientists have developed a map of the Wild 2 crater.
• C One type of crater can have flat floors and straight sides.
• D Scientists have discovered two different types of craters.

What is scienctists have discovered two different types of craters?

500

What is the main idea of the passage?

• A Scientists are surprised by the jets shooting chemicals from inside the comet.
• B The Wild 2 comet is different from what scientists expected it to be.
• C Wild 2’s new orbit makes it much easier for scientists to study. Wild 2’s new orbit makes it much easier for scientists to study.
• D Many pits and craters can be found on comets.

What is the Wild 2 comet is different from what scientists expected it to be.

RI 7.4 and RI 7.5

100

Why were the collectors able to catch the particles of dust?

• A The collectors moved at a slow speed.
• B The collectors had holes on the back side only.
• C The collectors were shaped like catchers’ mitts.
• D The collectors had a protective shield on the spacecraft.

What is the collectors moved at slow speed?

200

Read the sentence from Paragraph 5.

One type has pits that are rimmed with jagged material ejected from the crater.

From reading the sentence, the reader can tell that the underlined word means

• A expelled.
• B captured.
• C included.
• D completed

What is  expelled?

300

Why does the author compare Wild 2 with the two other comets that have been seen up close? 

• A to give information about the different types of craters discovered on Wild 2
• B to show how closely scientists were able to study the comets to show how closely scientists were able to study the comets
• C to emphasize that few comets have been viewed at this range to emphasize that few comets have been viewed at this range
• D to explain what scientists expected to find in Wild 2

• D to explain what scientists expected to find in Wild 2

400

Which of these best describes the organization of Paragraph 7?

• A comparison and contrast
• B sequence of events

• C. cause and effect

• D. description and details
  
  

What is cause and effect?

500

Read these sentences from Paragraph 4 of the passage.

Scientists thought Wild 2 would be a dirty, black, fluffy ball. Were they ever surprised!

What does the author emphasize with these sentences?

• A the size of the comet
• B the view that the scientist saw
•  C the unusual nature of the comet
• D the difficulties faced by the scientists

What is the unusual comet? 

RI 7.8 and L.7.5

100

Select all of the statements from the passage that are facts.

Responses

• A It was named after Paul Wild, the scientist who discovered it on January 6, 1978, during its first passage near earth. It was named after Paul Wild, the scientist who discovered it on January 6, 1978, during its first passage near earth.
• B Photographs taken by the Stardust have allowed scientists to develop a map of Wild 2 that shows only large craters like Left Foot.
• C All of the information gathered by the Stardust should help scientists improve our understanding of the formation of the solar system.
• D On that date Wild 2 passed within 557,000 miles of Jupiter, the largest planet, which brought it into the inner solar system for the first time.

What is A, B, and D?

200

Which statement from the passage is an opinion?

• A It was named after Paul Wild, the scientist who discovered it on January 6, 1978, during its first passage near earth.
• B Photographs taken by the Stardust have allowed scientists to develop a map of Wild 2 that shows only large craters like Left Foot.
• C All of the information gathered by the Stardust should help scientists improve our understanding of the formation of the solar system.
• D On that date Wild 2 passed within 557,000 miles of Jupiter, the largest planet, which brought it into the inner solar system for the first time

What is C?

300

Select all of the sentences from the passage that state a fact.

• A It now approaches the sun just inside the orbit of Mars.
• B Scientists were also surprised by more than two dozen jets shooting chemicals from inside the comet.
• C Twelve particles actually penetrated the top layer of the protective shield of the spacecraft.
• D Each time a comet passes close to the sun, part of it is burned off.

What is A? 

400

Which of the following is an opinion?

• A It now approaches the sun just inside the orbit of Mars.
• B Scientists were also surprised by more than two dozen jets shooting chemicals from inside the comet.
• C Twelve particles actually penetrated the top layer of the protective shield of the spacecraft.
• D Each time a comet passes close to the sun, part of it is burned off.

What is B?

500

Read the sentence from Paragraph 6.

Twelve particles actually penetrated the top layer of the protective shield of the spacecraft.

The word penetrated shows the reader that the spacecraft

• A was damaged
• B broke apart.
• C traveled at a high speed.
• D photographed the comet.

What is it was damaged?

random

100

a struggle between a person or an outside force

What is external conflict

200

a sign or warning of whats going to happen next

What is foreshadowing

300

visually descriptive or figurative language

What is imagery

400

Using prior knowledge and what you read to determine what is happening.

What is inference?

500

a comparison between two things: _______is to_______as_________is to___________

What is analogy