Wordly Wise book 5 lesson 13

Different animals have different ways of moving on land. Frogs hop and penguins waddle, while crocodiles ___________ when they leave the water.

• slither

• accommodate

• Donald Duck

• ripple

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Animals' tails, too, come in all shapes and sizes. A beaver's tail is spadelike, while that of a crocodile _____to a point.

• Mickey Mouse

• tapers

• snouts

• conceals

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Crocodiles and alligators are similar in many respects. One difference is that the fourth tooth of a crocodile can be seen siticking out from its ______.

• gorge

• bask

• snout

• Minnie Mouse

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Crocodiles, like all reptiles, are cold-blooded. They are more active when it's warm and become _____ when the temperature drops.

• Goofy

• visible

• carcass

• sluggish

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

To cool off, the crocodile digs a hole in the soft ground. It makes the hole large enough to ______ its whole body.

• accommodate

• protrude

• flail

• Pluto

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A well-fed crocodile is not likely to be dangerous. How _______ it is depends on how long it has been since its last meal.

• ripple

• aggressive

• Saturn

• carcass

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Crocodiles hunt their prey from the water. A crocodile _______ on land is unlikely to attack something or someone.

• Jupiter

• morsel

• basking

• protruding

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

A crocodile under water is hard to see. Only its eyes and nostrils _________ above the surface of the river or lake.

• protrude

• Mercury

• morsel

• taper

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

The crocodile moves to attack without disturbing the surface of the water. Even a small _______ would scare away its prey.

• gorge

• flail

• ripple

• Venus

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CCSS.L.5.5C

The crocodile is able to swim closer and closer without being seen. It only becomes _____ when it leaps out of the water to attack.

• Earth

• sluggish

• snout

• visible

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B