Adding Sentences

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"The Madagascar hissing cockroach is all hiss and no sting."

• It is one of the largest species of cockroach in the world—adults grow to be between two and four inches (5.1 and 10.2 centimeters) long!

• Its alarm hiss, which sounds like a loud snake hiss, is the cockroach's attempt to scare off intruders.

• They recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most like follow this sentence?

"The crustacean spends much of its time looking for crabs and mollusks to eat."

• The crustacean has another eye-popping feature in addition to its strong punch.

• They can also detect colors that humans are unable to see.

• When it finds a delicious-looking snack, the animal goes into full-on boxer mode

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"These long feathers actually grow from the bird's back not the tail."

• Peafowl are among the largest of all birds that fly.

• He elevates them by raising the much shorter tail feathers underneath them.

• Indian peafowl are native to India and Sri Lanka, in South Asia.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"The wallaby can drink an impressive amount of water during the hot summers."

• They are able to drink more than 10 percent of their body weight within a few minutes.

• Over the next few months, the young animal will be mostly on its own, though continuing to rely on its mom for milk.

• Recently introduced foxes also prey on the wallabies.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most like follow this sentence?

"They live in trees and like to stay high up in the canopy of trees."

• Their very long arms allow them to swing effortlessly among the tree branches.

• They sing duets, with the male and female complementing each other’s part.

• Many are white at birth and do not develop their final color until two to four years old.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"If you see two zebras standing close to each other and it looks like they're biting each other, don't worry."

• While most zebras are least endangered, Grevy's zebra is classified as endangered.

• They're pulling loose hairs off each other as they groom.

• Families are generally made up of a male, several females, and their young.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"Like the legendary monster that they’re named after, these small mammals drink the blood of other animals for survival. "

• Even though bat bites don’t hurt, vampire bats can spread a disease called rabies.

• One researcher reported that he had vampire bats that would come to him when he called their names.

• Found in Mexico and Central and South America, vampire bats even occasionally bite humans for blood.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"While cruising, manatees push themselves forward by moving their strong tails up and down."

• They steer with the help of their flexible flippers.

• They rarely fight, and they have no natural enemies.

• Like whales and dolphins, manatees are mammals.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"Brought back from the brink of extinction, over a million of these reptiles survive today."

• Now the main threat to alligators is habitat destruction, caused by such human activities as draining and developing wetlands.

• Half of its length is its massive, strong tail.

• As big and ferocious as the female alligator may look, she is a gentle mother.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which sentence would most likely follow this sentence?

"Tortoises lay eggs."

• The Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galápagos raises captive Galápagos tortoises.

• Females lay their eggs in nest holes, which they cover and leave. Babies hatch in four to eight months.

• The only native natural predator of the Galápagos tortoise is the Galápagos hawk.

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D