Clever Seals
Why do scientists need to understand cavities?
They will help them measure how quickly ice sheets are melting.
32+56=
88
The ____ ____ is what the passage is mainly about.
main idea
An action is a _____.
Verb
Alaska is the 49th state in the United States. Hawaii is the ____ state.
50th
How many dives did the seals make?
500,000
70
A _____ should have at least 3-5 sentences and have its own main idea.
paragraph
Decribes a noun
adjective
Alaska became a state in ____.
1959
What is the main idea of the passage?
A satellite is a machine that circles the planet
or
Information from seal dives is helping scientists.
Information from seal dives is helping scientists.
The ____ of a room is the total space inside, measured as Sq.
area
1st person ___ __ ___ is when a character in a text is telling the story. HINT: You will see pronouns that tell you it is being told in the 1st person ___ __ ___.
point of view
A ____ _____ is a subject of two or more.
compound subject
Two countries that border the United States
Canada, Mexico
Scientists are trying to study how oceans affect ____ ____.
global climate
4.62 divided by 1,000.
.00462
The ____ of a story can be described using your senses.
setting
A ____ ____ is two or more actions (what the subject/subjects are doing).
compound predicate
What is the second largest state in the United States?
Texas
An ____ ____ is a floating piece of ice.
ice shelf
34/100
The ____ of a story or passage is the subject/lesson/idea that the author is trying to convey.
Theme
A positional word
preposition
What is the smallest state in the United States?
Rhode Island