Part A

What is the central idea of the text? (page 160)

• A spider uses hairs to hear.

• A spider uses the senses of touch and smell to experience the world.

• A spider does not taste, smell, and hear the way humans do.

• Spiders have amazing legs with organs that can smell and taste on their feet.

Part B

Which of the following are two relevant details that support the central idea? (page 160)

• A spider can recognize the taste of its own silk by touching it.

• The hairs that cover a spider sense sound and vibration.

• A spider does not have a nose or ears.

• Hairs on a spider's legs sense the sound of an insect.

• The organs on their feet can smell and taste things by walking on them.

Part A

What is the central idea of the text? (page 163)

• The skin is a spider's bone and armor.

• Spiders have touch skin made from a substance called Chitin.

• A spider's skin is its skeleton.

• The process of shedding old skin is very tough and stressful for spiders.

Part B

Which of the following are two relevant details that support the central idea? (page 163)

• The skin of a spider is their body armor as well as their skeleton.

• The hard skin does not stretch, so they must molt as they grow.

• The molting of old skin can take an hour and it is stressful.

• The skin is made of a tough substance called chitin.

• Spiders don't have bones inside their body.

Part A

What is the central idea of the text? (page 164)

• Silk is what makes a spider successful.

• Spiders make several different types of silk.

• Silk can be stronger than silk and is very stretchy.

• Sil has different purposes.

Part B

Which of the following are two relevant details that support the text? (page 164)

• Silk is recyclable and can be eaten when it is finished.

• Silk is made by the spinnerets on the spider's abdomen.

• Silk can be sticky, strong, or fluffy.

• Spiders make different kinds of silk for different uses.

• Silk can be stronger than steel and stretch twice its own length.

Part A

What is the central idea of the text? (page 166)

• Spiders build webs out of their silk to catch prey.

• Spiders may cut some prey free such as wasps.

• Orb webs may contain more than 100 feet of silk and take an hour to build.

• Spiders build their webs at night.

Part B

Which of the following are two relevant details to support the central idea?

(page 166)

• Webs have many shapes, but the best known is the orb web.

• Some webs look like old tissue paper.

• When a web is finished, the spider holds the web to feel for vibrations of trapped prey.

• Spiders cut loose dangerous prey and wrap others in silk.

• The orb web may contain 100 feet of silk and take an hour to build.

What is the central idea of the article "Spiders"?

• Spiders are amazing creatures that are different in many ways.

• Spiders have unusual ways of tasting, feeling, and eating.

• Spiders are amazing creatures that have similar traits and features.

• Spiders are scary looking creatures and have interesting ways of catching their prey.

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Using the central ideas gathered for each section of the text "Spiders" and the overall central idea for the entire text, write a summary of the selection to include the overall central idea and at least three supporting details. Your summary should be written in sentence and paragraph form and should use proper punctuation.

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