Page 441 - BenchMark_4-3

Reading Skill: Topic and Key Details The topic is the subject of the passage
or what the passage is mainly about. It
is usually just a word or short phrase.
The key details are specific information
(details) that tells about the topic.

Complete the details of each natural wonder in the water and the sky.

Topic Natural Wonders in the Water and the Sky

• It is large and beautiful and reaches far from the
Detail 1 ___________________.
water
Rio Harbor
• It is beside an unusual mountain called ___________________.
Sugar Loaf

grows slowly
Detail 2 • It took millions of years to form because it ___________________.

Great Barrier • Both humans and sea animals are responsible for

Reef ___________________ it.
destroying

Detail 3 • People can see it far to the north in the ___________________.
Arctic Circle
The Northern
electrical charge
Lights • It glows because of the ___________________ in some gases.

Arctic Circle Sugar Loaf water destroying

electrical charge grows slowly

Unit 12 | Watery and Sky Wonders