Reading Comprehension Skills & Strategies - Level 4

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

Na m e : ___ _


Directions:

Date:

Write the correct phrase to finish the sentence so that it makes sense. Then
circle one word in each sentence that is a signal, introducing words that tell
an effect, or what happened.

Be on the lookout for words that help you figure
out the effect.

— as a result, hot, murky water shoots upward from the ocean floor.
— consequently, the vent begins to form.
— so scientists were extremely surprised to see this.
— when they discovered hydrothermal, or
hot-water vents.
— then it is super-heated.


  1. Scientists were studying the ocean floor ___

    ___.



  2. Cold water leaks into deep cracks in the ocean floor and _____

    ___.



  3. Next, the cold water hits hot liquid rock, or magma, deep in the earth and ____

    ___.



  4. Super-heated water quickly rises to the top of the vent and ___

    ___.



  5. An oasis of sea life lives near the vents, where temperatures can reach 660º F, __

    ___.



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