Nature's Patchwork Quilt

1. "Nature is like a patchwork quilt."  This sentence compares nature to a quilt using the word like, so it is  ___________.  (pg. 383, bottom)

• a simile

• a poem

• an exclamation

• a repeating sentence, or repetition

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2. In a habitat, each plant and animal has a special role called its ____________. (pg. 385)

• food chain

• nick

• food web

• niche

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In the food chain described on page 386, what animal does the hawk depend upon for food?

• prairie dogs

• snake

• other hawk

• prairie plants

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In the ocean food chain described on page 387, what animals would lose their food source if krill were removed from that habitat?  

• zooplankton

• phytoplankton

• sardines

• salmon

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What is the main idea of paragraph 13?

• Different plants and animals live in the shallow water, on the rocks, and in the sand.

• Some birds have webbing on their feet.

• Some fish can change colors to help them hide, or camouflage, themselves.

• Plants and animals change in ways that help them survive, and these changes are called adaptations.

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Which of the following is NOT a survival mechanism for living in an Arctic habitat? (pg. 390)

• Plants stay alive all winter under snow.

• Plants make seeds that can survive the snow.

• Animals store up food in burrows or hibernate in caves.

• Birds fly to places where they can hibernate, or sleep through the winter.

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Because rainforests have so many different species of plants and animals, they have which of the following? (391)

• deforestation

• temperate

• biodiversity

• trees

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Why does the story include illustrations of dogs, birds, cats, and farm animals on pages 392-393? 

• Those are examples of animals that have been domesticated.

• Those are examples of animals that approached humans generations ago to begin working with them.

• Those are examples of animals that are in danger of becoming extinct.

• Those are examples of wild ancestors in the animal world.

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When does a species become extinct?

• when humans begin working with them

• when humans begin moving into natural habitats

• when a natural habitat is gone

• when the last plant or animals of that species dies

Which of the following best expresses the theme, or message, of "Nature's Patchwork Quilt"? (395)

• It's our responsibility to appreciate the interdependent beauty of nature and maintain it as best we can.

• It's our responsibility to realize that nature covers the whole Earth.

• It's our responsibility to realize that nature covers the whole Sun

• It's our responsibility to better understand patchwork quilts.

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