Tuesday, 3/20/07
Warm Up. Copy and Click. (Spelling, roots, conjunctions)
Workbook Check ("Reading a Web Page" p370-371)

  1. When the student searched for "Could an asteroid hit the Earth?" the search engine returned more than 10,000 results.  a) True  b) False  c) You can't tell.
  2. Even though the student asked a five word question, the search engine ignored one or more of them. How many?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3   d) 4
  3. A link is always underlined.  a) True  b) False
  4. A web address is also known as a  a) ULR.  b) http.  c) search engine.  d) site.  e) URL.
  5. Not including the search feature, how many "interactive areas" are linked to on the "All About Asteroids" main page?  a) 1  b) 2  c) 3  d) 4  e) 0
  6. The "All About Asteroids" site gives information on... a) how many asteroids hit Mars each year.  b) how people can make their own model asteroids.  c) what an asteroid is.  d) asteroids in movies.  e) all of the above.
  7. Which link would you click to look for something on the "All About Asteroids" site that's not listed on the main page?  a) See More Science Topics  b) See More General Topics  c) Search This Site  d) E-mail the Authors  e) Take This Poll
"The History of Chocolate" (p594-552)
  1. Scholars think that the Mayans were the first ancient civilization to consume chocolate.  a) True  b) False
  2. Scholars think that the use of chocolate is as old as mankind itself.  a) True  b) False
  3. The Mayans were the first to drink their chocolate sweetened with sugar.  a) True  b) False
  4. The Olmecs were the first to drink their chocolate hot.  a) True  b) False
  5. Which of these paragraphs is organized with a "sequential order" organizational structure?  a) 14th Century - 1521  b) 1544  c) 1753  d) 250-900  e) None of them are.
  6. The paragraph titled "1502 - Cacao as Currency" has which organizational structure?  a) sequential order  b) main idea and details  c) cause and effect
  7. The paragraph titled "1828 - Invention of Dutch Cocoa" has which organizational structure? a) sequential order  b) main idea and details  c) cause and effect
  8. The first European country to start using chocolate was...  a) England  b) Spain  c) Portugal  d) France  e) Mexico
  9. In Greek, theo means god.  a) True  b) False
  10. The first chocolate bar was invented by the British.  a) True  b) False
  11. Why did the sweetened condensed milk, developed by Nestle, work so well for Peters's milk chocolate?  a) The sugar content.   b) The low water content.  c) The thickening that occurred when they condensed it.  d) The added cocoa powder.  e) None of the above.
  12. What was the sweetened condensed milk developed for?  a) Soldiers rations.  b) Chocolate bars.  c) Baby food.  d) Cat food.  e) None of the above.
  13. The paragraph titled "WW II - Nourishing the Army" has which organizational structure? a) sequential order  b) main idea and details  c) cause and effect
  14. This entire article has which organizational structure?  a) sequential order  b) main idea and details  c) cause and effect
  15. What is the source for this article?  a) various web pages  b) The History of Chocolate web page  c) Diner's Digest  d) chocolate.com  e) It doesn't say.