The life and Times of the Ant

carry from one place to another

• transport
• obstacles
• exchanges
• storage

hard to find...

• scarce
• excess
• storage
• obstacles

giving one thing and getting another...

• exchanges
• transfers
• transport
• social

moves from one place to another...

• transfers
• transport
• exchanges
• excess

a room...

• chamber
• storage
• transport
• social

make stronger...

• reinforce
• excess
• scarce
• storage

a place to keep supplies...

• storage
• social
• scarce
• excess

extra...

• excess
• exchanges
• chamber
• reinforce

Which sentence best describes the author's perspective on ants?

• Ants are amazing little creatures whose activities benefit the earth.
• Ants are dangerous pests whose social communities threaten people.
• Ants are smarter than other insects such as bees and butterflies.
• Ants are endangered creatures whose survival is threatened by technology.

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Why does the author include a timeline at the beginning of the article?

• to show that dinosaurs lived longer than ants.
• to show that dinosaurs are more important than ants
• to show that people have not been on Earth as long as ants
• to show that ants have not been on Earth as long as people

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