Termite Mounds

This question has two parts. Answer Part A. Then answer Part B.

Part A: Why do cheetahs climb up termite mounds?

• They can see farther to find animals to hunt.

• They can sleep safely on top of termite mounds.

• They use termite mounds as scratching posts

• They can call to each other more easily

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Part B

Which sentence from the passage best supports the answer you chose for Part A above?

• Other animals in these areas use termite mounds, too.”

• “There, they keep an eye out for their next meal.”

• “Some animals make the empty nest their new home.

• “Others ignore the termites and use the mound anyway

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Which question can be answered by reading paragraph 5?

• How tall is a termite mound?

• Why do mongooses move into termite mounds?

• What large animals use termite mounds?

• What animals are mound builders?

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How do large animals use termite mounds? Refer to specific details from the article.

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