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Key Skills Yr 10 Lesson 1 Ms Foster 2/21/2023

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28 questions
Read this passage carefully and answer the questions that follow
Earth's Temperature

The world is now warmer than at almost any time since the end of the last ice age and, on present trends, will continue to reach a record high for the entire period since the dawn of civilisation, a study has found.
The study published in the Journal Science, aims to give a global overview of Earth's temperatures over the past 11,300 years - a relatively cool period known as the Holocene that began after the last major ice age ended and encompasses all of recorded human civilization.
Their data (compiled by studying such things as ice cores, fossils and ocean sentiment) looked back over a much longer era than previous research, which went back 1,500 years.
Scientists say it is further evidence that modern-day global warming isn't natural, but the result of rising carbon dioxide emissions that have rapidly grown since the Industrial Revolution began roughly 250 years ago. Scientists say that if natural factors were still governing the climate, the Northern Hemisphere would probably be destined to freeze over again in several thousand years. Instead, scientists believe the enormous increase in greenhouse gases caused by industrialization will almost certainly prevent that.
Shaun Marcott, a geologist at Oregon State University, says "global temperatures are warmer than about 75 percent of anything we've seen over the last 11,000 years or so." The other way to look at that is, 25 percent of the time since the last ice age, it's been warmer than now.
It's taken just 100 years for the average temperature to change by 1.3 degrees, when it took 5,000 years to do that before. By the end of the century, climate warming models predict an additional increase of 2 to 11.5 degrees, due largely to carbon emissions, the study noted.
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The word 'dawn' in the first sentence means:

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What is the name of the period that "encompasses all of recorded human civilization."

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Which one of the following was not contained in the data?

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What is the cause of Global Warming?

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The Earth's temperature has increased quickly since:

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How many years has it taken for the average temperature to rise by 1.3 degrees

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What is the purpose of the text?

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'prevent' means

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'predict ' means

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"greenhouse gases caused by industrialization will almost certainly prevent that. " - which word is an adverb

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" 1,500 years. " This is a :

In this passage, there are some punctuation mistakes. Select the letter which matches the part of the sentence with the mistake. If there are no mistakes, select D.
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Which sentence has a punctuation mistake?

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Which sentence has a punctuation mistake?

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Which sentence has a punctuation mistake?

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Which sentence has a punctuation mistake?

In this passage, there are some spelling mistakes. Select the letter which matches the part of the sentence with the mistake. If there are no mistakes, select D.
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Which sentence has a spelling mistake?

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Which sentence has a spelling mistake?

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Which sentence has a spelling mistake?

Choose the right word or phrase to complete the passage. Select the letter which matches the correct word.
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Who's there? I am too _____________ to answer the door?

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I _________ it yesterday!

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It belongs to ___________

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He is so ______________ he really needs to act his age.

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Tell me when you ________ done it.

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I love that movie! I _______________ it yesterday

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______________________ did you go during the summer vacation?

Select which word best defines the word that is in bold print
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The writer was thrilled when his story was included in an anthology of American masterpieces.

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Danah spoke slowly so her directions would be comprehensible to her foreign visitor.

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It elated Margaret to be awarded first place in the science fair.