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Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Quiz
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Quiz
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1
Which fact best explains the title of the passage?
Earth’s crust is always moving
Large pieces of crust can collide.
Rock layers contain fossils
Rock layers move up as mountains form.
2
Which one best describes the purpose of the graph?
to show the sounds that livingthings make
to compare the pitches that livingthings hear
to compare types of living things
to show the pitches that livingthings make
3
What does illustration 1 show?
a dead fish in the ocean
a fossil buried in the sand
fish swimming in sand
a fish on a mountain
4
Which of these shows matter in its three forms?
the illustration
the words in bold print
the title of the passage
the first paragraph
5
According to the text, how many hours are between each time zone?
one
six
two
four
6
Which pages might tell why pigslike mud?
11, 22
5, 7
9, 10
15, 16
7
Which of these pages would tellhow big pigs can be?
page 31
page 5
page 15
page 24
8
A chapter on landforms would probably use which glossary word?
equator
city
degree
canyon
9
What do the illustrations show?
how a fish gets stuck in rock
how a mountain forms a fossil
how a fish forms a fossil
how a fish fossil ends upon a mountain
10
2. People hear sounds in a range of about _____.
20 to 20,000 hertz
10 to 50,000 hertz
20 to 200,000 hertz
10 to 10,000 hertz
11
How many states have their owntime zone?
2
24
3
48
12
A chapter about reading a map would probably use which glossary word?
degree
ecosystem
compass rose
culture
13
How many pages tell aboutpet pigs?
two
four
five
three
14
Which of these can hear thehighest-pitched sounds?
grasshoppers
dolphins
people
dogs
15
Which glossary word describes the animals and plants of a desert?
canyon
ecosystem
desert
equator
16
On which group of pages can youread about parts of a pig’s body?
5, 6, 7
6, 11, 15
5, 9, 10
7, 30, 33
17
Which of these would be the besttitle for the illustration?
“Forms of Matter”
“How Atoms Look”
“Shapes of Molecules”
“Ways Atoms Group Together”
18
What is the passage mainly about?
how fossils were formed long ago
where fossils can be found
why sea fossils can be found on mountaintops
why Earth’s crust moves
19
Which one is true about time zonesin the United States?
There are six time zones.
The zone lines follow state borders.
Each zone is the same size.
There are four time zones.
20
Which cannot hear the high-pitched sounds that people can hear?
grasshoppers
dolphins
people
dogs
