Brazil's Snake Island Comprehension Questions

It is so dangerous to visit Snake Island that the Brazilian government...

• arrests visitors immediately upon arrival

• has made it illegal to go there

• is willing to pay adventurers who can survive on the island

• pretends that the island doesn't exist

According to one legend, who used to live on the island?

• Incans

• pirates

• the lighthouse keeper and his family

• the Brazilian navy

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CCSS.RI.7.1

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Snake Island is the result of...

• evolution

• rising sea levels

• both of these

• neither of these

The snakes on Snake Island were able to reproduce rapidly because...

• there were more males than females

• there were more females than males

• there weren't any ground-level predators

• there weren't any ground-level prey

Which snake has stronger venom?

• the lancehead

• the golden lancehead

• their venom is about the same strength

• neither snake has venom

Golden lanceheads prey on...

• birds visiting the island

• local birds

• other snakes

• ground rodents

The likelihood of you getting bit by a golden lancehead in your lifetime is...

• extremely likely

• somewhat likely

• somewhat unlikely

• extremely unlikely

A person who has been bit by a golden lancehead snake...

• may be dead within the hour

• may experience melting flesh

• must have been on Snake Island

• all of these

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