Second Grade CRCT Review 2008-09

WHO’S GOT THE ANSWER?

A person who writes books is called an ...

A. illustrator

B. author

C. publisher

In a book on dinosaurs, where should you look to find out what CARNIVORE

means?

A. the index

B. the glossary

C. the table of contents

Which do you need if you are going to type a story on a computer?

A. a database

B. the Internet

C. writing software

What part of a book will tell Rex the page on which the chapter on “How

to Bark” begins?

A. index

B. glossary

C. table of contents

D. title page

What do we call books that give us facts and information

about a subject?

Where would Thomas look to find yesterday’s score for the Braves’

game?

A. a magazine

B. a newspaper

C. a phone book

To find words that have the same meaning you would use

A. encyclopedia

B. thesaurus

C. dictionary

What do we call the part of a book that gives the title, author, illustrator, publisher and place

of publication?

A. table of contents

B. index

C. glossary

D. title page

Which is the BEST resource to find a recent story about wrestling?

A. a magazineB. a dictionaryC. an

encyclopedia

What do we call a book that gives

the meaning, spelling and

pronunciation of a word?

What is the BEST resource to use to find a map that shows where the Rocky Mountains are?

A. an encyclopedia

B. a dictionaryC. an atlas

Which word would be found on a dictionary page that has the guide words give and goat?

A. gems

B. glove

C. growing

Table of Contents

Animals ……………….page 1

Plants…………………..page 15

Weather……………..page 30

Electricity…………..page 45

Human Body………..page60

Where should you look to find information about your

lungs?A. page 15

B. page 60

C. page 45

The company that prints and binds a book is called ...

A. author

B. illustrator

C. copyright

D. publisher

The subjects in the index are listed …

A. in the order of the chapters.

B. on the title page

C. in alphabetical order

Index

C

camels, page 77

cats, page 40

cows, page 23

D

dogs, page 14

Ducks, page 16

Which book would you borrow from the library to learn about wild animals?

A. Zoo Animals

B. Caring for Dogs

C. Gerbils Make Great Pets

Which part of a book is MOST like a dictionary?

A. the index

B. the glossary

C. the table of contents

Which address on the World Wide Web would MOST LIKELY have information

about tropical fish?

A. www.toys.com

B. www.pets.com

C. www.birds.com

What do we call a person who draws pictures for a book?

A. illustrator

B. author

C. title

D. publisher

What is a book with made-up stories called?

A. Fiction

B. Nonfiction

Which list of words is in correct ABC order?

A. sports, soccer, swimming

B. soccer, sports, swimming

C. sports, swimming, soccer

What kind of word is the word gigantic ?

gigantic, adj. like a giant in size, very big or huge

A. verb

B. noun

C. adjective

INDEX

Canaries, 125

Parrots, 127-129

Pigeons, 130-133

On which page can you read information about parrots?

A. page 125

B. page 128

C. page 131

Which word would come LAST on a dictionary page?

A. best

B. bright

C. bounce

Which do most people use to connect to the Internet?

A. database

B. computer

C. table of contents

Table of Contents

This book has

A. facts about growing trees

B. five chapters

C. pictures of animals

Which would be the BEST place to find out the weather for the day?

A. dictionary

B. internet

C. encyclopedia

To find a synonym for a word you would use a

A. dictionary

B. a book of stories

c. a thesaurus

Which resource is the BEST to see how some people use sign language?

A. database

B. videotape

C. dictionary

To look up the meaning of a word in your science book, you should use the ...

A. index

B. glossary

C. table of contents

Which would be BEST to use to

find places to visit in Atlanta?

A. a database

B. writing software

C. the World Wide Web

Where would you find the MOST information on Spaceships?

A. in a dictionary

B. in a newspaper

C. in an encyclopedia

Which encyclopedia volume should you look in to learn about frogs?

A. Be-F

B. Ga-H

C. I-La

You are watching your favorite cartoon. At the

end,you see www.cartoons.com. What is

this?

A. the local library that has books about the cartoon

B. the store that sells software about the cartoon

C. the site on the World Wide Web that has information about the cartoon

Which is the BEST resource to use to find out about Native American homes?

A. atlas

B. dictionary

C. encyclopedia

Which word comes FIRST in alphabetical

(ABC) order?

A. sip

B. send

C. stop

D. sale

Where is the BEST place in a book you are reading to find the author’s name?

A. index

B. title page

C. table of contents

How Birds Fly

by Perry Pigeon

pictures by

Pete Pelican

Which part of a book is shown above?

A. index

B. title page

C. table of contents

Your class is learning about Japan. You want to send messages to

children in a Japanese classroom. How would

you do this?

A. by using the Internet

B. by using the library

C. by using a dictionary

Which book of an encyclopedia would you use to find out about sharks?

A. A-CB. M-DC. Q-T

Mark’s Dog Snow by Jamie

Who wrote this book?

A. Snow

B. Mark

C. Jamie

Which is most like a dictionary?

A. index

B. glossary

C. table of contents

The Easter Bunny found a book without a cover. Where should he look to find out the name of the

book?

A. in the glossary

B. on the title page

C. in the back of the book

Which words are in ABC order?

A. fan, kite, jar

B. jar, kite, fan

C. fan, jar, kite

Table of Contents page

Flowers……………………………………..4

Fruit…………………………………………..8

Trees………………………………………..12

On which page would you read about fruit?

A. 5

B. 8

C. 12

Where should you look to find out

how many chapters there are in a book?

A. on the cover

B. on the title page

C. in the table of contents

Do you have the answer