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The Life and Times of the Ant Probing Questions

Authored by Erin Bermudez

English

4th Grade

CCSS covered

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The Life and Times of the Ant Probing Questions
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence below BEST describes the author's perspective on ants?

Ants are amazing little creatures whose activities benefit the earth.
Ants are dangerous pests whose social communities threaten people.
Ants are much smarter than other insects, such as bees and butterflies
Ants are endangered creatures whose survival is threatened bytechnology

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why does the author include a timeline at the beginning of the article?

to show that dinosaurs lived longer than ants
to show that dinosaurs are more important than ants 
to show that people have not been on Earth as long as ants 
 to show that ants have not been on Earth as long as people

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

According to the article, why are ants sometimes compared to people?

They both dig holes and tunnels.
They both live in underground homes.
They both work together to solve problems.
They both choose jobs when they are adults.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why does the author include a thermometer in one of his drawings of an anthill?
to show how anthills absorb and transfer the sun's heat to the nest

to show why anthills are more active in the heat 
to show why some ants freeze to death in the winter
to show how anthills reflect the sun's heat away from the nest
to show how anthills absorb and transfer the sun's heat to the nest

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What purpose do the captions on the author's diagrams have?

They summarize the main ideas in the text.
They provide additional facts related to the topic.
They explain how the author learned to draw and study ants.
They provide amusing details but are not related to the topic.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Under which heading would you look to find information about the different jobs that ants have?

"Grass Root Highways"
"A Life of Work"
"A Dangerous World"
"Masters of the Earth"

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How does the author support his claim that an ant is one of the strongest creatures on Earth?
 

with a picture of an ant next to an elephant
by comparing ants to human weight lifters
by describing a forest path built entirely by ants
 with the fact that ants lift objects 5 times their body weight

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.4.1

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