Exploding Ants

both plants and animals specialize in order to survive

• grow big and strong
• cool off during the hot weather
• adapt to an environment
• become different colors

Water is critical to living creatures

• unfamiliar
• enjoyable
• satisfying
• necessary 

Why do animals have different food needs

• to assure enough food for all species
• to keep animal populations from increasing
• to keep animals from having to eat each other
• to assure a variety of food for all species 

how are repletes different from ordinary worker ants?

• They collect pollen from outside of the nest
• They store food in their bodies
• They build nests
• They explode when threatened 

Why do soldier ants explode?

• to warn other ants
• to destroy old nests 
• to deposit a nest covering
• to defend their homes

What is the main idea of the selection?

• most animals eat more food than they need
• animals do whatever is needed to find food, shelter, and safety
• animals often find it difficult to locate their prey
• most animals provide shelter for each other

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which of the following could be used to prove the fact that owls normally spit up two pellets a day?

• atlas
• bibliography
• dictionary
• encyclopedia

Which of the following is the most likely reason owls swallow their prey whole?

• they wish to get their prey before other animals get it
• they need the waste products to produce pellets for their nests
• it takes too much energy and time to kill their prey and eat the fleshy parts
• it helps them to get food to their nests as quickly as possible

Why do you think the author chose the title?

• To grab the readers attention
• to demonstrate knowledge about a subject
• to give the main idea of the selection
• to state an opinion 

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

the photographs and drawings in the story relate to the text by

• explaining the eating habits of each animals
• comparing the animals after they are described
• explaining how animals find their prey
• showing the animals that are described in each section.