Question Types
Give correct answer AND a justification for an extra 50 points.
Question Type: Vocab
Correct answer and justification: A: Used to be a "difficult task but" bathymetry has "helped" to "rectify" the situation.
4) The word "radically" in the passage is closest in meaning to...
Correct answer is B: Dramatically
(Explain possible ways to get the correct answer)
Context Clues: "developed new technology." old to new ways, old ways used rope and stone, this way used sound pulses.
Justify and give question type for extra 50 points!
Vocab question, context clues: "powerful sound pulse into the water ahead of the ship"
2) According to paragraph 1, what was the major obstacle to mapping the surface of Earth?
Answer correctly and explain how for an extra 100 points
Question Type: Detail
D: Keywords, "Mapping the surface of the Earth" in first sentence, "because... hidden by water and clouds."
8) According to paragraph 4, which of the following is true about Fessenden's detector? (Must have correct answer and explain why)
Hint: Detail question
C: Look at sentence with keywords, "Fessenden's echo sounder" ... "With an improved version" ... "German research vessel Meteor made fourteen crossings..."
A: Flawed, context clues: "One problem"
7) The word "it" in the passage refers to...
Answer correctly and tell me how you know for extra 50 points
A/ Sound pulse, look for singular noun before "it"
6)In paragraph 2, why does the author mention RMS Titanic?
(Purpose question.. answer correctly and tell us how how you got it!)
C To provide the reason... Look for where the author mentions "RMS Titanic" (First sentence) "In response to"... Developed new technology"
12) Sentence insertion! Paragraph 4... Thus, the task of bathymetry researchers became easier and could be undertaken on a much larger scale...
Extra 50 points if you tell us why!
A! "could take a full day..." ..... "easier and undertaken on larger scale"
Name 7 question types.
Inference, detail, negative detail, summary questions, sentence insertion, sentence simplification, vocabulary, pronoun reference, author's opinion
11) Best sentence to simplify the last sentence in final paragraph, give correct answer and explain how you got it!
B) Despite shortcomings/faults aside first comprehensive charts of the ocean floor/ first extensive ocean floor charts echo sounder/ echo sounder
10) Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of inaccurate echo sounding readings...
B! The complexity of the ocean floor...
Why is it important to know question types? 1 reason
Explain summary questions for me, how do we answer 13,14,15 in our passages?
Question types are important becuase they help us not only understand what is being asked, but they give us clues on how to solve them as well.
Summary questions are three MAIN points of our passage. They go in order of when they appear in the passage, 13, 1st 14, 2nd 15, 3rd
3) Which of the following can be inferred about bathymetry from paragraph 1?
Must answer correctly, identify question type, and justify!!
C) Inference question. Which answer can be best concluded from the paragraph.. It talks about HMS Challenger and Posidonius using same method of bathymetry.
13, 14, 15 500points for all three and tell which paragraph they are in!
100 for individuals.
Summary Question!
D Paragraph 1
C Paragraph 3
F Paragraph 5