Frozen, Then Risen

Which animals can survive while frozen in time?

• iguanas

• wooly bear caterpillars

• shrimp

• wood frogs

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Remember

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Which of the following about wood frogs is not true according to the passage?

• The wood frog can freeze up to 65% of its body.

• Their livers produce a special syrup that prevents the inside of the cell from freezing.

• All organs of the frog except the heart shuts down.

• The wood frog spends the winter hidden in leaf litter.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand

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Rearrange the steps of the wood frog’s survival process in the correct order.

• Wood frogs' blood freezes first due to special proteins.

• Wood frogs' hearts stop beating, and all other organs shut down.

• Wood frogs thaw from the inside out as the weather warms up, starting with the heart.

• Wood frogs produce glucose, preventing the inside of cells from freezing.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply

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Which of the following sentences supports the quote ‘Truth is stranger than fiction’ in the first paragraph?

• The frog’s liver produces glucose, a syrupy sugar that fills the cells.

• As the weather warms up, wood frogs thaw from the inside out, starting with the heart.

• Scientists are completely stumped as to what makes the heart start beating. Could it be magic?

• Other animals that can survive while frozen in time include turtle hatchlings, iguanas, wooly bear caterpillars, and some types of beetles.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

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According to the passage, which of these is necessary for a wood frog to stay alive while frozen?

• a beating heart

• a litter of leaves

• hydrated cells

• prevention of frostbite

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

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Which of these is an unsolved mystery?

• How many times can a wood frog freeze in the winter?

• How does the heart of a frozen wood frog become functional again?

• How do wood frogs know when to start thawing?

• How do wood frogs prevent the insides of their cells from freezing?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

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Which of these statements is not supported by the passage?

• Human beings can be in danger when exposed to freezing temperatures.

• When science cannot explain an observation, people may consider it to be magic.

• Iguanas and wood frogs survive freezing over using similar tactics.

• A wood frog never completely freezes if it is to survive the winter.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluate

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Based on the passage, complete the sentence by selecting the correct option. As the temperature rises, wood frogs (a)   from the inside out, starting with the heart. Scientists are (b)   by what makes the heart start beating again.

• unfreeze
• liquify
• freeze
• renew
• terrified
• baffled
• elated
• saddened

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Apply

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.4

Write a script with 5 dialogues each between a wood frog and an iguana to discuss their experience during the time when they are rising from their frozen state.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Create

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