Review of Collections 2 Nonfiction

From "Can Animals Feel and Think?":

In the chart on pg. 27 (The Cerebral Cortex in Different Species) The author's purpose for including the diagram, chart and captions is to ....

• compare the size of the brain.

• show that both humans and animals have cerebral cortex and can feel pain, fear, and grief,

• to show humans are smarter.

• to show what brains look like.

From "Can Animals Feel and Think?":

On page 28, the chart (Brains Weights of Different Species) to demonstrate that.....

• the bigger the brain, the smarter you are.

• brain size does not indicate an animal's intelligence.

• an owl's brain is larger than a monkey.

• animals aren't capable of thinking.

What do biologists call it when animals "listen in" on other animals' calls?

• Staking

• Eavesdropping

• Ultrasonic

From "Animal Snoops":

Communication between two animals

• does not exist.

• is similar to two people talking privately.

• is often loud or bright enough for other animals to hear or see.

• cannot be understood by other animals.

From "Animal Snoops":

Eavesdropping allows animals to

• teach other animals about themselves.

• learn more about people.

• become more intelligent.

• find food, a home, or a mate.

From "Animal Snoops":

The noisy warning call of the go-away bird

• makes it easy for a predator to catch it.

• also warns other animals that a predator is approaching.

• scares away all its predators.

• tells people to “go away.”

From "Animal Snoops":

Most kinds of animals

• all eavesdrop on other animals in the same way.

• use only their hearing to eavesdrop.

• use different senses to do their eavesdropping.

• never eavesdrop on other animals.

What is it called when the author includes a short account of an event that is usually intended to entertain?

• joke

• anecdote

• summary

• reason

What do you call an opposing viewpoint to your claim?

• debate

• counter argument

• wrong

• persuasive techniques

A persuasive technique...

• makes you feel angry

• provides evidence to convince you to take action/ agree with their position

• provides information to make you do something right away

• makes you laugh