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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Supporting Details
Level: Grade 2
Standards: CCRA.R.3, RI.2.3
Author: szeiger
Last Modified: 8 years ago

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In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is a place known for being mysterious. Many ships have gone into this area and haven’t come out. Aircraft have disappeared while flying over this area too. It is called the Bermuda Triangle.

The Bermuda Triangle starts at the tip of Florida, reaches to Bermuda, heads down to Puerto Rico, and goes back up to the tip of the Florida to make its triangular shape. In the 1900s, many people started to mention a lot of mysterious disappearances in this portion of the Atlantic Ocean. There were so many reports that scientists started trying to figure out what was going on.

However, no one has been able to explain the disappearances that have taken place in the Bermuda Triangle. In 1918, a boat called the USS Cyclops went missing with 309 people on board. In 1945, five U.S. Navy bomber planes went missing, and then the search and rescue plane went missing too. In 1955, a yacht made it through three hurricanes in the Bermuda Triangle, but it didn’t have any crew left.

Some people think these disappearances were caused by UFOs. Others think the lost island of Atlantis may have had something to with their disappearance. Pirates have also been blamed. However, scientists think hurricanes, rough weather, and human error are more likely to blame. Part of the Bermuda Triangle also contains the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean, which means if a ship sank, it would be nearly impossible to find it again.

Even though the Bermuda Triangle is known for being mysterious, it is still used every day. Cargo ships and cruise ships regularly travel through the area. Planes fly over it all the time too.

Grade 2 Supporting Details CCSS: CCRA.R.3, RI.2.3

How deep is the water in the Bermuda Triangle?
  1. Deeper than any other water in the Atlantic
  2. Shallower than any other water in the Atlantic
  3. Deep in parts and shallow in others
  4. It cannot be determined from the passage