Petal Power STAAR Practice Questions

What can you infer about flies using the information in paragraph 7?

• Flies do not prefer one scent over another.

• Flies eat food that is rotting.

• Flies have a strong sense of smell.

• Flies and bees compete for the same flowers.

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How do plants help their pollinators survive?

• Plants provide insects, birds, and bats with food.

• Moving pollen from one plant to another is called pollination.

• They pick up the smell in the air and follow it to the flower.

• Other plants rely on living creatures such as insects, birds, and bats to spread their pollen.

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Which key idea is best supported by the section "Win-Win"?

• Flowers have different smells because bats, birds, and insects prefer different smells.

• Pollinators help spread a plant’s pollen and plants help give pollinators the food they need.

• Beetles need wide-open flowers so that they can land easily on their petals to get nectar.

• Some plants need pollinators to make new plants while other plants pollinate by themselves.

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The author includes the details in paragraphs 1 and 2 to...

• show an example of how pollinators spread pollen

• introduce butterflies as the topic of the passage

• illustrate how different flowers attract different types of pollinators

• explain that not all insects need nectar to survive

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What key idea does the author support by including the photograph?

• Bright colors attract pollinators

• Different smells attract pollinators

• Size and shape attract specific pollinators

• Some flowers mimic female species

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What does the subtitle "Win-Win" suggest about that section?

• Animals win when they get nectar from flowers.

• Plants and pollinators are competing for pollen.

• Pollinators want to spread the most pollen to other plants.

• Plants and pollinators both benefit from working together.

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What is the most likely reason the author included the details about beetles and hummingbirds in paragraph 9?

• 1. to explain what beetles look like when they fly

• 1. to give examples of how a flower’s shape can help attract certain animals

• 1. to show that not all animals rely on scent or color to pollinate

• 1. to compare and contrast the physical characteristics of beetles and hummingbirds

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What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection? 

• 1. To convince the reader to help protect the plants that feed pollinators

• 1. To tell about a time a flower provided nectar for a butterfly

• 1. To explain the different ways plants attract pollinators

• 1. To describe different types of plants you can find in nature

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What can you predict using the information in paragraph 10?

• Male bees will carry the pollen to another flower after they are dusted.

• Pollinators do not land on bee orchids very often.

• Bee orchids mostly use wind to carry their pollen.

• 1. Male bees pollinate flowers more than female bees.

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Which sentence from the selection best supports the idea that flowers are important to pollination?

• 1. Some insects and birds can see colors that people can’t.

• 1. Pollinators spread the pollen that helps make new plants.

• 1. A flower’s color, shape, size, and smell all work to attract its pollen partners.

• 1. Birds don’t have much of a sense of smell, so flowers pollinated by birds may not have a scent.  

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