General Knowledge 1
Identify the continent labeled A
Asia
Identify the continent labeled D
Australia
Read Passage #1. What is the topic?
A. Finding out why the dinosaurs went extinct
B. The scientific method
C. An asteroid crashed into Earth
A
What is a hypothesis?
An educated guess
We have studied five things that can cause extinction. Identify two of those things.
*An asteroid strike
*Massive volcanic activity
*Lack of food
*Lack of water
*Climate change
Identify the continent labeled B
Africa
Identify the continent labeled E
Europe
Read Passage #2
The main idea is:
A. The K-T extinction killed off the dinosaurs.
B. The Great Dying happened after the K-T extinction.
C. The Great Dying was the biggest mass extinction in Earth's hisory.
C
What is a mass extinction?
over half of all plant and animal species go extinct
What can you do to increase your automaticity in a sport, in reading, or in your knowledge of facts?
practice
Identify the continent labeled C
Antarctica
Identify the continent labeled F
North America
Read passage 3. Put the following events in order
A. From this, the team concluded they were in Siberia 40,000 years ago.
B. The team was transported to a very cold place.
C. The Quest memo said to think about Yuka.
B, C, A
Non-fiction is based on ______________
Fiction is _______________
facts, made up
Imagine you are in the Arctic Circle. What do you need in order to survive?
Food, water, shelter, and air
Identify the continent labeled G
South America
Identify the five steps of the scientific method in order
1. observe
2. ask questions
3. form a hypothesis
4. test
5. draw conclusions
Read Passage 4. What evidence from the passage shows that Anna was an asset?
"Anna went looking for food."
Scientists use _________ to determine if their hypothesis is accurate. This evidence is based on __________.
evidence, facts
If you persevere when you come to a difficult task on an assignment, you
A. do your best and complete the task.
B. ask your friend for the answer.
C. skip that task and finish the easier tasks.
A
Siberia is a :
A. continent
B. island
C. country
C
Madagascar is a(n)
A. state
B. island
C. country
B
Read passage 4. Identify the text evidence from the passage that tells us that the team had been transported.
"Then suddenly, the air was cold."
Identify what step of the scientific method each item represents. (they are not in order)
A. Plug the phone in. It still doesn't work
B. Your phone does not work.
C. You wonder, "why doesn't my phone work?"
D. You guess that the battery may be dead.
E. The battery isn't the problem.
A. Test
B. Observe
C. Ask Questions
D. Form a hypothesis
e. Draw conclusions
If something is relevant, it is....
important to what is happening.