Name _______________________________________ Date _______________
Objective: 8R3.1.8
Interpret graphic features of expository test.
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Interpreting Graphic Features
2002 GIRLS' SOCCER SCHEDULE
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
PLACE TIME
Thurs. Sept. 12 Jones Valley
Here
Tues.
No Game ----
Sept. 17 Bye
8:30
Thurs. Sept. 19 Shortline
Here
8:30
Tues.
There
3:30
Thurs. Sept. 26 Freeport
There
3:30
Tues.
Oct. 1
Bye
No Game ----
Tues.
Oct. 3
Mission Forks Here
3:30
Thurs. Oct. 8
Jones Valley
There
3:30
Tues.
Bye
No Game ----
Shortline
There
Sept. 24 New Vernon
Oct. 10
Thurs. Oct. 15
3:30
1. Where will the team play on September 24?
A. Freeport
B. New Vernon
C. at home
D. Jones Valley
2. Which team is the Girls’ soccer team scheduled to play on Tuesday, Sept. 24?
A. Jones Valley
B. New Vernon
C. Mission Forks
D. Freeport
Janet's Science Project
For her science project, Janet placed four lima bean plants under different lighting conditions.
Plant 1 was her control plant, and she placed it in regular sunlight. Plant 2 was placed in a dark
closet so that it received only minimal light seeping in through the crack in the door. Plant 3 was
placed under a lamp and received constant light. Plant 4 was given light exactly 12 hours each
day.
Janet watered each plant the same amount every day. She measured the height of the plants
each week and recorded her observations on a spreadsheet. Then, she graphed the results with
a line graph.
3. According to the graph, which plant grew at the most constant rate?
A. 1
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
5. According to the graph, at the mark of which week did Plant 1 demonstrate its strongest growth?
A. Week 2
B. Week 3
C. Week 1
D. Week 4
4. Entry: sur-pass (v.)
Pronunciation: \sər-ˈpas\
Etymology: Middle French surpasser, from sur- + passer, to pass.
Date: 1555
1. to become better, greater, stronger than; He surpassed Houdini in skill.
2. to go beyond
3. to transcend reach, capacity, powers of; A Ferrari surpasses most other cars.
Using this dictionary entry for the word surpass, which plant surpasses all others?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
8R.3.1.8 Key and explanations
1. b
2. b
3. b
4. b
5. c
1.
First, find the date and the team the girls will be playing. Then, look at
the fourth column. If the word in the column is "Here," the girls will
play at home. If the word is "There," the girls will play at their
opponent’s school.
2.
First, find the column that gives the date Sept. 24. Then, look at the
space to the right of that column to find the team they are supposed
to play.
3.
According to the graph, Plant 4 grew at the most constant rate. Plant 3
failed to grow much at all. The rate of growth for Plants 1 and 2
changed over the course of the four weeks.
4.
The reader can interpret from the graph that Plant 1 grew the most in
Week 3 compared to the other weeks of the experiment. This can be
determined because the line between Week 2 and Week 3 rises
sharper than any other interval of time.
5. One of the definition for surpass means "to go beyond." According
to the graph, the growth of Plant 2 surpasses the other plants by a
good margin. The first definition of surpass also can apply as Plant 2 is
stronger than the other plants as well.