Are you ready to take this lesson's quiz? The questions below will help you find out. Make sure you understand why each correct answer is correct―if you don't, review that part of the lesson.
1. What parts of words can you use to help you decode scientific words? (Select all that apply.)
- parts of speech
- suffixes
- definitions
- prefixes
Many prefixes and suffixes appear repeatedly in science.
Many prefixes and suffixes appear repeatedly in science.
Many prefixes and suffixes appear repeatedly in science.
Many prefixes and suffixes appear repeatedly in science.
2. If you know that the prefix eco– means “environment,” and that a sphere in science has to do with a planet, how should you define ecosphere?
- a friendly environment
- a hostile environment
- an entire planet’s environment
- how people treat the environment
Breaking words into separate parts can help you make an educated guess at a word’s meaning.
Breaking words into separate parts can help you make an educated guess at a word’s meaning.
Breaking words into separate parts can help you make an educated guess at a word’s meaning.
Breaking words into separate parts can help you make an educated guess at a word’s meaning.
3. Besides defining unfamiliar words, what else can you do to better understand scientific texts and media?
- Read the title several times.
- Notice how ideas are organized.
- Focus on one very important point.
- Memorize all of the scientific terms.
The ideas in scientific articles are often organized into certain patterns, such as cause and effect or comparing and contrasting.
The ideas in scientific articles are often organized into certain patterns, such as cause and effect or comparing and contrasting.
The ideas in scientific articles are often organized into certain patterns, such as cause and effect or comparing and contrasting.
The ideas in scientific articles are often organized into certain patterns, such as cause and effect or comparing and contrasting.
4. What kinds of clues can help you see how a text is organized? (Select all correct answers.)
- signal words
- context clues
- prefixes and suffixes
- visual cues
Signal words indicate relationships between ideas in texts.
Signal words indicate relationships between ideas in texts.
Signal words indicate relationships between ideas in texts.
Signal words indicate relationships between ideas in texts.
5. If a text or video describes what a word means, in an indirect way, what has it provided?
- a signal word
- a root word
- a suffix
- a context clue
Writers often include context clues to help you understand scientific and technical terms.
Writers often include context clues to help you understand scientific and technical terms.
Writers often include context clues to help you understand scientific and technical terms.
Writers often include context clues to help you understand scientific and technical terms.
6. If you see or hear the words first, second, next, and finally in a scientific text or video, in what order are the ideas likely arranged?
- sequence of events
- cause and effect
- comparing and contrasting
- classification
A sequence of events follows the order in which events happened.
A sequence of events follows the order in which events happened.
A sequence of events follows the order in which events happened.
A sequence of events follows the order in which events happened.
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