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- 1. Multiple Choice
There are many ways to learn about people. You can learn a lot about people by simply watching or talking to them. Looking at the floor can also give you information about people. You can tell where people walk most frequently because of the worn carpet. The next time you're riding in someone else's car, notice the music on the radio. The type of music played on the station can tell a lot about the person!
how to guess where people walk
how to learn about people
how to listen to the radio
how to watch people
- 2. Multiple Choice
A scientist believes that millions of animals have died every 26 million years. He thinks that comets are responsible for those deaths. Comets would explode on impact as they slammed into Earth. Dust from the explosions blocked light and heat from the Sun. Plants and animals on Earth could not withstand such conditions, so they died.
how often animals died
why comets may come near Earth
where the dust comes from
about a possible cause of animal deaths in the past
- 3. Multiple Choice
The peanut is a humble plant with hundreds of functions. Most peanuts are roasted in their shells and lightly salted. About half the peanuts eaten in the United States are ground into a thick paste called peanut butter. The rich oil made from peanuts is good for frying foods and is used for oiling machines and making soaps and paint. Even peanut shells are used to make plastics and to fertilize soil.
why peanut oil is used for frying
how much peanut butter is eaten in the United States
about the many uses of the peanut
why peanut shells make good fertilizer
- 4. Multiple Choice
The harmless hognose snake is a champion bluffer. When this snake is threatened, it hisses and acts as if it will bite. If you don't run away, the hognose snake "plays dead." It rolls over on its back, wiggling around as if it's in distress. Then it "dies" with its mouth open and tongue hanging out. If you turn it on its stomach, the snake will roll over on its back again.
where the hognose snake is found
what things frighten the hognose snake
how dangerous the hognose snake is
how the hognose snake bluffs
- 5. Multiple Choice
Faberge, a jeweler, made eggs from rare metals and jewels. A Russian emperor liked them so much that he often gave them away as gifts. The elaborate eggs are only a few inches high. Some have tiny clocks inside them. Others hold small pictures or toys. The highest price ever paid for a Faberge egg was more than $5.5 million!
what Faberge eggs are like
who bought and gave the eggs as gifts
what Faberge eggs have in them
how Faberge made the eggs
- 6. Multiple Choice
Virginia Hamilton started writing at a young age. People in her family were great storytellers. She loved to listen to their tales about her African American heritage. When she grew up, Hamilton brought the tales to life in stories. Now she is a famous writer of books for children.
when Virginia Hamilton started writing
how Hamilton's family told stories
how family stories led to a writing career
what kind of tales Hamilton's family told
- 7. Multiple Choice
The diamond is a hard element that can cut through almost any metal. That is why it is often used for industrial purposes. Whole diamond stones are set into tools. Dust from crushed diamond stones is used for coating the edges of tools. Care must be taken when exposing diamonds to extreme heat because heat can turn them into graphite. Graphite is the soft material used in the manufacture of lead for pencils.
how to turn a diamond into a graphite
how diamonds are used in industry
how diamond dust coats tool edges
when diamonds are used in pencils
- 8. Multiple Choice
Sharks have a keen sense of hearing and can smell blood from almost 2,000 yards away. Sharks also have a special system of channels in their skin that helps them feel the vibrations of a splashing swimmer. We know that in clear water, sharks can see dinner from about 50 feet away. If you ever spot a shark, always swim away smoothly!
how well sharks hear
why sharks have poor vision
how sharks sense food
when to swim away smoothly
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