Paying Attention to Detail

1. Grammar Quiz

Some of the smallest words can cause some of the biggest errors in our writing.  One little mistake can signal to others that we really aren't very good writers, or show that we don't pay close attention to details.

Here is a small quiz about the use of 'a' and 'an' in a sentence.  This quiz will ask you when to use each one properly, or perhaps you don't need to use either.

A, An or Nothing Quiz


2. Let's get ourselves ready for the upcoming achievement test.

Practice these questions. Record your answers in your math journal.

Now look at these pattern questions.

3. Reading Comprehension

Ecosystems

    An ecosystem is all the things that interact in a specific area, whether they are living, or non-living.  Some examples of non-living things that support life in an ecosystem are light, air, soil, and water. 

     Living things are the organisms (plants and animals) that use those resources. Each of the specific 

ecosystems in the world has its own conditions created by the non-living things. These conditions determine what kinds of living things will be able to thrive there. Organisms can only thrive where their needs are being met. Everything in an organism’s environment has an effect on it. A temperate zone 

is an area where the conditions never become too hot or too cold, allowing many different kinds of organisms to thrive.  

     All the living things in an ecosystem are called a community. All of one specific kind of organism living in a community is called a population. All the tree frogs in a rainforest community are one population within the community. All the white birch trees are another population within the same 

community.  All the jaguars are yet another rainforest community population. 

     

     All living organisms perform certain life processes. They take in nutrients like air, sunlight, water, and food. They use energy from those nutrients to grow and develop. They release energy by doing work and moving. They release waste products. They react to things in their environment.  They 

reproduce, producing offspring (babies) that are similar to themselves.  

Answer the following questions based on the reading passage. Don’t forget to go back to the passage 

whenever necessary to find or confirm your answers.  

1) What would happen to the living organisms in an ecosystem if some of the non-living things were removed? Why? 

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2) What are some of the life processes that living organisms do? 

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3) What would happen in an ecosystem if one population grew 

too large for its needs to be met?  

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4) Explain how the living and non-living parts of an ecosystem 

work together. 

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5) Why does a temperate zone support the greatest variety of 

organisms?  

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