Critter Crossing

What type of book is Critter Crossing?

• Realistic fiction

• Persuasive nonfiction

• Fantasy fiction

• Autobiographical nonfiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which statement is an opinion?

• Banff National Park has some of the most beautiful mountains in North America

• Many animals face danger as they cross roads

• The highway may carry more than 25,000 vehicles each day

• Roads can cut up habitats and keep animals from being able to move freely

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which of the following best describes a problem that the animals in this book face?

• They are very small and can’t move fast

• There are too many animals and too little food

• They have a difficult time crossing roads safely

• They are all becoming endangered

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Every animal has a habitat, which is ______________.

• Anything not living that is used to move people or goods

• The violent or forceful impact of objects

• The process by which an entire group of animals or plants dies out

• The natural environment of plants and animals

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Three of the following sentences are supporting details. Which answer yells the main idea?

• The crossings cost millions of dollars

• It used to be the site of hundreds of collisions between animals and vehicles each year

• Parks Canada built over thirty animal underpasses and overpasses to save wildlife (and humans) in Banff National Park

• That first year, only one black bear used the crossings

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of the following is a reason why animals use the crossing?

• To find prey in a different area

• To allow scientists to study them

• To have photos taken by hidden cameras

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which word means to move from one habitat or region to another at a certain time each year?

• Extinct

• Collide

• Endanger

• Migrate

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.K.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What problem happens when animals aren’t able to find a mate?

• They can’t have babies, which can cause a species to disappear from an area

• Roads cannot be built in their habitat

• They can’t find food or shelter

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

How are underpasses and overpasses similar?

• They are both used in Banff National Park

• They both have been built to try to help wildlife safely cross roads by preventing collisions between humans and animals

• They each cost millions of dollars to build

• All of the above

Which of the following can cause the extinction of a species?

• Too many animals use the special animal crossings

• No animal babies are born

• More animal crossings are being built

• An animal moves from one habitat to another at a certain time each year