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Interpret and Explain Visual Information Practice: Graph Read the passage. Then look at the accompanying visual information and answer the questions. When you are finished, print the page.

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Earth and the moon are not the only objects revolving around the sun. Other planets do too. A planet is a large, round object that revolves around a star. A solar system is made up of a star and all the things that revolve around it. At the center of our solar system is the sun, a star. Eight planets, their moons, asteroids, dwarf planets, and comets revolve around the sun. The planets in our solar system are all different in size and distance from the sun. Some are made mostly of rock. Others are made mostly of gases. Each planet rotates as it revolves. The sun rotates too. Everything moves in space!

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1. How far is Earth from the sun?

2. Which planet is closest to the sun?

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3. How does the graph help you better understand the passage?

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Practice: Diagram Read the passage. Then look at the accompanying visual information and answer the questions. When you are finished, print the page.

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How to Make an Ant Farm Materials: large jar, cardboard tube, soil, sand, ants, cloth, rubber band, and bits of food Step 1: Place a cardboard tube inside a large jar. The tube makes the ants tunnel near the side of the jar so that you can see them. Step 2: Fill the jar with soil and sand. Step 3: Find an ant colony in your yard or a park. Catch at least 20 ants from the same colony to put in your farm. Step 4: Try to find a queen ant. Queen ants are usually larger than the other ants. Some queen ants have wings. Step 5: After you place the ants in the jar, cover the top with cloth. Use a rubber band to hold the cloth in place. Step 6: Feed the ants once a week. Ants can eat tiny bits of food.

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Name __________________________________ 1. What is the purpose of the cardboard tube in the jar?

2. What is the purpose of the cloth that is stretched over the opening of the jar?

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3. How does the diagram help you better understand the instructions?

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Practice: Chart Read the passage. Then look at the accompanying visual information and answer the questions. When you are finished, print the page. How much water is in the Great Lakes? The surface area of the Great Lakes is bigger than the states of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, and New Hampshire combined. Not only are the lakes wide, but they are deep too. If you spread them out, the lakes would submerge the United States under nine and a half feet of water. They contain about 20 percent of all the fresh water in the world. It is estimated that the lakes hold 95 percent of fresh surface water in North America. Scientists estimate that the Great Lakes contain six quadrillion gallons of water. (That’s 6,000,000,000,000,000 gallons!)

Surface Area (square miles)

Water Volume (cubic miles)

Maximum Depth (feet)

Number of People Who Use Water

Lake Superior

31,700

2,900

1,332

425,548

Lake Michigan

22,300

1,180

925

10,057,026

Lake Huron

23,000

850

750

1,502,687

Lake Erie

9,910

116

210

10,017,530

Lake Ontario

7,340

393

802

2,704,284

Source: EPA, 2006

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The Great Lakes

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Name __________________________________ 1. Which of the Great Lakes is the deepest?

2. Which if the Great lakes has the most people using its water?

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3. How does the table help you better understand the passage?

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Practice: Time Line

In May of 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. It was a great accomplishment. She became even more well-known and made many more pioneering flights. From Hawaii to California, California to Mexico City, and Mexico City to New Jersey, Earhart forged ahead, setting records along the way. Only a few years later Earhart began talking about flying around the world. After a lot of planning and a few setbacks, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, set off on their second attempt at flying around the world in 1937. Earhart and Noonan reported cloudy skies and trouble finding the island they were meant to land on. Then Navy ships did not hear anything more from Earhart’s plane. Rescuers searched for weeks. There was no sign of Earhart or her plane. People have many different ideas about what happened to her. Her disappearance remains a mystery, even today. Amelia Earhart disappeared almost 75 years ago. But her legacy remains with us. She proved to the world that women are equal to men. She taught people not to let anything stand between them and their dreams. Without Earhart’s dedication, adventurousness, and free spirit, more girls today might still feel their choices are limited. Earhart lives in all our hearts every time we reach a little bit higher toward the sky.

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Read the passage. Then look at the accompanying visual information and answer the questions. When you are finished, print the page.

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1. In what year did Earhart begin her famous solo flight across the Atlantic?

2. Did Earhart graduate high school before or after World War I ended?

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3. How does the time line help you better understand the passage?

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Practice: Animation Read the passage. Then click on the link to look at the accompanying visual information and answer the questions. When you are finished, print the page. Electricity is a form of energy. It involves the flow, or movement, of electric charges. The flow of charges through a circuit is called an electric current. In a circuit, electric current flows through metal wires. The electric circuits in many homes are parallel circuits. A parallel circuit has several paths. If one lightbulb in the circuit burns out, the others stay lit. Each lightbulb in a parallel circuit can be turned off and on individually with a switch.

Parallel Circuit

2. If one lightbulb in a parallel circuit is removed or burns out why does the other lightbulb stay lit?

3. How does the animation help you better understand the passage about electricity and parallel circuits?

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1. What is the definition of a parallel circuit?