The Buffalo Are Back
  • 1. What does the word RIPPLED mean?
A) formed small waves
B) kept something away
C) tore into pieces
D) told what happened
  • 2. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word DROUGHTS?
A) doubts
B) damages
C) thoughts
D) shortages
  • 3. Which word has the OPPOSITE meaning of EXTINCT?
A) loud
B) lucky
C) last
D) living
  • 4. Which word has almost the SAME meaning as the word FLOURISHED?
A) thrived
B) nourished
C) accomplished
D) flowered
  • 5. What does the word FRAGILE mean?
A) having little spark
B) showing good taste
C) tending to break easily
D) being comfortable
  • 6. What does the word CRUMBLED mean?
A) made a deep sound
B) handled clumsily
C) reduced to tiny bits
D) moved back
  • 7. What does the word ECOSYSTEM mean?
A) people who are closely related
B) developments in a city
C) organisms and their environment
D) plants resembling a tree
  • 8. What does the word IMBALANCE mean?
A) a reproduction of the form of a person
B) a general idea
C) an unenvenness existing between two things
D) an eventful day
  • 9. What is the MAIN idea of the section titled "The Buffalo"?
A) Loss of buffalo killed the prairie
B) The buffalo provided the Indians with all their needs.
C) There were 75 million buffalo in North America.
D) Buffalo changed the prairie.
  • 10. All of the following describe how buffalo and cattle affect the prairie EXPECT
A) the buffalo were helpful in keeping the grasses healthy, but the cattle were not.
B) the cattle never ate too much grass, but the buffalo did.
C) the buffalo helped the prairie survive, but the cattle did not.
D) the sharp hooves of the buffalo helped rainwater reach the soil, but the flat hooves of the cattle packed the earth.
  • 11. What happened when the grasshoppers chewed the fragile crops growing on the plains?
A) plants with tough roots grew back
B) buffalo grass grew back
C) plants with fragile roots grew back
D) nothing grew back
  • 12. Who discovered three hundred buffalo in Montana?
A) President Theodore Roosevelt
B) General George A. Custer
C) Sioux Chief Sitting Bull
D) W.T. Hornaday
  • 13. What conclusion can you draw from the selection?
A) The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.
B) It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.
C) All farmers use contour plowing.
D) Cattle are important to the farming industry.
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