Drawing Conclusions Practice Test

For a unit on weather, Ms. Rahman asked students to keep a cloud journal for two weeks. Each day, they recorded the cloud type, the temperature, and whether it rained. Jayden noticed that on days with tall, puffy clouds that looked like stacked towers, the afternoon often ended with a short, heavy rain. On days with thin, wispy clouds, the weather stayed dry and breezy. Jayden’s friend Marisol argued that rain happened randomly, because it rained once on a day with gray, flat clouds. Jayden checked his notes and saw that the gray, flat cloud day had steady drizzle for hours, not a short downpour. Ms. Rahman reminded the class that cloud shapes can show how air is moving. She pointed out that the “tower” clouds formed on warmer days when the temperature rose quickly by noon. Jayden also recorded that those days had higher humidity, because the air felt sticky and his hair frizzed. What inference can be made about the tall, puffy “tower” clouds in the passage?

At the end of soccer practice, Coach Bennett noticed the bag of pinnies was lighter than usual. The team normally had 20 pinnies, and Coach Bennett counted only 16. He asked the players to check their backpacks. Most players shook their heads, and a few turned their bags upside down. Lina said she had seen four pinnies left on the grass near the sideline after the last drill. She remembered because the wind had started to pick up, and the pinnies were fluttering. Dev, who helped carry equipment, said he had picked up everything he saw and placed it into the gear bag. Coach Bennett walked back to the field and found two pinnies tangled in the net behind the goal. He also found one pinny stuck under a bench near the water cooler. The last missing pinny was not on the field, but Coach Bennett noticed a bright practice jersey in the parking lot gutter that looked similar in color. A parent said she had seen something blow across the lot as cars were leaving. What inference can be made about what happened to the missing pinnies?