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How do animals help the saguaro?

• The animals spread saguaro seeds.

• The animals see the saguaro flowers.

How does the saguaro help animals?

• The animals keep the saguaro safe.

• The animals eat the saguaro fruit.

Under which heading can you find information about why saguaro roots are important?

• Saguaro National Park.

• Staying Alive in the Desert.

Choose a compound word.

• workers

• protect

• someone

The bar graph shows readers.

• How tall a saguaro is at different ages

• The greatest height of a saguaro.

The author wrote this selection most likely to

• Share facts about saguaros.

• Tell why President Hoover liked saguaros.

What does the diagram of the microchip show?

• Where a microchip may be bought.

• What a microchip looks like.

The saguaro is the _____________ cactus in the United States! *

• largest

• smallest

Cactus plants store water inside their stems.

• True

• False

A saguaro can grow as tall as ______________.

• 20 feet high

• 50 feet high