PAGES 166-169
PAGES 170-173
PAGES 174-177
PAGES 178-182
PSSA Questions
100
What is the genre of the passage?
expository nonfiction
100
What is unusual about Antarctica during the summer?
The sun shines all day, there is no nighttime.
100
What is food for the urchins, sea stars, amphipods, and krill?
algae
100
How do you know the passage is nonfiction?
because it has information and facts about real places and animals
100
What is the author's purpose for writing the passage?
to give information and facts, to inform
200
According to page 166, why is Antarctica special?
It is the coldest place on earth.
200
What does the mother Weddell seal do when summer arrives?
She climbs out onto the ice to have her baby.
200
What does the mother Adelie penguin do after she lays her eggs?
She goes back to the ocean to eat.
200
What causes the algae to move to the bottom of the ocean?
The ice begins to soften and melt in the summer sun. The edges break off, float into the ocean, and the algae falls off and sinks to the bottom.
200
What is the setting of the passage?
Antarctica
300
Tiny plants that float in the ocean which many animals eat are called ___.
phytoplankton
300
What do the emperor penguin chicks use for a nest?
They sit on their father's feet.
300
What does the male Adelie penguin do after the mother leaves?
He sits on the eggs and keeps them warm.
300
What happens to the penguins just after summer ends?
They swim north for the winter.
300
What type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
simile
400
What is unusual about Antartica in the winter?
The sun does not shine, it is night all the time.
400
What do Orca whales eat?
fish and seals
400
Why is the ice important to the baby emperor penguins?
They cannot swim, so they need the ice to stand on.
400
What is one way that seals, penguins, and fish in Antarctica are alike?
Teacher will decide. (Example: The ice helps all of them.)
400
What type of figurative language has something not human acting like a human?
personification
500
Where do Weddell seals spend most of their lives?
under the ice
500
What do you call the place where the Adelie penguins will raise their chicks?
a rookery
500
True or false: Plants can grow in Antartica in the winter.
False
500
What is the author's opinion about Antarctica?
He loves to study animal life in Antarctica.
500
What type of figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
metaphor
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