Wooly Mammoth

What do the first four paragraphs of the first article help you understand?

• the role genes play in all living things

• the natural habitat of a woolly mammoth

• how an extinct animal can be brought back

• how time travel works

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The Colossal scientists hope to bring back the woolly mammoth by the year ______.

• 2025

• 2027

• 2034

• 2038

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Where in the first article do you learn about the concerns some people have about bringing back the woolly mammoth?

• in the opening section

• in the section “All About Genes”

• in the section “Big Questions”

• in the image captions

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The central idea of the second article is that ______.

• there are many ways to protect animals

• birds should never be caged

• scientists saved the California condor

• condors eat dead animals

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In the second text, the author says there are more than 550 California condors today. This detail supports the idea that ______.

• lead is poisonous

• power lines are a danger to condors

• the plan to save the condor worked

• California condors are sometimes mistaken for planes

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Both articles support the idea that ______.

• litter is bad for animals

• many animals have died out over the years

• woolly mammoths share traits with elephants

• an animal’s habitat is important to its survival

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This should be a TIDE.

Based on the second article, how did being in captivity help the California condor survive?

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This should be a TIDE.

How would a mammoth brought to life by scientists be different from those that lived during the Ice Age?

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