ESCUELA BILINGÜE TAZUMAL

Reading – Quiz
Ms. Evelyn Morales 7th Grade 3rd Term
Name: Gaby Campos

Instructions: Read the claims (A-D).

Which claim does each extra detail (1-5) support?
Choose the correct options. Mark the answer in red.

Claim A: The rate at which the Arctic Ocean is losing ice is far exceeding scientists'
calculations.

Claim B: Melting glaciers in the Himalayas and the Andes are affecting the lives of people
who live there.

Claim C: The ice sheet of Greenland is sliding more and more quickly into the ocean.

Claim D: The loss of glaciers causes the Earth to absorb more of the sun's heat.

1.

2. The climate is becoming dry, leading a) Supports claim A

to shortages of water. b) Supports claim B
a) Supports claim A c) Supports claim C
b) Supports claim B d) Supports claim D
c) Supports claim C 6. In Komik, one of the world's highest
d) Supports claim D villages, water sources are drying up.
3. As climate scientist Mark Serreze a) Supports claim A
says, "Reality is exceeding b) Supports claim B
expectations." c) Supports claim C
a) Supports claim A d) Supports claim D
b) Supports claim B
c) Supports claim C
d) Supports claim D
4. Ice reflects heat, but exposed rocks
do not.
a) Supports claim A
b) Supports claim B
c) Supports claim C
d) Supports claim D

5. It is moving twice as fast as it was in

1995.