Unit 2.3 Review

What is the text structure of the passage Animal Adaptations? (R.2.1)

• A Sequence

• Description

• Chronological

• Problem & Solution

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Select one explanation that supports your response to Part A. (R.2.1)

• The text compares how alligators and caribou hunt for food.

• The text provides the order of events in which alligators hunt their prey.

• The text describes the unique ways that animals survive in their habitats.

• The text explains the problem that phasmids have with disappearing from sight.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

How does the photograph and caption at the top of page 128 contribute to the meaning in the passage? (R.2.1)

• It contributes by showing the caribou's four stomach chambers.

• It contributes by showing how the caribou weighs over 500 pounds.

• It contributes by showing how the caribou gets the lichen off of the tree.

• It contributes by showing how the caribou migrates south to avoid harsh temperatures.

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the central idea of Animal Adaptations? (R.2.2)

• Adaptations help animals to stay safe from predators.

• Adaptations help animals survive the cold and dry places.

• Animals have special traits that allow them to survive.

• Animals can live in extremely cold places or extremely dry places.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Which piece of evidence from the passage supports your response to Part A? (R.2.2)

• "A phasmid is called a walking stick because it looks like a stick with legs."

• "These insects can change colors to really blend in with their surroundings."

• "Many animals take their chances and revisit the alligator hole when they need water."

• "Imagine living in a place where the average annual temperature is an extraordinary 10° to 20° F."

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Read this sentence from the passage.

"In Florida's vast Everglades ecosystem, the dry season is brutal for many plants and animals."

What does brutal mean as it is used in the sentence? (V.1.3)

• quite mild

• very difficult

• somewhat rude

• extremely easy

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

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 result of vibrating

• A person who is vibrating

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CCSS.L.2.4B

CCSS.L.2.4C

CCSS.L.3.2E

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? (V.1.3)

• 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.5.4

Read the following sentence from the passage:

"The darker-colored moths became less rare. 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.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the central idea of Adaptations? (R.2.2)

• 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.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2