Super Read! Worksheet 5-1 answers

ANSWERS
Super Read! Worksheet 5.1

1.
a. Plants grow in just about every place
b. Plants show variety in their size, appearance, and life span.
c. Although they are so different from one another, almost all plants have green parts and flowering parts. In addition, they cannot move on their own.
d. Plants are different from one another because their basic parts are different.

2.
a. Plants are all around us.
b. Plants show great diversity. For example, they can be large or small, colorful or plain, short-lived or long-lived.
c. Nonetheless, plants are very much alike; they all have green parts and flowering parts.
d. Plants have differences in their fundamental parts: leaves, stems, roots, flowers, and seeds.

3 d.
Only choice d includes all the important details in the order in which they are presented in the two paragraphs. Choice a is too narrow, while choices b and c contain incorrect information. In addition, choice b contains details from paragraph 3, and the instructions specify that only the first two paragraphs be included in the summary.

4.
a. Kudzu is one of the fastest-growing vines.
b. It was imported from Japan in 1876 and soon became very popular for its sweet flowers.
c. In the 1930s, farmers used kudzu to prevent crop erosion.
d. Ideally suited to the South's climate, kudzu flourished and soon came to be regarded as a nuisance. e. Perhaps Americans can use kudzu as a cash crop, as the Japanese do.

5. Kudzu, one of the fastest-growing vines, was imported from Japan in 1876 and soon became very popular for its sweet flowers. In the 1930s, farmers used kudzu to prevent crop erosion. Ideally suited to the South's climate, kudzu flourished and soon came to be regarded as a nuisance. Perhaps Americans can use kudzu as a cash crop, as the Japanese do.