Frogs at Risk

According to the passage, there has been a decrease in the number of frogs in Ecuador. Which of the following is not a cause of the drop in Ecuador’s frog populations?

• pollution

• drought

• habitat loss

• disease

How does the author organize the information in this passage?

• The author describes the cause and effects of a problem affecting frogs.

• The author compares and contrasts reptiles and amphibians.

• The author describes events in chronological order.

• The author provides solutions to a historic problem.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The reader can conclude that if Ecuador’s frog environment were healthy, then

• reptile populations would become extinct

• frog populations would increase

• frog populations would decrease further

• reptile populations would also drop

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

Read the following sentence from the passage:

“The scientists want governments to pass laws that will reduce pollution and to create parks that protect the amphibians’ habitat.”

In this sentence, the word reduce means

• spread

• share

• increase

• lessen

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Many different types of frogs live in South America.

• Frogs are amphibians that breathe through their skin.

• Scientists are working to save amphibians.

• South America’s frogs are dying out.

Tadpoles breathe through gills because

• they are cold-blooded.

• they are the offspring of frogs and toads.

• they are hatched in water and have no lungs.

• they are amphibians.

The danger of extinction is due to

• pollution or disease.

• weather changes.

• destruction of habitat.

• all of the above.