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What is the main idea of the text?

• Icebergs are too cold for most animals to live near.

• Researchers discovered that icebergs support unique ecosystems.

• Only birds and fish live near icebergs.

• Icebergs melt quickly as they drift through the ocean.

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What can you infer about krill based on the text?

• Krill are a type of large fish.

• Krill only eat other small animals.

• Krill are a food source for many animals in the ecosystem.

• Krill cannot survive in cold water.

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What does the word "ecosystem" mean in the context of the text?

• A group of plants growing in one area

• A system that researchers use to study icebergs

• An environment where plants and animals rely on each other

• A type of iceberg found in the Weddell Sea

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What does the word "nutrients" refer to in the text?

• Substances in food that help organisms grow

• Large icebergs drifting through the sea

• Types of animals that live near icebergs

• Cold water surrounding the icebergs

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The iceberg ecosystem includes birds and different kinds of waterlife.

What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?

• “Researchers explored two icebergs in the Weddell Sea near Antarctica. The icebergs began floating after they broke off a sheet of ice that was connected to land.”

• “Plankton are animals and plants that float in seawater. They absorb nutrients from water and sunlight. They are too small to see with your eyes.”

• “The nutrients from the icebergs helped make an ecosystem. An ecosystem is an environment in which animals and plants depend on one another to live.”

• “Petrels and other birds fly between icebergs. They eat the krill and fish that live around icebergs. . . . Some fish, such as silverfish, live in very cold water. They eat plankton, krill, and other small animals.”

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Based on the text, what are two things that petrels and silverfish have in common? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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