Combine a chart with the words

Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Electric Buses in Winter (article and chart)

   [1] The city of Granger has started replacing diesel buses with electric ones. [2] Each electric bus runs on a large battery that is charged overnight at the depot.

   [3] Batteries work more slowly when they are cold, so they store and release less energy. [4] A bus also uses battery power to heat the seats and warm the cabin.

   [5] Route 9 is 85 miles long, counting the trip out and the trip back. [6] Drivers may recharge at the depot, but each stop adds an hour to the day.

   [7] The transit office tested one bus at four different temperatures. [8] It recorded how far the bus traveled before the battery needed a charge.

   CHART: Miles one bus traveled on a full charge
   Outside temperature | Miles
   70 degrees | 120
   50 degrees | 105
   30 degrees | 90
   10 degrees | 70

2. 1.

   Ari's class lists four claims about the bus tests. Which claim is NOT supported by the chart and the words?

   • From 70 degrees to 10 degrees, the bus lost 50 miles of range, which fits [3], where cold batteries store less energy.
   • Each time a bus recharges at the depot during the day, [6] says the stop adds one hour to the day.
   • The heater takes 15 miles of range at 30 degrees, which explains why the bus went 90 miles instead of 105.
   • At 50 degrees the bus traveled 105 miles, which is 20 miles more than the 85-mile Route 9 in [5].
3. 2.

   Bo wants to know which question the chart can answer but the article's sentences cannot. Which question is it?

   • How far the bus would travel before it needed a charge at 0 degrees
   • Why a bus can travel fewer miles when the temperature drops
   • Whether the heater takes power from the battery that moves the bus
   • How far the bus traveled before it needed a charge at 30 degrees
4. 3.

   Question 1: How far can the bus go at 30 degrees? Question 2: What else uses power from the battery? Esme picks a source for each. Which pair is right?

   • Question 1 from the chart (90 miles at 30 degrees); Question 2 from the words ([4] says seats and cabin are heated).
   • Question 1 from the words ([4] heats the cabin); Question 2 from the chart (90 miles at 30 degrees).
   • Both from the chart, because the chart gives the 30-degree row of 90 miles and the other temperatures.
   • Both from the words, because [3] and [4] cover cold batteries and the heater.

5. Use this

   [1] Every summer, sea turtles crawl onto Cape Beach at night to lay their eggs in the sand. [2] Volunteers walk the beach at dawn and mark each new nest with a stake.

   [3] In 2022, the town turned off the lights along the beach road during nesting season. [4] Bright lights can confuse the baby turtles, which look for the glow of the ocean to find the water.

   [5] Heavy storms in August 2023 washed out part of the beach before the volunteers finished their count. [6] The volunteers counted again afterward, but they could count only the nests that were still marked.

   [7] Each nest holds about one hundred eggs, and not every egg hatches. [8] Scientists who study the beach use the yearly nest counts to see how the turtle population is doing.

7. 4.

   Jun checks four claims about Cape Beach. Which claim is NOT supported by the chart and the words?

   • Turning off the beach lights in 2022 is why the nest count rose from 40 in 2021 to 50, as [3] and [4] show.
   • The 2023 count of 40 may be lower than the real number of nests, because [6] says just the marked nests were counted.
   • The 2025 count of 80 nests was 40 more than the 2021 count of 40 nests, as the chart shows.
   • Scientists use the yearly nest counts to see how the turtle population is doing, as [8] says.
8. 5.

   Kira wants a fact the chart gives that the article leaves out. Which fact is it?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Who walks the beach at dawn to mark each new nest with a stake
   • Why bright lights along the beach road can confuse baby turtles
   • How many nests were counted on Cape Beach in 2024
   • How many baby turtles reached the ocean in 2024
9. 6.

   A scientist asks whether more turtles nested in 2023 than in 2021. Luz replies using the chart and [6]. Which reply is fair?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • The chart shows 40 nests in both years, so the same number of turtles nested in each year.
   • The chart shows 40 nests in both years, and [6] says the volunteers counted again, so the two years had the same number.
   • The chart shows 50 nests in 2022 and 40 in 2023, so the storm in [5] drove turtles away and fewer nested.
   • The chart shows 40 nests in both years, but [6] says the 2023 count missed washed-out nests, so 2023 may have had more.

10. Use this

    Saving Water in Greenfield (article and chart): [1] The town of Greenfield pumps its drinking water from a single lake. [2] A dry winter left the lake lower than usual, so the town asked everyone to use less water.

    [3] Beginning June 1, a rule limited lawn watering to two days each week. [4] Residents who broke the rule first received a warning letter and then a small fine.

    [5] The town measures how much water the whole community uses each month. [6] It reports the totals in millions of gallons so that the numbers stay small.

    [7] July brought a heat wave, with temperatures above 95 degrees on twelve days. [8] During hot weather, people water their gardens more often and fill wading pools for their children.

12. 7.

    Milo compares July with June. What do the chart and the words suggest?

    • July used 20 million gallons more than June because people ignored the rule, which [4] says brought fines.
    • July used 20 million gallons more than June even with the rule in place, and [7] points to a heat wave as a likely reason.
    • July used 20 million gallons more than June, so August will use 20 million gallons more than July.
    • July used 20 million gallons more than May even with the rule in place, and [7] points to a heat wave as a likely reason for the change.
13. 8.

    Question 1: How much water did Greenfield use in April? Question 2: Why does the town report in millions of gallons? Noah picks a source for each. Which pair is right?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Question 1 from the chart (80 million gallons); Question 2 from [6] (so that the numbers stay small).
    • Question 1 from [6] and Question 2 from the chart, which lists the totals in millions.
    • Both from the chart, because its title says the totals are in millions of gallons.
    • Both from the words, because [5] and [6] explain how the town measures and reports its water, so the chart is not needed.
14. 9.

    A classmate says the watering rule cut the town's water use by 30 million gallons. Pia replies using the chart and [3]. Which reply is fair?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • The claim is right, because the chart shows 100 in May and 70 in June, and [3] says the rule began June 1.
    • The claim is right, so the rule will cut use by 30 million gallons in August too.
    • The claim is wrong, because the chart shows 90 in July, 10 fewer than May's 100.
    • The chart shows 30 million fewer gallons in June than in May, and [3] says the rule began June 1, but the chart cannot show the rule alone caused it.

15. Use this

    Longer Days in Spring (article and chart): [1] In the northern half of the world, days grow longer from winter toward summer. [2] Sunrise and sunset times show how many hours of daylight a place gets.

    [3] On the second Sunday in March, most American clocks jump forward by one hour. [4] This change is called daylight saving time, and it lasts until the first Sunday in November.

    [5] The change shifts the clock times of both sunrise and sunset by one hour. [6] The change does not make the sun itself rise or set any differently.

    [7] A garden club in Harbor City records sunrise and sunset on the first day of each month. [8] The club uses the times to decide when to start seeds under lights indoors.

16. 10.

    Zee uses the chart and [5] to find how many minutes of daylight Harbor City gained between March 1 and April 1. Which answer is right?

    • 90 minutes: sunset moved from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the later times in the chart's last column.
    • 10 minutes: sunrise moved from 6:30 a.m. to 6:40 a.m., and [5] says the clock change moves sunrise.
    • 80 minutes: [5] says the clock change moves sunrise and sunset together, so daylight grew from 11 hours 30 minutes to 12 hours 50 minutes.
    • 60 minutes: [3] says the clocks jump forward by one hour in March, which adds an hour of daylight.