Weird Friends

The rhino lets a cattle egret perch on its back because the egret will -

• flap its wings to cool off the rhino

• pick grains for the rhino to eat

• guide the rhino to the waterholes

• warn the rhino of any danger

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.2.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

How does the blind shrimp help the goby?

• It attracts smaller fish for the goby to eat

• It uses its bright colors to warn away predators

• It digs a hole that the goby uses to hide

• It cleans sand grains out of the goby's gills

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

The zebras help the ostriches by -

• listening for predators and warning the ostriches

• chasing predators away from the ostriches

• attracting flies that the ostriches like to eat

• eating worms that like to hide in the ostriches feathers

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What do the red ants do to the caterpillar to make it ooze honeydew?

• They tickle its tummy

• They roll it onto its back

• They give it salty water

• They rub its antennae

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

The hermit crab uses anemones to scare away -

• sharks

• octopuses

• lobsters

• angler fish

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What do impalas do that warns baboons when a predator is near?

• bray loudly

• dance nervously

• raise their tails

• fall to the ground

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Why doesn't the forest mouse mind the beetles that cling to its fur?

• They eat the fleas that infest the mouse's fur and house

• They warn the mouse when predator birds are above

• They make noise that attracts worms for the mouse to eat

• They pull old, dead hairs off the mouse

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

The google - eye fish know the wrasse is hungry when the wrasse -

• dances on its head and wags its tail

• circles a rock and fans its large fins

• shows its bright yellow underbelly

• kicks up a cloud of sand

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why does the sooty shearwater allow the tuatara to stay in its nest?

• It keeps the nest warm

• It scares away egg - eating snakes

• It cleans the nest of bugs

• It breaks the eggshell for the chicks

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

When the crocodile leaves to go hunting, the water thick - knees -

• Picks bugs off the crocodile babies

• turns both sets of eggs so they warm evenly

• keeps the baby crocodiles out of the water

• guards both of their nests from predators

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1