Hibernation

Which of the following best states the main idea of the article?

• Estivation is the opposite of hibernation

• Hot and cold Temperatures can put animals in danger

• Hibernation is a tool that animals use to survive difficult seasons

• Many animals hibernate

Which detail from the article best supports the answer to question 1?

• "To prepare for hibernation, animals do several things."

• "These animals hibernate because they otherwise couldn't survive the severe cold and lack of food through the season."

• "Animals such as bears, squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons, skunks, and bats hibernate."

• "This process is called estivation."

Which of these animals is not an animal that hibernates based on the text?

• Squirrels

• Bears

• Bats

• Beavers

What occurs right after hibernation?

• An animal finds or makes a winter shelter

• An animal falls into a deep sleep

• An animal ventures out to look for food

• Winter arrives

Which of the following best states the main idea of paragraph 3?

• Estivation is when an animal slows down and sleeps through the summer months.

• Hibernation isn't just in the winter

• Frogs, fish, and insects sleep in the summer

• Summer is life threatening

Which detail from the article best supports the answer to question 6?

• "This process is called estivation."

• "Finally, when warmer weather arrives in the spring, the animal's body temperature will rise, they will wake up, and resume their normal lives."

• "First, they store up as much food as possible, either as body fat or actual stored food during the summer and fall."

• "In some areas of the world, temperatures become very hot and climates become very dry."

What is the best way to describe how the ideas in the second paragraph are connected?

• Text features

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect