RI.6.1
How does the author introduce the idea that air pollution contributes to acid rain?
"By explaining how burning fossil fuels releases chemicals into the air that mix with moisture to create acid rain"?
Which sentence states a central idea of paragraphs 6 and 7?
"Pollution from smokestacks can travel long distances before forming acid rain, affecting areas far from the source"
How does the author introduce the idea that acid rain affects the environment?
"By stating that acid rain impacts soil, water chemistry, and the life cycles of plants and animals"
Read the sentence from paragraph 3:
"When we burn wood, we also release chemicals and different particles into the air."
What does the word particles mean as it is used in the sentence?
"Tiny pieces of matter that float in the air"
How do paragraphs 2 and 3 support the central idea that acid rain is caused by human activities?
"By explaining how burning fossil fuels releases pollutants that mix with water in the atmosphere to create acid rain"
How does the author of "What Is Acid Rain?" develop the idea that acid rain can travel far from its source?
"By describing how tall smokestacks send pollutants high into the atmosphere, where wind carries them long distances before they fall as acid rain"?
The following question has two parts.
Part A: What is a central idea of the passage "What Is Acid Rain?"
Part B: Which statement supports the answer from Part A?
Part A: "Acid rain is caused by pollution and harms the environment"
Part B: What is "Acid rain affects soil and water chemistry, as well as the life cycles of plants and animals"
How does the author of "What Is Acid Rain?" develop the idea that burning fossil fuels causes acid rain?
"By explaining how burning fossil fuels releases sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which then mix with water in the atmosphere to create acid rain"
Read the sentence from paragraph 4:
"When these two chemicals react with water and oxygen high in the clouds, sulfuric acid and nitric acid form."
What is the meaning of the word react as it is used in the sentence?
"To undergo a chemical change or interaction"
How do paragraphs 6-7 contribute to the development of ideas in the passage?
"By explaining how pollution spreads over long distances and how past solutions, like taller smokestacks, actually worsened the problem"
How does the author show that even clean rain is naturally slightly acidic?
"By explaining that clean air contains gases like carbon dioxide, which interact with water droplets to make rain slightly acidic"?
Which quotation from the section "Acid Rain Movement" states a central idea of the section?
"The wind can carry these pollutants for hundreds of miles before they combine with water droplets to form acid rain"
How does the author show that acid rain can travel far from its original source?
"By explaining that wind carries pollutants for hundreds of miles before they combine with water and fall to the ground as acid rain"
What does the word evaporates mean as it is used in paragraph 5?
"Changes from a liquid to a gas and rises into the air"
Read the sentence from paragraph 7:
"Scientists now know that this is incorrect. In fact, sending pollution high into the sky increases the time that the pollution stays in the air."
How does this sentence support the idea in the passage that pollution can affect areas far from its source?
"It shows that pollution lingers in the atmosphere longer when released from taller smokestacks, allowing it to travel great distances before forming acid rain."
What detail from the passage best indicates that human activities increase acid rain?
"The main chemicals that create acid rain are sulfur dioxide (SO₂) and nitrogen oxides (NOₓ), which come from burning fossil fuels"
The following question has two parts.
Part A: Which statement summarizes a central idea of "Acid Rain from Air Pollution?"
Part B: Which quotation from the passage supports the answer to Part A?
Part A: "Burning fossil fuels releases harmful pollutants that contribute to acid rain"
Part B: "When we burn fossil fuels, smoke and fumes enter the air and combine with moisture to make acid rain"
What detail from the passage best indicates that acid rain is not just a local problem?
"Scientists now know that sending pollution high into the sky increases the time that the pollution stays in the air, allowing it to travel long distances before forming acid rain"
In paragraph 6, the word settled means _____, which can be inferred from the phrase "pollution from smokestacks usually stayed near the ground."
A) Came to rest in one place
or
B) Disappeared into the air
Came to rest in one place
How is paragraph 5 important to the development of "What Is Acid Rain?"
"It explains the hydraulic cycle, which helps readers understand how water moves through the environment and how acid rain forms."
In paragraph 7, the author explains that smokestacks were made taller to reduce ________, but this actually caused pollutants to ________ before falling as acid rain.
local pollution / travel farther
or
air quality / disappear
Create a summary of the passage by choosing from four sentences and placing them in the correct order.
A) Acid rain is caused by pollution from burning fossil fuels.
B) The pollutants rise into the air and mix with water droplets.
C) Wind can carry these pollutants over long distances.
D) When the polluted moisture falls as rain, it harms the environment.
A: Acid rain is caused by pollution from burning fossil fuels.
B: The pollutants rise into the air and mix with water droplets.
C: Wind can carry these pollutants over long distances.
D: When the polluted moisture falls as rain, it harms the environment.
In paragraph 5, the author explains that rain naturally absorbs ____, making it slightly acidic, but pollution increases acidity by adding ____ to the air.
carbon dioxide / sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
or
oxygen / water vapor
carbon dioxide / sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
Read the sentence from paragraph 7 and answer the question that follows:
"Scientists now know that this is incorrect. In fact, sending pollution high into the sky increases the time that the pollution stays in the air."
What does the word increases mean as it is used in the sentence?
"Makes something larger or longer in amount, size, or time"
Select the words that correctly complete the sentences.
In the first half of this article, the author’s main purpose is to explain ____. In the second half, she describes ____.
A) The causes of acid rain / its effects and movement
or
B) The history of acid rain / government policies
The causes of acid rain / its effects and movement.