Happy Hibernators

The author organizes this text by --

• presenting a main idea and giving detailed examples

• debating facts and opinions about hibernators

• stating a problem about hibernation and identifying possible solutions

• listing events s they occus in time

According to the table, which animal has the slowest heartbeat during hibernation?

• brown bear

• hedgehog

• big brown bat

• box turtle

Paragraph 9 contributes to the reader's understanding of true hibernation by --

• providing details about the most famous true hibernator: the bear

• explaining why bears cannot be true hibernators

• informing readers that animals can give birth during true hibernation

• stating that true hibernators will sleep for more than 100 days

Looking at the table, the reader can conclude that the time spend in hibernation is different for each animals because-

• smaller animals need more time to hibernate

• animals who enjoy cold weather hibernate less

• animals with the most fur hibernate the longest

• animals have difference hibernations needs according to their body and the climate

Read the dictionary entry below.

Conserve

1. to prevent injury or harm
2. to use or manage wisely
3. to hold a physical or chemical reaction
4. to preserve by cooking with sugar or syrup

Which definition of conserve is used in paragraph 3?

• Definition 1

• Definition 2

• Definition 3

• Definition 4

In paragraph 8, the word emerge means --

• to come up or arise

• to come into existence or develop

• to be covered or lost from sight

• to go down below the surface

Which phrase or sentence from paragraph 7 is an example of the author's opinion?

• When the temperature drops and the bugs are hard to find

• Their body temperature will decrease

• The cutest little hibernator may be the hedgehog

• hedgehogs feed on insects

Which of these is the best summary of the article?

• People wish they could hibernate so they could stay warm like animals during the winter. Animals spend a lot of time making cozy dens. They snuggle together during winter.

• All animals survive the winter by hibernating. During hibernation, animals lower their heart rate and body temperature. This helps them save their energy so they can survive with little or no food and water during the cold winter months.

• Hibernation sounds cozy, but serves an important purpose. Hibernators lower their body temperature and heart rate so they can survive throughout the cold winter months. Bears, bees, bats, hedgehogs, and snakes are all hibernators. They all have unique needs and different ways of hibernating.

• Some animals hibernate in groups and some animals hibernate alone. Bears are not real hibernators, but box turtles and bumblebees are. Hedgehogs are cute hibernating animals that seem like they might be dead during hibernation. Garter snakes are creepy because they may hibernate in very large groups.