St. Matthew Island Comprehension

What caused the decrease in population on St. Matthew Island? 

• Parasites and disease
• Starvation and weather
• Predators 
• Hunting

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What was one negative effect on the environment from having 6,000 reindeer living on a small island? 

• Overgrazing food sources
• Bleached bones
• Decaying in the soil
• Harsh weather

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

What was the main idea of the passage?

• In 1963-1964 St. Matthew Island experienced it's coldest winter.
• The reindeer overgrazed the lichen plants among the ridge. 
• 6,000 reindeer used to live on St. Matthew Island.
• Scientists were investigating why the population of reindeer on St. Matthew Island decreased so rapidly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How did Dave Klein know that the reindeer died because of starvation?

• There was no fat in their bone marrow. 
• Their skeletons had been bleached in the sun.
• The rate at which they decayed.
• The smell of the reindeer carcasses.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

What generalization can you make about a scrawny male reindeer. 

• The male reindeer were typically stronger.
• The male reindeer were healthier than the females in general. 
• The male reindeer generally weighed 600 lbs.
• Most of the male reindeer were dying from starvation.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What word means the dead body of an animal?

• Decay
• Carcass
• Parasites
• Rotten

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word means the process of rotting?

• Scrawny
• Decaying
• Parasites
• Tundra

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What word describes a treeless, flat, and frozen landscape?

• Bleached
• Decaying
• Parasites
• Tundra

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word means having little flesh or skinny?

• Scrawny
• Carcass
• Tundra
• Starvation

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word means having mysterious thoughts about something?

• Parasites
• Suspicion
• Starvation
• Decay

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4