Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
Analyze in detail how an author's ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).
Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources (including their own experiments), noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts.
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Q 1/15
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Part A: What does repository mean in paragraph 15?
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storage area
abundant source
mountainous region
hidden supply
Q 2/15
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Part B: Which sentence from the article best helps the reader understand the meaning of repository?
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âAfter various states objected, Congress said to focus on just one siteâYucca Mountain in Nevada.â
âStudying them would take even more time and money.â
âThe government was also supposed to review 10 possible disposal sites.â
âThatâs because many things are unclear about geology, human error, and so on.â
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Part A: What does repository mean in paragraph 15?
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Part B: Which sentence from the article best helps the reader understand the meaning of repository?
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Which sentence provides the best summary of the article?
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The diagram below shows the process of nuclear fission. Use the words from the table to correctly label each element of the diagram. You will use each word at least once, and one word twice.
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Which of these details does the author use to develop the idea that the U.S. government is unlikely to choose a permanent spent fuel waste disposal site anytime soon?
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In paragraph 5, the author quotes Kevin Kampsâ belief that âhigh levels of radioactive waste can present hazards âfor a million years or more...ââ How do the ideas in paragraphs 11â18 build on this claim?
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Which sentence explains an association between fission and radioactivity in anuclear reactor?
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Part A: Which sentence states one of the authorâs purposes in the article?
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Part B: How does the author use quotes from experts to help achieve her purpose?
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Part B: How does the author use figurative language to help achieve her purpose?
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Part B: How does the author use short sentences and familiar language to help achieve her purpose?
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Part A: Based on information in the article, and the diagram âThe Pressurized Water Reactor,â which part of a pressurized-water reactor is most likely to contain fuel assemblies?
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Part B: Which section of the article contains information that most strongly supports the answer to Part A?
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Which key idea in the article is best supported by the diagram âThe Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)â and its accompanying sidebar, âHow Energy Gets from the Nuclear Reactor to Youâ?
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What can the reader conclude after analyzing information from both the article and the bar graph titled âStorage of Commercial Spent Fuel by State Through 2013â?
