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Name: ___________________________________________ Date: __________________ Period: _____“Living in the Dark” by Cheryl Bardoe: Guiding QuestionsRead the selection from the science article “Living in the Dark” by Cheryl Bardoe (pg. 201). Then, reread the lines indicated with each question below. Answer each question, citing text evidence.Heading: Based on the heading, what do you think the article will be about?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 24–32: Paraphrase the description of the whale fall._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 62–68: Explain the cause-and-effect relationship. What words signal the relationship?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 79–86: What are the causes of scientists’ ideas about life on Earth being “suddenly turned upside down”? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 98–103: Paraphrase the chemical process that creates the deep-sea food chain._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 129–138: Explain the cause-and-effect structure of the paragraph._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Heading; Lines 139–155: Paraphrase the explanation of how whale bones act as stepping stones. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 152–153: Use context to determine what Smith means by “specialists.” How does this differ from the ordinary use of the word?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Photo and Caption: What does the photo show? Why might the author have included the photo?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 174–179: What evidence in this paragraph supports the author’s conclusion? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Lines 190–200: What cause-and-effect relationship can you infer from this passage? What evidence supports your inference?_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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