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  • 3. Which sentence from the article best explains why it was important to get medicine to Nome quickly?
    The disease was a serious threat to the children who lived there.
  • 5. How do the key details in paragraph 5 support its main idea?
    They explain how the dog sled teams became famous.
  • What is the base word of the word AMAZINGLY?
    Amaze
  • 9. What is the first thing that happens when pressure gets too high inside a volcano?
    Gasses push up the pipe.
  • What is the base or root of the word COMPARED?
    compare
  • 10. Part TWO Which THREE sentences in paragraph 6 best support the answer
    For more than a year, the weather everywhere on earth... Summers were cold and cloudy, Snow fell and lakes froze, even in June!
  • 6. What does heroic mean in the text?
    done with courage
  • 12. What is the main idea of the entire passage?
    Volcanic eruptions are a powerful force of nature.
  • 8. What is the meaning of surface in this context?
    the top part of something
  • 2. According to paragraph 2, which isnot a reason the trip between Anchorage and Nome was hard.
    Wolves could attack
  • 1. Which sentence from the passage best states the main idea of the article?
    The team brought the medicine that would keep the children in Nome safe.
  • 11. Which question is answered in paragraph 3?
    How does liquid rock get out of a volcano?
  • 7. Which question could be answered by reading paragraph 2?
    Where are volcanoes found?
  • 4. Which event from the article happened FIRST?
    A terrible sickness broke out in Alaska.
  • What is the base word of the word spreading?
    spread
  • Sled dogs could endure the long cold journey. What does endure mean?
    survive, stand, power through
  • 10. What is the main idea of paragraph 6?
    Volcanoes can have an effect on the weather.
  • What is a word opposite of the base word in cheered?
    boo-ed, unhappy, dissapoint, sad
  • What is a word opposite of the base word in biggest?
    small
  • What is the base or root of the word CRUSHED?
    crush
  • What is the base or root of the word ERUPTIONS?
    erupt
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