5th Grade Review: Survival at 40 Below

The Alaska blackfish has an unusual esophagus that can...

• work like a lung
• produce nitrogen
• regulate the fish's temperature
• store food for months

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which of these happens when a wood frog feels its skin freezing

• Its liver quickly produces lots of glucose
• It puffs up to expand its outer pores
• Its blood thickens and circulates more quickly
• Its adrenal gland secrete a slimy substance that covers its skin

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What caused the caribou to turn away from an area?

• They smelled ashes from an old forest fire

• They saw a group of musk oxen

• They stepped onto the ice and it cracked under their hooves

• They heard a pack of wives howling nearby

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

Which word means almost the same thing as adaptation?

• benefit
• change
• need
• description

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which word has the opposite meaning of the word dormant?

• awake
• messy
• sleepy
• worthless

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

The word agile means able to move and react

• quickly and easily
• slowly and deliberately
• immediately and on time
• carefully and delicately

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which word has the same meaning as the word frigid?

• cooked
• freezing
• stiff
• warming

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Something that insulates does NOT

• last very long

• conduct heat (let heat to pass through)

• go to sleep

• react fast

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

Which word means to hide or store something in a hiding place?

• cache
• forage
• hibernate
• insulates

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

For which of the following would an animal forage?

• food
• mates
• shelter
• trees

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RI.6.4