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Grade 6 Reading Worksheet - Challenge Me
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“A Backup Plan for the World's Crops” (article by Elio Vantongeren, Northern Lantern Weekly, January 2024): [1] Deep inside a frozen mountain on an island in Norway, a vault holds seeds from countries around the world. [2] Opened in 2008, it works like a safety deposit box for crops, storing backup copies of seeds that are kept elsewhere.
[3] Floods, fires, and failing equipment have damaged seed collections in the past, and a lost collection can never be rebuilt. [4] The vault was cut into rock where the ground stays frozen all year, so the rooms remain cold even if the power fails.
[5] Inside, the seeds are sealed in foil packets and kept at about zero degrees Fahrenheit. [6] Some seeds, such as wheat, could stay alive there for hundreds of years if the conditions stay the same.
[7] The vault does not own the seeds, and each country keeps control of the boxes it sends. [8] When a country has lost its own collection, it can ask for its seeds back, and in 2015 a research center in Syria did exactly that. Source details: author Elio Vantongeren; title A Backup Plan for the World's Crops; published by Northern Lantern Weekly; date January 2024. Ari's first note, copied from sentence [3]: Floods, fires, and failing equipment have damaged seed collections in the past, and a lost collection can never be rebuilt.
Ari's first note copied sentence [3] with no quotation marks and no citation. Which fix turns it into an honest paraphrase with a citation?
- Paraphrase: Seed collections have been harmed by floods, fires, and broken equipment, but a collection that is gone can be built again from the vault. Citation: Vantongeren, Elio. “A Backup Plan for the World's Crops.” Northern Lantern Weekly, January 2024.
- Paraphrase: Floods, fires, and failing machines have harmed seed collections in the past, and a lost collection can never be rebuilt. Citation: Vantongeren, Elio. “A Backup Plan for the World's Crops.” Northern Lantern Weekly, January 2024.
- Paraphrase: Floods, fires, and equipment failures have ruined seed collections before, and once a collection is lost it cannot be made again.
- Paraphrase: Seed collections have been harmed by floods, fires, and broken equipment, and a collection that is gone can never be built again. Citation: Vantongeren, Elio. “A Backup Plan for the World's Crops.” Northern Lantern Weekly, January 2024.
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“A Backup Plan for the World's Crops” (article by Elio Vantongeren, Northern Lantern Weekly, January 2024): [1] Deep inside a frozen mountain on an island in Norway, a vault holds seeds from countries around the world. [2] Opened in 2008, it works like a safety deposit box for crops, storing backup copies of seeds that are kept elsewhere.
[3] Floods, fires, and failing equipment have damaged seed collections in the past, and a lost collection can never be rebuilt. [4] The vault was cut into rock where the ground stays frozen all year, so the rooms remain cold even if the power fails.
[5] Inside, the seeds are sealed in foil packets and kept at about zero degrees Fahrenheit. [6] Some seeds, such as wheat, could stay alive there for hundreds of years if the conditions stay the same.
[7] The vault does not own the seeds, and each country keeps control of the boxes it sends. [8] When a country has lost its own collection, it can ask for its seeds back, and in 2015 a research center in Syria did exactly that. Source note card for Bo. The Citation line is already filled in.
Bo is writing about why seed vaults exist and wants readers to see how final a loss is, in the author's own strong words from sentence [3]. Which card line serves that purpose best?
- Quote: “a lost collection can never be replaced”
- Quote: “a lost collection can never be rebuilt”
- Paraphrase: Once a seed collection is gone, there is no way to build it back up again.
- Paraphrase: Floods, fires, and failing machines have harmed seed collections in the past, and a lost collection can never be rebuilt.
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“A Backup Plan for the World's Crops” (article by Elio Vantongeren, Northern Lantern Weekly, January 2024): [1] Deep inside a frozen mountain on an island in Norway, a vault holds seeds from countries around the world. [2] Opened in 2008, it works like a safety deposit box for crops, storing backup copies of seeds that are kept elsewhere.
[3] Floods, fires, and failing equipment have damaged seed collections in the past, and a lost collection can never be rebuilt. [4] The vault was cut into rock where the ground stays frozen all year, so the rooms remain cold even if the power fails.
[5] Inside, the seeds are sealed in foil packets and kept at about zero degrees Fahrenheit. [6] Some seeds, such as wheat, could stay alive there for hundreds of years if the conditions stay the same.
[7] The vault does not own the seeds, and each country keeps control of the boxes it sends. [8] When a country has lost its own collection, it can ask for its seeds back, and in 2015 a research center in Syria did exactly that. Esme's paragraph: (1) Seeds are where crops on a farm begin. (2) The vault sits inside ground that stays frozen, so its rooms stay cold even when the electricity goes out. (3) I think countries should work together to keep seeds safe. (4) At a seed swap last spring, I traded for three kinds of beans.
Esme wrote a paragraph that uses the article. One sentence takes an idea from the article and needs a citation. Which one is it?
- At a seed swap last spring, I traded for three kinds of beans.
- The vault sits inside ground that stays frozen, so its rooms stay cold even when the electricity goes out.
- I think countries should work together to keep seeds safe.
- Seeds are where crops on a farm begin.
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“The Internet Runs Under the Sea” (web page by Ines Calloway-Reed, Tidebridge Tech Pages, September 2023): [1] When a person sends a message across an ocean, it usually travels through a cable on the seafloor, not through the sky. [2] Most international data crosses the oceans this way, while satellites carry only a small share.
[3] A modern cable is only about as thick as a garden hose, even though it can stretch for thousands of miles. [4] Inside, thin strands of glass called optical fibers carry the data as flashes of light.
[5] The first cable across the Atlantic, finished in 1858, carried telegraph messages but failed after only a few weeks. [6] A lasting one was laid in 1866 by a huge ship, the Great Eastern, which was large enough to carry the whole cable.
[7] Today, special ships lay new cables on the seabed, and in shallow water they bury them to keep them safe from anchors and fishing nets. [8] Repair crews can lift a damaged cable to the surface, fix the break, and lower it back down. Source note card for Kira. The Citation line is already filled in.
Kira's report is for younger readers, who need the size of a cable from sentence [3] in short, plain words. Which card line serves that purpose best?
- Paraphrase: Ocean cables are skinny, about like a garden hose, yet some of them run for thousands of miles.
- Paraphrase: Ocean cables are skinny, about like a garden hose, but most of them run for just a few miles.
- Paraphrase: A modern cable is just about as thick as a garden hose, even though it can run for thousands of miles.
- Quote: “about as thick as a garden hose, even though it can stretch for thousands of miles”
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“A Mold on a Dish” (book page by Cordelia Nakashima-Bell, Birchwood Science Books, November 2019): [1] In September 1928, a scientist named Alexander Fleming came back to his lab in London after a vacation. [2] He saw that a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria.
[3] Around the mold, the bacteria had vanished, leaving a clear ring. [4] Fleming decided that the mold was giving off something that stopped the germs from growing, and he named it penicillin.
[5] At first, nobody could make enough of it to treat a patient, so the discovery was nearly forgotten for years. [6] In the late 1930s, a team at Oxford University led by Howard Florey found a way to purify the drug.
[7] By the mid-1940s, factories were making enough of it to treat soldiers and ordinary patients. [8] The medicine opened the way for other drugs that doctors use against infections caused by bacteria. Source details: author Cordelia Nakashima-Bell; title A Mold on a Dish; published by Birchwood Science Books; date November 2019. Milo's first note, copied from sentence [2]: He saw that a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria.
Milo's first note copied sentence [2] with no quotation marks and no citation. Which fix keeps the exact words and credits the source correctly?
- Quote: a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria Citation: Nakashima-Bell, Cordelia. “A Mold on a Dish.” Birchwood Science Books, November 2019.
- Quote: “a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been growing bacteria” Citation: Nakashima-Bell, Cordelia. “A Mold on a Dish.” Birchwood Science Books, November 2019.
- Quote: “a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria” Citation: Nakashima-Bell, Cordelia. “A Mold on a Dish.” Birchwood Science Books, November 2019.
- Quote: “a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria”
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“A Mold on a Dish” (book page by Cordelia Nakashima-Bell, Birchwood Science Books, November 2019): [1] In September 1928, a scientist named Alexander Fleming came back to his lab in London after a vacation. [2] He saw that a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria.
[3] Around the mold, the bacteria had vanished, leaving a clear ring. [4] Fleming decided that the mold was giving off something that stopped the germs from growing, and he named it penicillin.
[5] At first, nobody could make enough of it to treat a patient, so the discovery was nearly forgotten for years. [6] In the late 1930s, a team at Oxford University led by Howard Florey found a way to purify the drug.
[7] By the mid-1940s, factories were making enough of it to treat soldiers and ordinary patients. [8] The medicine opened the way for other drugs that doctors use against infections caused by bacteria. Source note card for Noah. The Citation line is already filled in.
Noah wants readers to picture the clear ring around the mold, using the book's own vivid words from sentence [3]. Which card line serves that purpose best?
- Quote: “the germs had vanished, leaving a clear ring”
- Paraphrase: Around the mold, the bacteria had disappeared, leaving a clear circle.
- Quote: “the bacteria had vanished, leaving a clear ring”
- Paraphrase: Where the mold grew, the germs were gone, and a clean circle was left behind.
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“A Mold on a Dish” (book page by Cordelia Nakashima-Bell, Birchwood Science Books, November 2019): [1] In September 1928, a scientist named Alexander Fleming came back to his lab in London after a vacation. [2] He saw that a blue-green mold had grown on a dish where he had been raising bacteria.
[3] Around the mold, the bacteria had vanished, leaving a clear ring. [4] Fleming decided that the mold was giving off something that stopped the germs from growing, and he named it penicillin.
[5] At first, nobody could make enough of it to treat a patient, so the discovery was nearly forgotten for years. [6] In the late 1930s, a team at Oxford University led by Howard Florey found a way to purify the drug.
[7] By the mid-1940s, factories were making enough of it to treat soldiers and ordinary patients. [8] The medicine opened the way for other drugs that doctors use against infections caused by bacteria. Pia's paragraph: (1) Doctors use medicines to help people get better when they are sick. (2) I believe the discovery of penicillin was a great moment for medicine. (3) When I had an ear infection last winter, my doctor gave me a medicine that cleared it up. (4) Factories began making large amounts of penicillin in the 1940s, enough to treat soldiers and ordinary patients.
Pia used the book page in a paragraph. Which sentence takes an idea from the page and needs a citation?
- I believe the discovery of penicillin was a great moment for medicine.
- When I had an ear infection last winter, my doctor gave me a medicine that cleared it up.
- Doctors use medicines to help people get better when they are sick.
- Factories began making large amounts of penicillin in the 1940s, enough to treat soldiers and ordinary patients.
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“Reading the Layers of Old Ice” (article by Perpetua Lindqvist, Northfield Science Review, July 2022): [1] In Greenland and Antarctica, scientists drill deep into the ice and pull up long tubes called ice cores. [2] Each core is a frozen record of the weather, and the longest ones are more than a mile long.
[3] Every year, a new layer of snow falls and is slowly pressed into ice by the weight of the snow above it. [4] Because summer and winter snow look slightly different, scientists can count the layers much like the rings of a tree.
[5] Tiny bubbles in the ice trap samples of the air from the time when the snow fell. [6] By testing these bubbles, researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago.
[7] The oldest cores from Antarctica contain ice that is about 800,000 years old. [8] These records show that the level of carbon dioxide and the temperature of Earth have risen and fallen together over time. Source details: author Perpetua Lindqvist; title Reading the Layers of Old Ice; published by Northfield Science Review; date July 2022. Ren's first note, copied from sentence [6]: By testing these bubbles, researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago.
Ren must repair a note that copies sentence [6] word for word. Which fix is both exact and fully credited?
- Quote: “researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago” Citation: Lindqvist, Perpetua. “Reading the Layers of Old Ice.” Northfield Science Review, July 2022.
- Quote: “researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago”
- Quote: researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago Citation: Lindqvist, Perpetua. “Reading the Layers of Old Ice.” Northfield Science Review, July 2022.
- Quote: “researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years before” Citation: Lindqvist, Perpetua. “Reading the Layers of Old Ice.” Northfield Science Review, July 2022.
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“Reading the Layers of Old Ice” (article by Perpetua Lindqvist, Northfield Science Review, July 2022): [1] In Greenland and Antarctica, scientists drill deep into the ice and pull up long tubes called ice cores. [2] Each core is a frozen record of the weather, and the longest ones are more than a mile long.
[3] Every year, a new layer of snow falls and is slowly pressed into ice by the weight of the snow above it. [4] Because summer and winter snow look slightly different, scientists can count the layers much like the rings of a tree.
[5] Tiny bubbles in the ice trap samples of the air from the time when the snow fell. [6] By testing these bubbles, researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago.
[7] The oldest cores from Antarctica contain ice that is about 800,000 years old. [8] These records show that the level of carbon dioxide and the temperature of Earth have risen and fallen together over time. Source note card for Tala. The Citation line is already filled in. Sentence the report uses: [4]
Tala is explaining in a report, in the writer's own words, how scientists tell years apart in ice. The idea matters, not the exact wording. Which card line serves that purpose best?
- Quote: “scientists can count the layers much like the rings of a tree”
- Paraphrase: Summer snow and winter snow differ a little in look, so researchers can tell the years apart by counting the layers, as people count tree rings.
- Paraphrase: Because summer and winter snow look a little different, researchers can count the layers much like the rings of a tree.
- Paraphrase: Snow from summer looks a little different from winter snow, so researchers can tell the years apart by measuring how wide each layer is.
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“Reading the Layers of Old Ice” (article by Perpetua Lindqvist, Northfield Science Review, July 2022): [1] In Greenland and Antarctica, scientists drill deep into the ice and pull up long tubes called ice cores. [2] Each core is a frozen record of the weather, and the longest ones are more than a mile long.
[3] Every year, a new layer of snow falls and is slowly pressed into ice by the weight of the snow above it. [4] Because summer and winter snow look slightly different, scientists can count the layers much like the rings of a tree.
[5] Tiny bubbles in the ice trap samples of the air from the time when the snow fell. [6] By testing these bubbles, researchers can measure how much carbon dioxide the air held thousands of years ago.
[7] The oldest cores from Antarctica contain ice that is about 800,000 years old. [8] These records show that the level of carbon dioxide and the temperature of Earth have risen and fallen together over time. Zee's paragraph: (1) Antarctica is a very cold continent at the bottom of the world. (2) I think studying old ice is more interesting than studying rocks. (3) Researchers can test air bubbles trapped in old ice to learn how much carbon dioxide the air held long ago. (4) At an ice rink last weekend, I noticed thin lines running through the ice.
Zee wrote a paragraph about ice cores. Which sentence needs a citation because it uses an idea from the article?
- At an ice rink last weekend, I noticed thin lines running through the ice.
- Antarctica is a very cold continent at the bottom of the world.
- I think studying old ice is more interesting than studying rocks.
- Researchers can test air bubbles trapped in old ice to learn how much carbon dioxide the air held long ago.