Using Reference Materials

Using Reference Materials LA #3636 Have you ever had a project to complete, but were not sure where to find information about the topic or person? There is a great way to learn about famous people, events, inventions, or just about anything. You can find tons of information by using reference materials. Take a closer look at reference materials and watch the world of information open up for you. Part A Draw a line connecting the term in the first column to the best description in the second column. Term Description 1. encyclopedia a. This is a list of topics in alphabetical order. It gives the page numbers that have information about each topic, and it may point to other places with more information, making the search for a subject much easier. 2. index b. Books, almanacs, encyclopedias, maps, and other information sources are all called this. They are a great place to start your research. 3. reference materials c. These are like dictionaries, but contain more information! They are updated almost every year with current information. Page 1 of 2

Using Reference Materials LA #3636 Part B Circle the letter that best completes the sentence. 1. Many libraries have a section of books called reference materials. These books can be used only in the library because. 2. When you the source, you are giving credit to the person or publisher who wrote or published the information. 3. When searching online, put your subject in. It tells the computer to look for a whole name. 4. Good reference materials provide up-to-date information. They should be no more than years old. 5. Even older books can be helpful. Older books are good for. a. they are fragile b. they are there for everyone who needs them c. they change often a. cite b. ignore c. choose a. question marks b. quotation marks c. exclamation points a. 2 b. 5 c. 15 a. just the facts b. background information c. the latest information Page 2 of 2

The Changing Planet LA #3548 Earth today looks very different from the time the dinosaurs roamed it. Earth has gone through many changes since it first formed. It is changing even today. Take a closer look at some of the forces that have changed and continue to change our home, Earth. Place the correct letter in the blank before the sentence. E = Earthquake, G = Glaciers, V = Volcanoes 1. These can be active, dormant, or extinct. 2. These can carve out large bowls on the sides of mountains. They can even carve out entire valleys. 3. These occur when forces in Earth cause sections of land to suddenly slide past or into each other. 4. Lava from these makes islands, like Hawaii, bigger every year. 5. The Ice Ages were prehistoric times in which these covered large areas of the world. 6. When these occur under the ocean, they can create islands. 7. People who live in areas where these occur must take special precautions when furnishing and decorating their homes. 8. Ice and snow that does not melt on mountains builds up to make these. 9. If you live along the San Andreas Fault in California, you are likely to have experienced these. 10. Sometimes the force of these is great enough to blast them apart.

Where Is My Home? LA #3558 No matter where you live, whether in a big city, a small town, or on a farm, whether in an apartment, a condominium, or a house, it is your home. Your home and neighborhood are special places. Plants and animals also have homes and neighborhoods. Take a closer look at the different habitats and neighborhoods around the world. Circle the letter that best completes the sentence. 1. All living things need. They also need food. The same amounts of these things are not found everywhere. 2. A biome is a region of Earth where many of the same kinds of. 3. The term biome is primarily used to describe. 4. The word habitat can be used to describe a environment. 5. Freshwater is water that you can drink. It is not salty. Freshwater habitats include. a. air and clothing b. air and water c. clothing and water a. people live b. buildings are built c. plants and animals live a. land regions b. water regions c. cities a. water only b. land only c. land or water a. ponds, oceans, rivers, and streams b. ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams c. ponds, lakes, oceans, and streams 6. The oceans of the world supply much of the world s supply. Because of this, people need to be especially careful not to pollute the oceans. a. air b. drinking water c. food 7. Frogs and turtles live. a. part of their lives in the water and part of their lives on land b. all their lives on land c. all their lives in the water

Speech and Hearing LA #3604 You spend very little time thinking about the ability to speak and hear. These two skills are a big part of your everyday life. What wonderful abilities they are. Open up and say, AHHHH, as you take a closer look at the mysteries of the human voice and sense of hearing. Part A Put these sentences in the correct order to show how a person hears. a. Nerves pick up these vibrations. b. The sound is directed down and into your ear. c. The nerves then pass the information about the sound to the brain. d. The sound strikes the eardrum. It begins to vibrate. e. Sound waves travel through the air. f. It sends the vibrations across small bones. They begin vibrating. g. Sound waves collect in the fleshy flaps around your ear openings. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Page 1 of 2

Speech and Hearing LA #3604 Part B Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s) from the box to show the body parts that help you speak. vocal cords trachea mouth lung larynx nose esophagus Page 2 of 2

The Whole Universe LA #3606 Can you imagine how much there is in outer space? There are billions and billions of stars and planets out there. Take a closer look at our place in space. Circle the word that correctly completes the sentence. 1. The is everything. It includes the smallest piece of dust and the largest star. Our planet is only one tiny piece of this. galaxies universe Milky Way Andromeda 2. are made of stars and planets. But, they also include dust and gas. They move as the universe expands. No one knows their total number. Galaxies Universe Milky Way Andromeda 3. The stars you can see in the sky are all part of the. Early astronomers thought it looked like spilled milk. It contains our Sun and more than 100 billion other stars. galaxies universe Milky Way Andromeda 4. appears in the northern sky during the autumn. Through a strong telescope, it looks like a smudge in the sky. In fact, it looks about four times larger than the Moon. Galaxies Universe Milky Way Andromeda 5. Galaxies have three basic shapes. They are spiral, elliptical, and. circular irregular triangular 6. look like giant pinwheels with arms extending from the center. Circular planets Irregular universes Spiral galaxies 7. If you can see hundreds of stars at night, then you must be away from. street and city lights televisions and radios pets and relatives

Space Stuff LA #3616 Our solar system contains an enormous amount of objects in it, such as the Sun, planets, asteroids, comets, dust, and meteors. Sometimes pieces of these objects in space fall to Earth. These pieces can give scientists clues about how our solar system began. Take a closer look at outer space. Place the correct letter in the blank before the sentence. A = Asteroids, M = Meteors, C = Comets 1. The Greeks thought these looked fuzzy and hairy. 2. Some people call them shooting stars. But, they are not stars at all. 3. These can be very small, or hundreds of miles across. 4. Some of these orbit the Sun like planets. 5. These are made of ice, rock, and dust. The head looks like a dirty snowball. 6. These objects usually burn up when they enter Earth s atmosphere. 7. These are made of rock that can be light or heavy, shiny or dull. 8. These are any pieces of matter that enter Earth s atmosphere. 9. Most of these are found in the area between the planets Mars and Jupiter. 10. Edmond Halley was an English astronomer. He predicted that one of these objects he saw in 1682 would return in 1758. It did return, and it was named in his honor.

Solar Shadows LA #3619 Have you ever seen it become as dark as night in the middle of the day? This is called an eclipse. An eclipse happens when the Moon comes between the Sun and Earth. Have you ever seen an eclipse? Take a look, but not too close to hurt your eyes, at this out of this world event, a solar eclipse. Part A Fill in the blank with the correct word(s) from the box. Some words can be used more than once. total eclipse life plants stories partial eclipse solar eclipse revolves 1. Earth around the Sun. The Moon around Earth. 2. When the Moon gets between the Sun and Earth and blocks the sunlight from reaching Earth, a occurs. 3. When the Sun is totally covered by the Moon, you see a. 4. When the Sun is partially covered by the Moon, you see a. 5. The Sun is very important to life on Earth. Without the Sun, would die and then all other would also die. 6. Long ago, people did not understand solar eclipses. They created many to try to explain why the Sun disappeared during the day.