Animal Mimics Comprehension Questions

Animals that fool predators are called...

• mimicry

• mimics

• species

• viceroy

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Why does the author add a picture of the hoverfly on page 271?

• To show how beautiful it is

• To show how a hoverfly can mimic a bee

• To compare its color to the flower

• To show a different kind of fly

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Which animal is a good example of Mullerian mimicry?

• Coral Snake

• Frogfish

• Hoverfly

• Poison dart frog

Based on the text on page 273 what has the king snake done to adapt to its environment?

• It has adapted its markings

• It has adapted its toxin

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  It has adapted its coloring

• It has adapted its eyespots

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What two ways do eyespots keep animals safe from predators?

• Its markings and its color

• they look like eyes of other predators

• Eyespots confuse predators

• Its markings and self- mimicry

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Animals that copy other dangerous animal’s features are using mimicry called_______.

• Models

• Batesian Mimicry

• Mullerian Mimicry

• Self Mimicry

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What have people created to tell the difference between a coral snake and its mimic?

• song

• facts

• rhyme

• graph

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Mimicry happens in both _______ and________.

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The author wrote this selection to...

• provide information about how to mimic an animal

• persuade the reader to observe an animal mimicry

• explain how people learn about animal mimicry

• tell the reader about an interesting tool that animals use to survive

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The photograph and caption on page 285 are included in the selection to show...

• what a caterpillar looks like

• where a caterpillar lives throughout his life

• the different color patterns that animals mimic

• a body-part mimic that will help an animal survive

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