Bugs: Nature's Time Machines / Short Vowel Digraphs

What is the key point the author wants us to know from the second paragraph?

• Cockroaches eat many different things.

• Cockroaches have stayed the same for a long time and will probably not change.

• Cockroaches don't look like any other kind of living insect.

• Cockroaches are very old.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is a reason the author gives in the second paragraph that supports your answer from the first question?

• "Insects long ago looked a lot like insects today."

• "Not so fast."

• "In fact, cockroaches might stay the way they are for many more millions of years."

• "They probably looked nothing like insects do today, right?"

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

Why does the author include the information about the dragonfly's "long, thin bodies and two sets of wide wings"?

• To show that dragonflies have stayed completely the same.

• To show that dragonflies are now completely different.

• To show that dragonflies are different now in some ways.

• To show that dragonflies have stayed the same in some ways.

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

What is the main topic of this article?

• cockroaches

• dragonflies

• the past

• bugs and how they have or haven't changed

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CCSS.L.11-12.1B

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

Think about what you know about prefixes. What does "prehistoric" mean?

• before human history

• after human history

• against human history

• human history again

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CCSS.L.1.4B

CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.2.3D

CCSS.RF.3.3A

Which of the following are features that cockroaches had a long time ago and now (more than one answer)?

• eat living and dead things

• flat body

• legs built for running

• fire breath

What reason does the author give to show that dragonflies were different in the past?

• they were much faster

• they were less smelly

• they were much larger

• they were much more colorful

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RL.1.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which word is a synonym for "squirming" as it is used in the article?

• scraping

• wriggling

• sniffing

• swimming

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CCSS.L.1.4A

CCSS.L.2.4A

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.4.5C

CCSS.L.K.5B

According to the author, why are we lucky that insects are smaller than they used to be?

• they could have caused problems for people

• they could have caused problems for dogs

• they could have caused problems for other bugs

• they could have caused problems for power lines

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does this text feature and caption help us to understand about the topic?

• show how dragonflies are now

• show how dragonflies were in the past

• compare how dragonflies were in the past to how they are now

• show the colors of dragonflies now and in the past

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5