Wild in the City

How does the author organize the information in the article?

• By explaining the effect of cities on wildlife.
• By telling the solution to the problem of wildlife.
• By telling the order of events in the growth of cities.
• By comparing and contrasting the sizes of animals.

Read this sentence from the article.
However, the status of the Louisiana black bear and the Florida black bear is "threatened species."
What does status mean in the sentence above?

• Current condition.
• Signs of danger.
• Full name.
• Location.

Read this sentence from the article.
In cities, they pick through trash for food. 
Which definition fits pick in the sentence above?

• To rush.
• To break up.
• To proceed slowly.
• To choose and pull from.

How does the author explain what causes wild animals to live in cities?

• By identifying where they live in cities.
• By telling that cities were built on their land.
• By showing how easily they adapt to city life.
• Vy contrasting life in the wild to life in the city.

Cougars now live in city neighborhoods in the West because.

• Cougars are large cats and need large cities.
• Cougars are welcomes by the people in cities.
• Cities have downtown areas attract cougars.
• Cities have grown into the areas cougars lived in.

Read the sentence from the article.
Since they are intelligent, they adapted well to city life.
Which definition fits well in the sentence above?

• In a safe way.
• In a familiar way.
• In a satisfactory way.
• An underground source of water.

How does the author explain why black bears adapt well to living in cities?

• By describing their intelligence.
• By showing how they solve problems.
• By saying they eat a wide variety of food.
• By comparing then to other wild animals.

How does the author help the reader understand why birds survive in cities?

• By comparing nighthawks and pigeons. 
• By telling how many pigeons live in cities.
• By describing the appearance of different birds.
• By explaining where birds find food and make nests. 

Which word from the article means "a short, sharp, sound" is a homograph for the word defined below?
The tough, outer covering of a tree.

• bark.
• gnaw
• growl.
• whine.

Read this sentence from the article.
They should put garbage in a covered can.
Which definition fits can in the sentence above?

• Be able to 
• a container
• to fire from a job.
• to know how to do.