Wierd but True
Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive because they contain this element.
What is potassium?
The process plants use to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
This war began in 1939 and involved much of the world.
What is World War II?
Workers in factories often worked long hours for this reason.
What is to earn wages (money)?
Looking through a text quickly to find important information.
What is skimming?
An octopus has this many hearts.
What is 3?
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
The ship that carried the Pilgrims to North America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
Your paycheck is smaller than expected because money is deducted for these.
What are taxes?
The most important point the author is trying to communicate.
What is the main idea?
A group of flamingos is called this.
What is a flamboyance?
A change from a solid directly to a gas is called this.
What is sublimation?
This invention by the Wright brothers changed transportation in 1903.
What is the airplane?
Money you earn from a job is called......
What is income?
This strategy involves highlighting or underlining important information.
What is annotating?
Sharks existed before these giant reptiles.
What are dinosaurs?
There are more possible moves in this game than there are atoms in the observable universe.
What is chess?
During the Industrial Revolution, many people moved from farms to these places for work.
What are cities?
Spending more money than you earn can lead to this.
What is debt?
A short explanation of a text in your own words.
What is a summary?
This animal can sleep for up to 22 hours a day.
What is a koala?
A day on this planet is longer than its year
What is Venus?
This country is known as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
What is Great Britain (England)?
A plan for how you will spend and save your money.
What is a budget?
A conclusion you make based on clues from the text and what you already know.
What is an inference?