Video Questions and Book Questions

Back to Audiovisual Quest. Bill Nye: Outer Space Video

Name______________________

Bill Nye- Outer Space

___1. In outer space, things are very far ___________.

a. apart b. away c. allergic d. asleep

___2. The fastest thing in the universe is _____________.

a. Jeff Gordon b. light c. a meteor d. a comet

___3. A light year is the _______ light travels in a year.

a. circumference b. distance c. direction

___4. This distance is ____ trillion kilometers.

a. 8 b. 9 c. 9.5 d. 10

___5. The giant red spot on Jupiter is a ___________ larger than the earth.

a. hurricane b. tornado c. ring

___6. A constellation is a group of stars we've given a ________.

a. home b. name c. present

7. Circle TWO names of constellations.

Pluto Polaris Cassiopeia Sirius

Sam Orion Big Dipper Bippy

___8. The North Star is also called what?

a. Polaris b. the North Pole c. Santa d. Sirius

___9. Polaris won't always be our North Star because the Earth's axis is _________.

a. moving b. tilted c. a circle d. crazy

___10. It is over the _____________.

a. North Pole b. state of Kansas c. Atlantic Ocean

___11. Twelve thousand years from now, ________ will be our North Star.

a. Andromeda b. Allegra c. Vega d. Carrie Underwood

___12. A black hole is a ___________ star.

a. falling b. collapsed c. shining d. American Idol

___13. Ten tons of ________ hit the earth every day.

a. meteorites b. chocolate c. dust particles

___14. The circumference of the earth is the ___________ around it.

a. diatoms b. diameter c. depth

___15. Atoms come from __________.

a. eggs b. black holes c. stars d. planets

* Questions by a.k. - Answer key: 1.a or b, 2,b, 3.b,4. c, 5.a, 6. b, 7. Orion, Big Dipper, Cassiopeia,

8. a, 9. b, 10. a, 11. c, 12. b, 13. b, 14. b, 15. c

Back to Audiovisual Quest. Bill Nye- The Water Cycle video

Name__________________

Bill Nye- The Water Cycle

1. Water can be a solid, ____________, or gas.

2. Water is always _________________ around the earth.

3. Energy from the sun causes water to go back into the air. This is called

________________.

4. When the water cools and turns back into a liquid, this is known as

___________________.

(think of your cold glass)

5. Water falling as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called ________________.

6. Everything in the universe is made up of tiny particles called ______________.

7. The energy for our water cycle comes from the power of the __________.

8. Water droplets that stick to dust form __________.

9. Precipitation means things that _____________.

10. ______________ forms when water droplets freeze on the way down to earth.

11. What can you do to keep water cleaner?

1. Don't dump things down storm drains.

2. Don't __________ water.

3. Ride your _________.

4. Conserve __________.

5. Clean a ___________.

WORD BANK:

moving beach liquid waste sun clouds

molecules precipitation electricity bike evaporation

condensation fall snow

Questions by: ak - ans.key: liquid, moving, evaporation, condensation, precipitation,

molecules, clouds, fall, Snow, waste, bike, electricity, beach

Back to Audiovisual Quest. Animal Life: All About Food Chains

Name_________________

Animal Life: All About Food Chains

___1. Every living thing needs____________.

a. food b. energy c. vitamins

___2. The ___________ is the energy source for living things.

a. Energizer battery b. sun c.electricity

___3. A _________ is the passing on of sunlight energy as food from one living thing to

another living thing. a. food chain b. food web c. food fight

___4. What goes in the blanks?

grass ------- mouse--------- ___?___ or ------ ------__?__

a. owl b. hawk c. snake d. worm

___5. Plant eaters like the mouse are ____________.

a. consumers b. producers c. scavengers

___6. Animals that eat plants are called ____________.

a. carnivores b. omnivores c. herbivores

___7. Animals that eat other animals are called ____________.

a. carnivores b. omnivores c. herbivores

___8. An animal (like a bear) that eats both plants and animals is called a ____________.

a. carnivore b. omnivore c. herbivore

___9. _____________ are living things like insects, worms, and bacteria that get food energy from

the dead bodies of other living things.

a. herbivores b. producers c. decomposers

___10. The main job of a decomposer is to bread down the waste of dead plants and animals

into __________________.

a. trees b. soil c. trash d. plastic

___11. The students in the video are collecting tiny organisms from the ocean called __________.

a. bacteria b. kelp c. plankton d. fungi

___12. Phytoplankton is a member of the ____________ kingdom.

a. plant b. animal

___13. Many connected food chains together is called a food ________.

a. web b. fight c. link

___14. The skunk eats berries, eggs, insects, lizards, and _____________.

a. plankton b. bananas c. frogs

___15. Finish the food web.

sun-----grass-----?----wolf-----sheep

OR look at it this way...

-------------?---------------

Answer choices: a. snake b. rabbit

16. What happens if one part of the food chain disappears? ** use complete sentences**

_________________________________________________________________________

Questions by ak. Ans.Key: 1. b, 2. b, 3. a, 4. c., 5.a, 6. c, 7. a, 8. b, 9. c

10. b, 11. c, 12. a, 13. a, 14. c, 15. b , 16. In most cases, a habitat is in balance, with the right

number of producers, herbivores, and carnivores to keep it going. However, if changes are introduced

like habitat destruction, new predators or removal of predators, an environment can be thrown out of

balance. For example, the removal of large predators like lions or bears from their natural habitat may

cause the herbivores' numbers to grow too large for the food supply thereby causing some to starve.

Schlessinger Science Library Program Summary 12906754

Back to Audiovisual Quest. African American History/Life

Name____________

African American History/Life

* Note: You will NOT use all of the words in the word bank. Be sure to choose the word that is used in the video.

I. The Journey from Africa to Slavery

1. Harriet __________ was called the “Moses of her people” because she led the slaves to freedom.

2. Most people came to America in search of freedom and ________________.

3. In America, a slave could not ________ anything or _________ anything.

4. Over _______ years ago, explorers traded for gold, spices, and humans.

5. A _______________ is a large farm.

6. n America, slaves were usually slaves for _________.

7. By the time slavery ended in ________, more than 10 million African Americans worked as slaves.

plantation 1865 own Tubman Truth

prosperity buy 300 500 1875

escape Life two years food

II. Resisting Slavery

8. The secret trail to freedom was called the _____________ Railroad.

9. The _____________ were against slavery and believed in resistance.

10. Sojourner _________ traveled the country to speak out against slavery.

11. William Lloyd Garrison’s newspaper, The _____________ spoke out against slavery.

** 12. Name 2 ways the slaves resisted. (this is not in the word bank)

_______________________________
_______________________________

13. The North and Southern disagreement about slavery led to the _______ War.

14. Emancipation means ______________.

abolitionists Truth Tubman Civil love

Liberator Outspeaker freedom Underground

Sojourner Truth- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/9840/sojourn.html

III. Segregation

15. Discrimination means not treating people ___________.

16. Sets of rules that made it hard for African Americans to enjoy the same rights as white people were called ___________________ laws.

17. A famous African American botanist and food scientist was named __________________________.

to lunch Jim Crow George Washington Carver

Mr. Peanut Booker T. Washington equally

IV. Civil Rights Movement

18. By World War II, armed forces were still _____________.

19. A. Phillip ______________ challenged discrimination at weapons factories.

20. On June 25, 1941, President _______________ issued an order that there can be no discrimination in employment.

21. In 1951, ___________________, an African American lawyer, helped the courts decide to rule segregation in school illegal.

22. In 1955, _____________ was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.

23. ______________ Rights means fair treatment under the law.

1964 Marshall Thurgood Civil segregated

Roosevelt Rosa Parks 1929

1941 Randolph marches Reagan

V. Martin Luther King, Jr.

24. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in _________ in Atlanta, Georgia.

25. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped to organize a bus ___________, or a refusal to use the bus.

26. Mohandas ______________ believed that nonviolent action was the best way to bring about change.

27. In ________ Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.

1964 1941 1929 stop schedule boycott march Gandhi

VI. African Americans Today

28. __________ is the African New Year.

29. __________ is the key to a successful future.

30. In 1995, the _____________ Man March to Washington, D.C. brought African American men together to promise to take care of their families.

Prosperity Education Odunde Thousand

Million Freedom

31. Why do you think discrimination is wrong?

__________________________________________________________

yahoo image directory/MLK JR.

ANSWER KEY: Part I- 1. Tubman 2. prosperity 3. own 4. buy 4. 500 5. plantation 6. life 7. 1865

Part II - 8. Underground 9. abolitionists 10. Truth 11. Liberator 12. (written answer) 13. Civil 14. freedom

Part III- 15. equally 16. Jim Crow 17. George Washington Carver

Part IV- 18. segregation 19. Randolph 20. Roosevelt 21. Marshall Thurgood 22. Rosa Parks 23. Civil

Part V- 24. 1929 25. boycott 26. Gandhi 27. 1964

Part VI- 28. Odunde 29. Education 30. Million 31.( written answer)

Back to Audiovisual Quest. National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Polar Prowl

Name ___________

Really Wild Animals: Polar Prowl

1. The _________ Pole is called the Arctic.

2. The South Pole is called the _____________.

3. The King of the Pack Ice is the ______________.

4. Name 3 animals that blend in with the snow.

_____________ _______________ _________________

5. For about ___ years, polar bear mom and cub will stay together.

6. Walrus’ fat provides _____________ to keep the cold out.

7. True or False? Killer whales are dangerous to humans.

8. Killer whales travel in family groups called ________.

9. Killer whales use _________, or clicks that echo, to find fish.

10. The __________ is a cold, treeless land that stays frozen.

11. __________ are large deer that leave Alaska homes and go to the coastal plain.

12. When animals travel, it is called _______________.

13. Musk _________ live on the tundra year round.

14. ____________ Island is in Alaska and has mild weather.

15. Name 3 ways animals cope with the cold weather.

____________ _____________ _________________

16. The Arctic _________ is a bird that travels 11,000 miles twice a year.

South Pole

17. The Antarctica continent is bigger than the ______________.

18. The world’s coldest temperature is ______ degrees below zero.

19. True or False? Penguins only live in the Southern part of the earth.

20. The Adelie Penguins use ____________ to build their nests.

21. _________ Seals are mammals.

22. The ____________ Islands are South of New Zealand.

23. Name 4 kinds of penguins. __________ _________ _________ ___________

24. The ___________ seal lives on the Faulkland Islands.

25. The ___________ seals shed their skin.

26. _____________ are shrimp-like sea creatures.

27. The animals at the base of the food chain keep everyone else ____________.

28. Humpback whales use __________ netting to eat krill.

WORD BANK

Krill migration tern polar bear sonar Black Footed bubble

Kodiak migrate Tundra insulation arctic fox 2 oxen

Weddell United States alive elephant fur snowy owl

129 Antarctic Adelie pods North arctic hare hibernate

Caribou insulate King Emperor pebbles Royal

Galapagos 3 Rockhopper Macaroni 135 Snares

Back to Audiovisual Quest. The Lorax - Gr. 1-3

Name _______________

The Lorax

Learning Goal: You will actively listen for details, will make predictions, and will summarize.

1. When the Once-Ler came to town, he built a small __________ and chopped down a Trufula ___________.

2. The _____________ speaks for the trees.

3. The Once-Ler put up a _____________ to advertise his Thneed product.

4. The Once-Ler called his ______________ to help him.

5. The Once-Ler had to build more _____________ because of the traffic.

6. The machines made ________________ (smog, litter)

7. Since the Trufula trees and fruits are gone, the _____________ had to leave.

8. The Swammy ________ had to leave because of the smoke.

9. The Humming________ had to leave because the lakes were polluted.

10. "Unless" we do something to keep our earth clean, what will happen to the plants and animals? _________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

11. The Once-Ler gave the boy the last Trufula ___________.

12. What do you think the boy will do? ____________________________________

13. Do you think the Lorax will come back? Yes No

14. Why? __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

WORD BANK

shop relatives highways swans Barbaloots

tree Lorax fish seed pollution sign

ANSWER KEY

1. shop, tree 2. Lorax 3. sign 4. relatives 5. highways 6. pollution 7. Barbaloots 8. swans 9. fish

10. they will live in unhealthy air/water and might become sick and die or catch diseases 11. seed 12-14. X

Back to Audiovisual Quest. The Lorax Gr. 4-5

Name ______________

The Lorax

Learning Goal: You will listen for details, make judgments, and will apply economic knowledge to answer questions about the video.

1-4. Identify examples of the four factors of production used by the Once-Lers.

_______________________ _____________________________

5. Was there a demand for the Thneeds? Yes No

6. Evidence in video to prove? _________________________________________

7. Did the Once-Lers make a profit? Yes No

8. Evidence in video to prove? _________________________________________

9. Was the product good for the environment? Yes No

10. Evidence in video to prove? _________________________________________

11-14. When the business grew, describe at least 4 changes in the city.

_________________________ ________________________________

15. Pretend you are the Once-Ler. How could you produce the Thneeds and still be environmentally responsible?

___________________________________________________________________

16-18. Describe at least 3 ways the Thneeds were advertised.

____________________ ____________________ __________________

19. What or whom do you think the Lorax represented in the story?

_______________________________________________________________________

20. Why? _______________________________________________________________________

** Questions from Plano I.S.D. 4th Grade Integrated Curriculum: 'Changes Over Time' Edunetics Corp. 1994**

ANSWER KEY

1. Labor- workers, built shops , relatives

2. Enterprise- expanded business with family/relatives to expand the market

3. Capital- machinery, assembly line, tools

4. Land - cleared trees to build factories, built factories on the soil

5-6. Yes - the lines of cars waiting to buy one, the willingness of the consumers to pay

7-8. Yes - had enough money to expand the business and add shops across the country

9-10. No- the Swammy Swans were choking on the factory smoke, the Hummingfish had to leave their polluted pond, the Barbaloots had to leave because their trees and Trufula fruits were gone

11. no more trees

12. more houses and factories added

13. fewer trees

14. environment becoming contaminated, more billboards/advertisements

15. use a biodegradable material that does not take away nonrenewable resources or necessary resources

16. billboards 17. blimps/skywriting 18. TV commercials, TV jingles

19. an environmentally responsible person, the Environmental Protection Agency

20. he is thinking about the future and preserving our natural resources

Back to TopLanguage Arts Questions (Writing/Grammar)

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE	PARTS OF SPEECH
Up North At the Cabin- Chall- E CHA (simile, metaphor, personification)	Suddenly Alligator - Walton- E WAL (adverbs)
Canoe Days- Paulsen- E PAU (simile, metaphor)
Amber on the Mountain - Johnston - E JOH (simile, metaphor)

Back to L.A. (Book) Quest. Up North at the Cabin

Name _________________

Figurative Language: Up North at the Cabin by Chall- E CHA

Obj.- TLW identify the types of figurative language used in the story and will use published text as a model for writing.

Directions: Use 'S' for simile, 'P' for personification, or 'M' for metaphor to label the sentences from the story.

1. ___ On the way up north to the cabin, the sunshine sits in my lap all morning.

2. ___ ...houses are made from logs that look like shiny pretzels.

3. ___ Up north at the cabin, I am a smart angler.

4. ___ Up north at the cabin, I am a great gray dolphin.

5. ___ The lake is my ocean.

6. ___ I am an acrobat in a perfect handstand.

7. ___ Then rising in a sea of air-bubble balloons, I float on a carpet of waves.

8. ___ Up north at the cabin, I am a fearless voyageur guiding our canoe through the wilderness.

9. ___ The river spills over rocks and whispers to me - Kawishiwee...Kawishiwee-

10.___ Like a house on stilts, a bull moose stands in the shallows. His chest heaves and rumbles, mighty as a diesel engine.

11. ___ [The moose] shakes his great head, rocking branches of bone...

12. ___ ...we sling the canoe over our heads...we trudge along- an armored beetle

homeward bound.

13. ___ Up north at the cabin, I am a daredevil.

14. ___ (waterskiing) [I] smack the water like an angry northern pike. I fall three times.

15. ___ I am always brave-- even in the dark woods, when blood thumps through my

head like old Ojibway drums.

ANSWER KEY:

1. P 2. S. 3. M 4. M 5. M 6. M 7. M 8. M 9. P 10. S (both) 11. M 12. M 13. M 14. S 15. S

Back to Audiovisual Quest. Canoe Days

Name __________________

Canoe Days by Gary Paulsen - E PAU

Obj.- TLW identify figurative language (similes and metaphors) in the text and will classify.

Directions: Fold a blank sheet of paper in half. Write SIMILE on the top part of the LEFT side and

METAPHOR on the top part of the right side. Cut the sentences below into strips and glue them

in the correct category.

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CUT INTO STRIPS

1. ...the canoe slides in green magic without a ripple...

2. [the canoe] disappears like a ghost floating in the airwater

3. ...over the playground where fish play.

4. The water is a window into the skylake.

5. The pike (fish) moves like an arrow through the [lily]pads, looking... for something to eat

6. Ahead is a mallard hen (duck), her ducklings spread out like a spotted fan around her...

7. ...only the canoe, as a shiny log floating in the sun.

8. A snake moves from shore to pad, a wavy ripple, green back and light belly...

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9. (do not cut out) BONUS:

"...the sun is on my back like a golden friend on this perfect day." What is it? ___

A. simile B. onomatopoeia C. metaphor D. personification

10. Why? ______________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEY: 1. M 2. S 3. M 4. M 5. S 6. S 7. S 8. M 9. S - "like"

Back to L.A. (Book) Quest. Amber on the Mountain

Name __________________________

Similes and Metaphors with Amber on the Mountain -Johnston - E JOH

PRINT both sheets and glue. Match the meaning to the phrase containing figurative language from the story.

MATCH the similes/metaphors to their meaning.

SIMILES/METAPHORS

1. Amber lived on a mountain so high, it poked through the clouds like a needle.

2. Trees bristled on [the mountain] like porcupine quills.

3. She hopped around, crazy as a doodlebug.

4. Amber took the book as if it were a fine and breakable cup.

5. You look like our mule Rockhead [when you are trying to read.]

6. Anna and Amber stuck to each other like burrs.

7. Learning to read was like walking up a wall.

8. These marks (words) are like the chicken tracks in our yard (reading).

9. She hurried (when reading) and tangled the words like quilting thread.

10. Amber watched her from down the mountain until she melted into the blue mountain mist.

11. Soon I'll send a letter frilly as lace.

12. Child, you're peltering me with words, thick a spring rain. I feel drenched.

13. My letters are lopsided as a herd of one-horned cows. (writing)

MEANINGS

(A) You're talking too fast. I can't keep up.

(B) The trees looked pointy and sharp.

(D) I'll write a fancy letter.

(E) Reading is difficult.

(F) She was very careful when handling it so she wouldn't drop it.

(G) When I try to write, my letters are crooked.

(H) She frantically jumped around.

(I) As she walked, she became smaller until she was so far away it looked like she disappeared

into the mountain.

(J) You look stubborn and determined.

(K) You are talking too fast. I can't keep up.

(L) I don't understand what the alphabet letters mean. They don't make sense to me.

(M) The mountain was tall and there were clouds surrounding the peak.

(N) Amber and Anna were close friends and played together all of the time.

ANSWER KEY - 1.M 2.B 3.H 4.F 5.J 6. N 7.E 8. L 9. C 10. I 11. D 12. A 13. G

Back to L.A. (Book) Quest. Suddenly Alligator

Name _______________________

Suddenly Alligator, An Adverbial Tale - Walton

TLW identify how the adverb adds to the verb in the sentence. Circle the adverb and draw a line to the verb it modifies.

1. ...my head spin[s] dizzily

2. I walked lazily.

3. I was gleaming silently.

4. I [put the golf ball] into my pocket gratefully.

5. What [could it be?] I asked myself anxiously.

6. I slung [my bugle] over my shoulder happily.

7. I approached cautiously.

8. I slipped [the pliers] into my left pocket [easily].

9. I stepped cheerfully.

10. The alligator smiled at me hungrily.

11. Ahead of me the hill rose steeply.

12. He missed me. Barely.

13. The alligator followed me steadily.

14. I stomped my foot angrily.

15. I [blew my bugle] boldly.

16. I began to climb [the tree] clumsily.

17. The alligator lunged at me, growling loudly.

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Bill Nye- Outer Space video	Bill Nye - The Water Cycle video
Animal Life: All About Food Chains video	African American Life (History) video
National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Polar Prowl	The Lorax: Gr. 1-3 video questions
	The Lorax: Gr. 4-5 video questions