Animal Adaptations and Adaptations Day 13

Read the following sentence from the passage.

Some animals can sense the smallest vibrations in the ground. (pg. 127 from Animal Adaptations)

What is the meaning of the word vibration using your knowledge of the suffix -ion?

• Ⓐ The study of vibrating

• Ⓑ Having qualities of vibrating

• Ⓒ The act or process of vibrating

• Ⓓ A person who is vibrating 

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Read this sentence from the passage. 

Can you spot the insect? (pg. 128 from Animal Adaptations)

What does spot mean as it is used in the sentence?

• Ⓐ to see or notice

• Ⓑ a small round object

•  Ⓒ a particular place or point

• Ⓓ animal markings

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Read the following sentence from the passage.  

In fact, they began to thrive in the big cities.  (paragraph 8 from Adaptations)

What is the meaning of the word thrive as it is used in this sentence?

• Ⓐ be happy

• Ⓑ die out

• Ⓒ do poorly

• Ⓓ to do well or flourish

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the central idea of Adaptations?

• Ⓐ Animal migration is the best example of behavioral adaptation.

• Ⓑ Koalas are adapted to feed off of eucalyptus trees.

• Ⓒ An adaptation is a mutation that can help an animal survive in its environment.

• Ⓓ Speciation is when an animal adapts to create a new species.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

How is the information in Source 1: Animal Adaptations different from the information in Source 2: Adaptations?

• Ⓐ In Source 1, we learn only about mutations. In Source 2, we learn about adaptations and behavioral adaptations.

• Ⓑ In Source 1, we learn about the physical and behavioral traits that animals have adapted. In Source 2, we learn about other mutations such as coadaptation and speciation. 

• Ⓒ In Source 1, we learn about specific animals such as moths and marsupials that have mutated. In Source 2, we learn about behavioral adaptations such as a caribou’s muzzle.

• Ⓓ In Source 1, we learn about mimicry and how it helps animals survive in the wild. In Source 2 we learn about how vibrations can help an animal survive.

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CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

How is the information in Source 1: Animal Adaptations  similar to the information in Source 2: Adaptations? 

• Ⓐ Both sources discuss speciation and coadaptation.

• Ⓑ Both sources discuss how animals are adapted to handle changes in their environment through behavioral adaptations. 

• Ⓒ Both sources give examples of animals such as marsupials and moths that have adapted to their environments.

• Ⓓ Both sources give examples of mutations.

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CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.3.9

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7