Informational Text: Alligators

What is the main idea of the article?

• Alligators live in places that are hard for humans to reach.

• Crittercams helped scientists learn more about alligators.

• People should help protect alligators and their habitats.

• Scientists know everything there is to know about alligators.

In paragraph 1, what is the meaning of the word familiar?

• extremely dangerous

• very close

• surprising

• common

Which question did the Crittercam help scientists answer?

• Where do alligators live?

• How often do alligators hunt?

• Why do alligators eat small animals at the bottom of the water?

• How many alligators live in Florida?

What did scientists learn about alligators' eating habits?

• Alligators eat only crayfish and turtles.

• Alligators don't hunt as often as scientists had thought.

• Alligators prefer to hunt near the bottom of the water.

• Alligators eat only when they're out of the water.

Read the sentences below from paragraph 2 of the article: "Scientists strapped them onto 15 different alligators. The cameras recorded their every movement in the wild." How are these sentences connected?

• The sentences compare two different methods of studying alligators.

• The second sentence defines the word strapped from the first sentence.

• The second sentence gives the cause of the first sentence.

• The sentences describe the order of two events in the Crittercam study.

Why does the author most likely use the subheading "Secrets of Survival" to describe alligator behaviors?

• because scientists don't want to let other people know what they found out about alligators.

• because alligators hunt their prey by sneaking up on them with a surprise attack.

• because some alligator behaviors are often hidden from view.

• because scientists were unable to learn anything about how alligators stay alive.