(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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BONUS: What if all the lightning struck one place?
According to the author, how would a coordinated jump affect the Earth’s orbit? Describe in your own words what would happen, referring to specific details from the text.
Why does the author of this essay choose to answer this seemingly absurd question? What is his purpose in doing so?
What will be the primary effect as people face these travel problems?
(p.19 and 20)
the maximum amount that can be used or contained within something (choose a bolded word in the text)
a description of something that could happen (choose a bolded word in the text)
In this essay, the Earth’s population ends up in the state of Rhode Island mainly because of ___________.
What does the reader note about the word “crust”?
Why is the outcome of this imaginary scenario surprising? Discuss how things turn out a little differently than expected.
What problems will these people face in trying to travel out of Rhode Island?
(p. 15 and 16)
In paragraphs 14 and 15, the author uses a problem-and-solution structure. What problem are the suggested solutions trying to solve?
Which of the following ideas discussed in paragraph 18 is most relevant to the central idea of the text?
Although the imagined scenario does not generate enough force to do more to Earth than leave footprints, what does it generate enough force to do?
(p. 9 and 13)
How will Munroe’s essay differ from other articles that address this same question? (p. 2,13,14)
According to paragraph 14, the T.F. Green airport “could run at 500% capacity” at best. Based on context, what does the word capacity mean? Write your best definition and explain how you figured out its meaning.
Which of the following best defines "species" as it is used in the passage?
A. coined money
B. humans inhabiting the earth
C. animals of the same biological classification
D. plants of the same group
Cell phones don’t work in paragraph 13 mainly because _____________ .
Which line helps you best determine the meaning of "orbit" in paragraph 20?
A. “The survivors spread out across the face of the world...”
B. “Our species staggers on…”
C. “... it spins along exactly as it did before our species-wide jump.”
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BONUS: What if all mosquitoes went extinct?
The prefix com- means “together” or “in association with” something. Based on this clue what is the meaning of compatible as it is used in paragraph 13?
After the imagined scenario ends, how many people will need to travel out of Rhode Island to get home? (p. 13)
BONUS: What if the Moon disappeared?
What does the term kinematics mean? (p.2)
The following passage (paragraphs 15–16) is written mainly in the _____ tense, from a _______point of view.
