What is Scooter Sharing?
1. What can the reader learn from the graph above?
C. Scooter sharing increased in all cities from 2012 to 2016.
6. Which two details support the idea that geysers are interesting to visitors?
C. Many people enjoy watching geyser eruptions.
E. The water may help people feel relaxed.
Substances released: anything given off by something else.
Emission
Take Back
reclaim
Endangered; put in a risky postition
threatened
2. According to the graph, which city had the largest number of scooter riders in 2016?
D. San Francisco
7. Which detail from paragraph 3 shows that people can predict when Old Faithful will erupt?
C. It erupts on a regular schedule every 60 to 110 minutes.
Creative; Using new ideas or methods
Innovative
Underlie
Surface: front or outer part
Face
3. Underline the two sentences in paragraph 1 that explains how scooter sharing works.
Sentence 1: In many cities around the world, people can rent electric scooters.
Sentence 4: People unlock a scooter using a phone app, ride it to their destination, and then leave it in a safe location for the next rider to use.
8. Part A: What causes a geyser to erupt?
Part B: Which sentence best supports your answer to Part A
Part A: B. Pressure from heated underground water
Part B: Deep underground, heat builds up and creates pressure.
The layer of Earth between the crust and the core.
Mantle
A lot or more than necessary
excessive
Spouts; flows quickly
gushes
4. Part A: Based in the passage, what problem did some cities face when scooter sharing began?
Part B: What solution did cities use to fix this problem?
Part A: B. Scooters were often left in unsafe or blocked areas.
Part B: B. Requiring scooters to be parked in specific zones.
9. In paragraph 2, the author states that geyser water may help people feel --
C. Relaxed
Started to use a selected idea or method
adopted
Liquid rock beneath Earth's surface
magma
Unit of measurement for electrical power
watt
5. Part A: What is the author's main purpose in the final paragraph?
Part B: Which sentence from the passage best supports the author's claim?
Part A: To argue that scooter sharing has many benefits.
Part B: Scooter sharing gives people a quick and easy way to travel short distances.
10. Based on the passage, why do many people travel to places like Yellowstone National Park?
B. to see geysers erupt in person
Plentiful; commonly occurring
abundant
Moves through a system
circulates
Melted; hot enough to be in liquid form
Molten