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Reading: Informational Text4th Grade

RI.4.4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text.

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  1. Question 1
    The legislative branch of government is responsible for making laws. Congress, made up of the Senate and House of Representatives, is the legislative branch. What does **legislative** relate to?
    • Breaking laws
    • Making laws
    • Interpreting laws
    • Enforcing laws
  2. Question 2
    Read this sentence: "A veterinarian is a doctor who takes care of animals." In this sentence, what does the word veterinarian mean?
    • A doctor for animals
    • A school subject
    • A kind of animal
    • A tool for cutting
  3. Question 3
    Read this sentence: "Scientists study fossils, which are the hardened remains of animals or plants that lived long ago." What does the word fossils mean?
    • A rule about animals
    • The hardened remains of long-ago living things
    • A type of new plant
    • A machine used by scientists

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