Unit 4 Test Review

Research

100

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Octopuses are known for their intelligence and unique abilities. They can solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even change both color and texture to blend into their surroundings. Scientists study octopuses to better understand problem-solving and camouflage. Despite research, many aspects of their behavior remain a mystery.

Which research question is the BEST starting point?
A. Why do octopuses change color?
B. How are octopuses and squids similar?
C. Which octopus species is rarest?
D. What do octopuses eat most often?

A. Why do octopuses change color?

200

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Octopuses are known for their intelligence and unique abilities. They can solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even change both color and texture to blend into their surroundings. Scientists study octopuses to better understand problem-solving and camouflage. Despite research, many aspects of their behavior remain a mystery.

Which shows biomimicry?
A. Studying tentacles to build flexible robots
B. Watching octopuses hunt fish
C. Naming new species
D. Filming octopuses underwater

A. Studying tentacles to build flexible robots

300

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Octopuses are known for their intelligence and unique abilities. They can solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even change both color and texture to blend into their surroundings. Scientists study octopuses to better understand problem-solving and camouflage. Despite research, many aspects of their behavior remain a mystery.

Which TWO questions extend the text?
A. How fast can octopuses swim?
B. What is the largest octopus species?
C. Why do scientists study octopus intelligence?
D. How do octopus brains work compared to humans?
E. What color are most octopuses?

C. Why do scientists study octopus intelligence?
D. How do octopus brains work compared to humans?

400

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Octopuses are known for their intelligence and unique abilities. They can solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even change both color and texture to blend into their surroundings. Scientists study octopuses to better understand problem-solving and camouflage. Despite research, many aspects of their behavior remain a mystery.

Which detail supports a central idea?
A. Octopuses live in oceans
B. They have eight arms
C. Scientists still don’t fully understand them
D. They eat crabs

C. Scientists still don’t fully understand them

500

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Octopuses are known for their intelligence and unique abilities. They can solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even change both color and texture to blend into their surroundings. Scientists study octopuses to better understand problem-solving and camouflage. Despite research, many aspects of their behavior remain a mystery.

Which quote builds credibility?
A. “Octopuses are amazing!”
B. “They look strange.”
C. “Scientists studying octopuses have discovered…”
D. “You won’t believe this!”

C. “Scientists studying octopuses have discovered…”

MLA

100

What would an MLA citation for this information look like (book, page 12, author Smith):
A. (page 12 Smith)
B. (Smith, p. 12)
C. (12 Smith)
D. (Smith 12)

D. (Smith 12)

200

What would an MLA citation for this information look like (Website with no page number):

A. (www.nasa.gov)

B. (NASA website)

C. (NASA)

D. (NASA, 2023)

C. (NASA)

300

What is wrong with the following citation:
(Smith, p. 45).

do not need a comma and p.

(Smith 45)

400

You are citing a book by Jason Reynolds, page 45. What goes inside the parentheses for MLA in-text?

A) (Reynolds 45)
B) (Ghost 45)
C) (Jason 45)
D) (Atheneum 45)

A) (Reynolds 45)

500

You are citing a website article by National Geographic Society. What goes inside the parentheses for MLA in-text?

A) (National Geographic)
B) (National Geographic Society)
C) (Plastic Pollution)
D) (www.nationalgeographic.com)

B) (National Geographic Society)

Grammar

100

Correct semicolon usage:
A. I studied; I passed the test.
B. I studied; and I passed
C. I studied; however I passed
D. I studied, however; I passed

A. I studied; I passed the test.

200

2. Correct semicolon usage with "however":
   A. I studied, however; I passed.
   B. I studied; however, I passed.
   C. I studied; however I passed.
   D. I studied however, I passed.

B. I studied; however, I passed.

300

What is the quoted word functioning as:

The soup tastes "delicious".
A. Subject
B. Direct object
C. Predicate adjective
D. Predicate nominative

C. Predicate adjective

400

What is the direct object in the sentence:
She carried the heavy box carefully.
A. She
B. carried
C. the heavy box
D. carefully

C. the heavy box

500

Which TWO sentences uses colons correctly:
A. I like sports: basketball and soccer
B. I like: sports basketball
C. The dog: ran fast
D. She brought supplies: pencils, paper, glue
E. The cat: is fluffy

A. I like sports: basketball and soccer

D. She brought supplies: pencils, paper, glue