Wordly Wise Book 4, Lesson 3 Practice Test

Many animals cannot live in cold weather. Some move to where it is warmer, while others desk with winter by (blank).

• migrating

• hibernating

• venturing

• nestling

Groundhogs can stay in the same area year round. Unlike many other animals, they don't need to (blank) to a warmer place to get through the winter.

• cease

• forecast

• hibernate

• migrate

Moles and groundhogs are alike in some ways. Both animals live in (blank) that they dig.

• burrows

• nestle

• famish

• observe

Groundhogs gather leaves and grass in the fall to make underground nests. They (blank) inside their nests to keep warm over the winter.

• venture

• prepare

• nestle

• migrate

In a(n) (blank) winter, a groundhog can freeze to death if it does not dig a deep enough nest.

• reduced

• ceased

• famished

• severe

A groundhog first builds its nest and then closes off the tunnel leading to it. When it has finished these (blank), it is ready to begin its long winter sleep.

• preparations

• migrations

• hibernations

• observations

During the winter months, groundhogs do not eat. With the (blank) of spring, they start getting hungry.

• severity

• approach

• destructive

• mirgration

Groundhogs are not active in winter months. Going into a deep sleep greatly (blank) the amount of oxygen they need.

• forecasts

• famishes

• reduces

• burrows

A groundhog in a deep sleep does not seem to be alive. If you checked its heart, you might think it had (blank) beating altogether.

• ceased

• famished

• destructive

• hybernated

You are unlikely to see groundhogs in January. They do not (blank) from their nests in the middle of winter.

• approach

• venture

• burrow

• cease