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L10S5 The Rainforest's Hidden Cities (Inferences)
By Jovana Menkevich
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Question 1
1.
According to paragraph 2, why is searching for ruins in a rainforest "slow, difficult work"?
It takes years to collect the equipment needed for a search.
The region is difficult to explore.
Archaeologist must make a map of the area.
The Maya buried structures deep inside the thick forest.
Question 2
2.
Which key detail from the text
best
supports the answer to question1?
"...The Maya, the people who built these structures."
"Yet no one knows for sure why their empire didn't last."
"The remains of these cities may give clues."
"...poisonous snakes, swarms of bees, and hot, moist air."
Question 3
3.
Which phrase helps you know what
laser beams
means in paragraph 3?
"attached to the bottom of the helicopter"
"quick, powerful rays of lights"
"narrow enough to pass through openings"
"the shape of the ground"
Question 4
4.
Why did the PACUNAM Foundation and a group of archeologists work together to map the forest floor?
Locating Mayan ruins benefited both groups, helping one to preserve the ruins and the other to study it.
Both groups wanted to explore the natural landscape of the rainforest.
One team mapped half of the structures they found, while the other team mapped the other half.
Neither group wanted special events to celebrate the work they did.
Question 5
5.
Which statement describes an idea from paragraph 5?
An archeologist studied a LiDAR map to prove that 27 shapes in the forest were natural parts of the landscape.
The 27 large structures discovered on a LiDAR map proved that the forest was easy to travel through.
A LiDAR map showed that 27 structures on the ground were probably platforms for Mayan events.
The forest was not very thick, so a LiDAR map was easily able to show 27 large shapes.
Question 6
6.
What were the researchers surprised by in paragraph 4?
The ruins of ancient cities stretch across the forest floor.
The poisonous snakes
They didn't expect to find more than 61,000 Mayan structures.
The Mayans probably used the low platforms for special events.
Question 7
7.
What results from utilizing LiDAR technology?
a 3-D map of the forest floor.
The ability to see the animals living there.
The landscape
Both A and C
Question 8
8.
What does an archeologist study?
dinosaurs
ancient buildings, tools, and other objects
ancient buildings
fossils
Question 9
9.
What does the word
"ancient"
in paragraph 1 mean?
inventive
old
new
extinct
Question 10
10.
What does the term
"blew our minds"
in paragraph 4 mean?
difficult to understand
easy to understand
astonishing
boring