Creative Crabs

What is the overall text structure of the section "New Homes"?

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Chronological

• Comparison

What explanation supports your answer to the text structure?

• The section describes the solution that crabs use to protect themselves.

• The section walks the reader through the daily routine of hermit crabs putting on the garbage.

• The section compares shells of a crab to garbage.

• The section provides the steps that crabs go through to find the garbage and make shells.

How does the photograph on page 4 contribute to the meaning of the text?

• It contributes to the passage by showing a hermit crab and how it gets into its shell

• It contributes to the passage by showing a hermit crab and how they protect their bodies with garbage.

• It contributes to the passage by showing how hermit crabs hide from predators.

• It contributes to the passage by showing that people are more likely to leave garbage out for hermit crabs.

Read the following sentence from the passage. "Some sea snail populations are declining. It's possible that hermit crabs can't find enough seashells." (page 5)

What is the meaning of the word declining as used in the paragraph?

• Demanding

• Decreasing

• Increasing

• Inflating

Read the following sentence from the passage. "Ecology isn't perfect. The data can be biased." (Paragraph 3). What is the meaning of the word biased as it is used in the sentence?

• disinterested

• correct

• popular

• unfair

How does the heading "What Does It Mean" contribute to the meaning of this section of the text?

• The heading tells the reader that we will learn more about the reasons hermit crabs choose plastic as protection.

• The heading tells the reader that we will learn more about how hermit crabs recycle their shells.

• The heading tells the reader that we will learn more about hermit crabs trading their shells with other hermit crabs.

• The heading tells the reader that we will learn more about how plastic provides shells and how humans can provide plastic for them.