Exploring the World of Bats

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What do you already know about bats?

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Vocabulary Words

definition:

active at night



Owls are nocturnal animals.

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​nocturnal

definition:

When animals or people are active, they are not resting or sleeping.

Racoons are active at night.

​active

definition:

A mammal is any animal that has hair or fur on the outside of its body and a skeleton inside its body.

Most pets that people have are mammals.

​mammal

Multiple Choice

Based on the text, what can you infer about people and bats?

• He teaches about how dangerous bats are to humans.

• He teaches about keeping bats as pets.

• He teaches that bats can be shy and even helpful.

• He teaches that bats live in zoos and out in the wild.

Multiple Choice

Bats can be helpful. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• “Bats sleep upside down. Their home is called a roost.”

• “Bat babies are called pups. Female bats feed their babies milk from their bodies.”

• “Bats are nocturnal animals. They are active at night.”

• “Some bats eat fruits. They help plants grow by dropping the seeds in different places.”

Drag and Drop

Read this sentence from the text.

Bats eat pesky insects.

As used in the text, what does the word "pesky" mean?​ ​

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annoying

awake

helpful

hungry

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