Unit #4 Test ~ Learning from Nature

In the Research-based essay, Rethinking the Wild, what type of bird is in danger of going extinct? What is the plan to help repopulate? (p. 408)

• The crow. They wanted to send them to another country.

• The pelican. They wanted to keep them off the land.

• The Whooping Crane. The plan was to reproduce and migrate them to Florida.

• The flamingo. They wanted to cage them.

What was the name of the organization that was trying to save the whooping crane?

• Operation Migration

• Save the birds organization

• Florida Fish and Wildlife

• Dept. of Agriculture

The Gibbs are an elderly couple who’s back yard becomes a home to the cranes. Why did Mrs. Gibbs NOT want to get rid of her bird feeder?

• Because she did not respect authority and did not want to comply.

• Because her husband had dementia and it brought him happiness to sit out back and watch the birds at the feeders.

• Because she was old and mean.

• Because the feeders also fed her pets.

True or False: Mrs. Gibbs cares more about her husband’s happiness and well being over whether or not the birds would adapt to their new environment.

• True

• False

Would you have moved the bird feeders if they were on your property?

• Yes

• No

 In the descriptive essay Silent Spring what is the main idea, or the writer’s purpose? (p.417)

• Pesticides are bad/destructive. They have an effect on the environment. Writer’s purpose is to warn/inform the reader.

• Pesticides work really well. It keeps all the pest away.

• To tell the reader what it was like to live in a small town.

How is the town in Silent Spring described at the beginning of the essay? What words provoke imagery?

• Very green and lush.

• Many lively animals.

• People traveled there to fish and see the beautiful landscape.

• All of the above.

In paragraph 7 what is the white granular powder? Where was it seen most? (par7)

• Mist

• Pesticides/DDT

• Snow

• Dandruff

Name something that happened to the town after the white granular powder was found? (par 3-6) Choose all that apply.

• Animals mysteriously got sick .

• Plants and vegetation died.

• Unexplained deaths.

• No more sound from birds and animals.

• People came to visit from all over the world.

Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word from the text. “ Some evil spell had settled on the community: mysterious ___________ swept the flocks of chickens; the cattle and sheep sickened and died. (par 3)

• diseases

• sicknesses

• maladies

• spirits