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- Exam Code: SBAC
- Exam Name: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
- Certification Provider: Smarter Balanced
- Latest update: Jul 17,2025
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. You are asked to help a student with his conclusion for the attached essay. Which would be the best conclusion option he should use?
- A . The effects of global warming and climate change are seen in a chain-reaction in nature. The melting of the ice creates a struggle for the seals as they seek a safe place to raise their young, and with fewer seals that are more difficult to find the polar bears are starving. The ecosystem is all interrelated and global warming shows us just how delicate a balance it is.
- B . Polar bears find themselves in a battle with humans over their main food source. With locals killing seals for food and fur, the polar bears are finding it more and more difficult to hunt. We must enact stricter hunting regulations to save the seals, which will, in turn help to save the polar bears.
- C . Before the majestic animals of the Arctic become extinct, people must work hard to drop their greenhouse gas emissions, including driving less and recycling more. Only by reversing the damaging effects of greenhouse gasses can the animals of the Artic be saved. We much step up and do our part to help save the planet.
- D . Scientists are still working to understand the effects of global warming and climate change. In Australia, as climate change sparks huge and destructive wildfires, the eucalyptus trees native to the area are being destroyed. This, in turn, has a huge impact on another bear, the koala bear.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it.
Which simile could the author use in the attached passage to help the reader better understand this topic?
- A . The bear’s skin hung in loose folds on its emaciated frame, like a child playing dress-up in clothes many sizes too big.
- B . Shuffling along the ice, the hungry bear snuffled in the cold icy flakes, sniffing for a sign of the seal for which he so hungrily yearned.
- C . As the bear’s glassy eyes gazed into the camera, her hunger was obvious, like a sign of the suffering she was experiencing.
- D . Alone in the melting ice, the bear cried out in hunger and with worry, its voice carried away on the Arctic wind.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. Choose the transition sentence that would improve the links between the first and the second paragraph.
- A . Polar bears are not the only ones having a difficult time finding food.
- B . There are many reasons why the polar bears are starving.
- C . Polar bears are having a difficult time finding food.
- D . Scientists suggest that climate change is a result of the Earth’s natural cycle of heating exacerbated by man-made causes.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. Choose the transition sentence that would improve the links between the first and the second paragraph.
- A . Polar bears are not the only ones having a difficult time finding food.
- B . There are many reasons why the polar bears are starving.
- C . Polar bears are having a difficult time finding food.
- D . Scientists suggest that climate change is a result of the Earth’s natural cycle of heating exacerbated by man-made causes.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. Choose the transition sentence that would improve the links between the first and the second paragraph.
- A . Polar bears are not the only ones having a difficult time finding food.
- B . There are many reasons why the polar bears are starving.
- C . Polar bears are having a difficult time finding food.
- D . Scientists suggest that climate change is a result of the Earth’s natural cycle of heating exacerbated by man-made causes.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. Choose the transition sentence that would improve the links between the first and the second paragraph.
- A . Polar bears are not the only ones having a difficult time finding food.
- B . There are many reasons why the polar bears are starving.
- C . Polar bears are having a difficult time finding food.
- D . Scientists suggest that climate change is a result of the Earth’s natural cycle of heating exacerbated by man-made causes.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. Choose the transition sentence that would improve the links between the first and the second paragraph.
- A . Polar bears are not the only ones having a difficult time finding food.
- B . There are many reasons why the polar bears are starving.
- C . Polar bears are having a difficult time finding food.
- D . Scientists suggest that climate change is a result of the Earth’s natural cycle of heating exacerbated by man-made causes.
A student is writing an informational essay about the impact of global warming on polar bears in the Arctic.
As climate change and the effects of global warming are felt worldwide, scientists have determined that polar bears in the Arctic are just one of the many species facing extinction from our rapidly warming planet. As the ocean waters warm, the main food source for the bears is disappearing. Shortages of food are literally causing these creatures to die of starvation.
Whereas bears could previously walk out onto the sea ice and wait for a seal to poke its snout through, shrinking sea ice means the bears must now walk or swim much farther than they did before to find food. These longer migrations to find food are taking their toll on the bear population.
Seals are a polar bear’s main source of protein. They are also another victim of global warming. With the sea ice melting earlier in the warmer springtime and forming later in the warmer winters, seals struggle with finding a safe place to raise their pups. As a result, their numbers are starting to drop, meaning they are also no longer a plentiful food source for the bears
Read the attached passage and then answer this question about it. Choose the transition sentence that would improve the links between the first and the second paragraph.
- A . Polar bears are not the only ones having a difficult time finding food.
- B . There are many reasons why the polar bears are starving.
- C . Polar bears are having a difficult time finding food.
- D . Scientists suggest that climate change is a result of the Earth’s natural cycle of heating exacerbated by man-made causes.
The North was better equipped and had more men to fight than the South.
- A . sentences 1, 4, and 5
- B . sentences 1, 2, and 3
- C . sentences 2, 3, and 5
- D . sentences 3, 4, and 5
A student is writing a research report on the Civil War. Here is a draft of that report.
The American Civil War erupted after years of tension between the North and the South. Differing views on westward expansion, states’ rights, and possibly most notably slavery, Abraham Lincoln’s win in the 1860 presidential election was the trigger that sparked the war. Eleven states announced their secession from the Union and the Confederate States of America was born.
As the southern states banded together to fight for their rights against a president and government they feared was trying to abolish their way of life and ruin their economy, the Civil War pitted brother against brother in some cases. Those who supported the abolition of slavery supported the northern Union army. Those who saw value in slavery fought for the Confederate south. As shots were fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, the deadliest war for American soldiers was officially underway.
The fighting would last another four years. Each side celebrated victories and suffered defeats during that time, but the North ultimately won. On April 9, 1865, three days shy of four years after it began, the Civil War came to an end. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Appomattox County, Virginia.
Read the attached essay draft and answer this question about it. Which two of these sources are least likely to give the student relevant information to add to these paragraphs?
The History of Slavery in America C A video about the history of slavery in America from the 1600s to the Emancipation Proclamation and the resulting fight for civil rights.
The Roles of Women in the Civil War C an article by R.B. Brooks about the roles women played during the Civil War found on a Civil War history website
Riley M. Hoskinson letter to his wife, Martha Hoskinson of Rushville, Illinois, Oct. 27, 1863 C A letter written from a Union soldier to his family back home about his experiences serving in the Union Army
A Stillness at Appomattox C Pulitzer Prize-winning book by B. Catton about the Civil War’s final year and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox
The Entire Civil War Animated Map C An animated map of the battles of the Civil War
- A . The Entire Civil War Animated Map and A Stillness at Appomattox
- B . A Stillness at Appomattox* and The History of Slavery in America
- C . The letter from the Union soldier and The Roles of Women in the Civil War
- D . The History of Slavery in America and The Roles of Women in the Civil War
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