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3rd-4th Week 6 Review 1

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Question 1
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Read the sentences. White settlers found that buffalos were easy to hunt. Soon, the buffalos' large population fell. By the late 19th century, there were just 800 buffalos left. People began to pay more attention to how humans affected animal populations. Which sentence best summarizes the sentences?

Question 2
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The author infers that people don’t just rely on animals for food but to make money too. Which detail from the passage best supports this inference?

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Question 3
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Question 5
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Question 7
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Question 9
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Question 11
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Read the sentences and the question that follows. However native Americans were careful to kill only what it needed for food and clothing. White settlers found that buffalos were easy to hunt. Soon, the buffalos' large population fell.  Choose the sentence that corrects the three errors in the underlined sentence.

D - Hundreds of years ago, people weren't very concerned about animal and plant species.
D - “Hundreds of years ago, people weren't very concerned about animal and plant species.”
Read the sentences. White settlers found that buffalos were easy to hunt. Soon, the buffalos' large population fell. By the late 19th century, there were just 800 buffalos left. People began to pay more attention to how humans affected animal populations. Which sentence best summarizes the sentences?
A - White settlers hunted all the buffalos in the U.S. and caused their extinction.
B - By the late 19th century, there were just 800 buffalos left.
C - Decreasing numbers of buffalos drew attention to the ways that people affect animal population is the U.S.
D - Hundreds of years ago, people weren't very concerned about animal and plant species.
Question 4
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The author infers that people don’t just rely on animals for food but to make money too. Which detail from the passage best supports this inference?

What conclusion can be drawn about the implementation of the Endangered Species Act in regards to protecting plants and animals?
A - The Endangered Species Act protects animals and plants, as well as the places where they are found.
B - Some people believe that the government should allow for some business activity in the places where endangered species are found.
C - The execution or implementation of the Endangered Species Act has not been completely successful.
D - The Endangered species Act was enacted by Congress in 1973.
Question 6
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Which section from the text best supports your answer in Question 3?

Read the excerpt from the text. If you had lived long ago, you might have seen the clumsy dodo bird. You might have spotted the slow-moving Yunnan box turtle or the gentle Pyrenean ibex. Sadly, though, no one will ever see these animals alive again. Each of them is extinct. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. What is the antonym of the underlined word?
B - thriving
C - revolutionary
D - exhausting
Question 8
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Read the paragraph. The government relies on scientists to help it decide whether a species is endangered. Scientists study animal populations. In each study, they look at possible threats to the animal. These threats include hunting, disease, loss of land, and loss of food sources. If any of these threats are present, the animal could be in trouble. Scientists watch these animals, keeping track of their populations over time. How does the author’s use of the paragraph add to the building of information in the article?

What is the most likely reason the author included subheadings?
A - To help the reader visualize the concept
B - To help the reader understand new information
C - To help the reader pay attention to important words
D - To help the reader pinpoint information and connect ideas
Question 10
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Read the sentence. The Endangered Species Act and other laws have only been partly successful. How does the author’s use of the underlined word help the reader understand the author’s opinion about the implementation of the laws?

A - However, Native Americans were careful to kill only what it needed for food and clothing.
B - However native Americans were careful to kill only what they needed for food and clothing.
C - However, Native Americans were careful to kill only what it needed for food and clothing.
D - However, Native Americans were careful to kill only what they needed for food and clothing.
D - “Hundreds of years ago, people weren't very concerned about animal and plant species.”
D - It explains how scientists can study animal populations.
D - It helps the reader to understand that the implementation of the laws Has been really a great success.