Reading Lab Report Worksheet
Reading Lab Report
Analytical Skills Assessment • Full 33-Question Set
Scientist: ____________________ Date: ________
Mission Directions
Read each passage or set of notes carefully. Choose the best answer for each question. Some questions will ask about the meaning of a word, while others will ask you to think about the main idea or the author's purpose.
Section 1: Vocabulary & Choice
1. Fox-Foot was guiding a group of traders. He allowed no fire to be built, wanting no trace of their passing to be left behind for others to find.
Meaning of "trace"?
A) Evidence
B) Blemish
C) Amount
D) Sketch
2. Statue heads are often missing noses because the nose is the most ________ part of a sculpture. It sticks out and is very easy to break.
A) recognizable
B) fragile
C) common
D) sophisticated
3. The Sun's corona brightens before a solar flare happens. This brightness provides a warning that a flare is ________ and will happen soon.
A) impending
B) harmless
C) forever
D) invisible
4. To check pipes without digging them up, engineers ________ the fact that some metals change their magnetic fields under stress.
A) used
B) ignored
C) forgot
D) redefined
5. Studies often only test college students. To ________ this situation and get better data, scientists must recruit diverse subjects.
A) fix
B) allow
C) explain
D) guess
Section 2: Meaning Detectives
6. "The college is starting a team. I am small, but tough. I can dodge and grab the ball." Purpose?
A) compare sports
B) details on play
C) explain she might make team
D) how to choose
7. Spanish news flourished in Texas. El Paso produced 22, surpassing others. Main purpose?
A) compare times
B) show news thrived in TX
C) El Paso vs San Antonio
D) move to Mexico
8. Scientists study the desert life because it is similar to the environment on Mars. Job?
A) why they study this desert
B) contrast with Mars
C) list animals
D) tools list
9. Copying low fares won't fix transit. Choice depends on population and job location. Job?
A) object to fares
B) influence is hard
C) high ridership
D) demographic list
10. Tested soil nutrients. Found deep levels same regardless of land use. Structure?
A) question -> hypothesis -> findings
B) list of facts
C) compare trees
D) concluding early
11. Quakes all in same spot. Surprisingly different from expected. Surprise?
A) Temp rise
B) robot broke
C) quakes in one spot
D) no quakes
12. Maya zero used 2,000 yrs ago. Might have come from Olmecs. Suggestion?
A) zero from Olmecs
B) respect history
C) secret math
D) teach others
13. Banker is very upset. Which quote proves this?
A) broke seals
B) 3 o'clock
C) delighted
D) tears kept awake
Longer gone = harder home. Cat: 11k yrs | Pigeon: 1914.
14. Concerning for?
A) Pigeon
B) Cat
C) Monk seal
D) Huia bird
15. Mixed feelings. Fond of room, hate walls. Quote?
A) pattern
B) moon shines
C) fond of room, hate paper
D) repellant color
16. Oxygen drop = Coral drop in Sea. Africa coral same. Conclusion?
A) Oxygen Sea not Africa
B) all same
C) Africa dead
D) temp key
17. Crater age unknown. Impact caused cold? Logic?
A) not concluded
B) big crater
C) ignore others
D) wrong date
18. Appendix has job in health. hasn't vanished. Hypothesis?
A) no use
B) preserved for health
C) vanish
D) past higher
19. Aztecs help community. Standards depend on ________.
A) independent rules
B) social context
C) same for all
D) only help role
Section 3: Language Lab
20. making ________ (singular) first time.
A) these
B) those
C) this
D) some
21. he ________ (past) his tech later.
A) used
B) uses
C) using
D) use
22. domain ________ safety (singular).
A) ensure
B) ensures
C) ensuring
D) ensured
23. Two ________ (plural hands/antennas).
A) hand's / antenna's
B) hands / antennas
C) hands' / antennas'
D) hand / antenna
24. references ________ (plural) moments.
A) represent
B) represents
C) represent—
D) representing
25. portrait ________ (pause) Marie.
A) artist,
B) artist
C) artist:
D) artist—
26. items they ________ to effect.
A) described, from hair
B) described—from hair—
C) described: from hair
D) describe from hair
Section 4: Link and Think
27. smothers flame. ________ turns black.
A) As a result
B) Instead
C) Earlier
D) Unlike
28. Not invent. No deny, ________ he shaped it.
A) hence
B) though
C) also
D) first
29. 2 parties. ________ systems share power.
A) Next
B) Conversely
C) In addition
D) Finally
30. Armor. ________ actually bone.
A) However
B) Hence
C) Next
D) Like
Eliot fake. Mary Ann Evans real.
31. Real author?
A) Mary Ann Evans used George Eliot
B) G.E. is real name
Salt solid = energy stored.
32. How stored?
A) solid salt
B) liquid flow
Threatened = endangered soon.
33. Frog status?
A) endangered
B) threatened
Summary Conclusion
Choose one question. Use evidence from the text to explain how you found the answer.
I chose question number ____. I knew the answer was ____ because the text said "___________________________________________________________________."
Reading Lab Report Adapted Worksheet
Reading Lab Report (Adapted)
Guided Analytical Assessment • Full 33-Question Set
Scientist: ____________________ Date: ________
Guided Directions
Read each text carefully. This guided version includes clues in bold and strikethroughs to help you narrow down your choices. Pay attention to the hints explaining why certain choices are wrong!
1. Fox-Foot guided traders. He wanted no trace for others to find.
A) Evidence
B) Blemish Mark on skin.
C) Amount Not counting.
D) Sketch
2. Nose sticks out, making it very easy to break.
A) recognizable Means "easy to see."
B) fragile
C) common Means "everywhere."
D) sophisticated
3. Sun brightens, providing a warning that a flare is coming soon.
A) impending
B) harmless Flares are trouble.
C) forever Only last a bit.
4. Engineers used magnetic fields to check pipes.
A) used
B) ignored They tested it.
C) forgot They needed it.
5. Need more diverse subjects to fix (ameliorate) the problem.
A) fix
B) allow Problems are bad.
C) explain Solving, not listing.
6. "small but tough... I can dodge and grab the ball."
A) compare sports Only one sport.
B) instructions No how-to steps.
C) explain she might make team
D) choose players About her skills.
8. Study it because it is similar to Mars.
A) WHY they study this desert
B) contrast Focus is on same.
C) list animals Mars is the clue.
11. "Marsquakes" all in one spot. (Scientists surprised!)
A) hot weather Location is news.
B) broke robot Surprise was data.
C) all in one spot
13. Banker is very upset. Prove it:
A) broke seals That's an action.
Reading Lab Report Answer Key
Reading Lab Report • Answer Key
Teacher Reference Resource • 33 Questions
1. A (Evidence)
2. B (Fragile)
3. A (Coming soon)
4. A (Used)
5. A (Fix)
6. C (Why she might make team)
7. B (Spanish news thrived)
8. A (Explain why study)
9. B (Influence hard)
10. A (Question -> results)
11. C (Same location)
12. A (Zero from Olmecs)
13. D (Tears and emotion)
14. B (Saber-tooth)
15. C (Likes room, hates paper)
16. A (Oxygen Sea vs Africa)
17. A (Cannot conclude cause)
18. B (Preserved for immunity)
19. B (Depend on context)
20. C (this)
21. A (used)
22. B (ensures)
23. B (hands / antennas)
24. A (represent)
25. D (artist—)
26. B (described—...—)
27. A (As result)
28. B (though)
29. B (Conversely)
30. A (However)
31. A (Mary Ann Evans)
32. A (Solid salt)
33. B (Threatened)
Skills Assessment Map
Vocab & Meaning (1-5): Mastery of context clues.
Analysis (6-12): Identifying author's purpose and text structure.
Evidence (13-19): Using textual data to support claims.
Grammar (20-26): Tense, agreement, and punctuation rules.
Transitions (27-30): Linking complex ideas logically.
Synthesis (31-33): Combining research notes into conclusions.
