Winter Animals

Do cold-blooded or warm-blooded animals benefit more, in terms of warmth, from living in groups during the winter?

• A. Warm-blooded animals benefit more by sharing their body heat

• B. Warm-blooded animals benefit more because they won't steal body heat.

• C. Cold-blooded animals benefit more by sharing their body heat.

• D. Cold-blooded animals benefit more because they won't steal body heat.

What does the author do to build understanding of how animals withstand the bitter cold?

• A. The author describes several adaptations that different animal species have developed to survive the cold.

• B. The author contrasts successful winter survival solutions with other methods that have not worked for animals.

• C. The author uses several pieces of evidence to prove that animals do dread winter and the freezing cold.

• D. The author suggests that hibernation is the best and most widely used solution for all animals in the cold.

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Which of these animals would be MOST equipped to survive a cold winter?

• A. a mouse with short legs

• B. a mouse with long legs

• C. a bear with short legs

• D. a bear with long legs

Read the following paragraph from the introduction

In fact, wildlife can succumb to frostbite and hypothermia, just like people and pets. In the northern United States, the unfurred tails of opossums are a common casualty of cold exposure. Every so often an unusual cold snap in Florida results in iguanas falling from trees and manatees dying from cold stress.

Why does the author include this information in the article?

• A. to highlight the reasons why people are buying more pet clothing.

• B. to introduce a way that animals can avoid dying in the winter.

• C. to show that sometimes winter can get too cold for some animals .

• D. to demonstrate that animals are able to adapt effectively to the cold .

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What are some cellular ways that animals keep their bodies safe?

1. air getting trapped under feathers

2. mitochondria releasing energy from fat

3. antifreeze proteins binding ice in blood

4. blood circulating to bring warmth to core

• A. 1, 2 and 3

• B. 1, 2 and 4

• C. 1, 3 and 4

• D. 2, 3 and 4

Read the following sentence from the section "Adaptations That Help."

Nature has devised other neat tricks to help various animals deal with conditions that people, for instance, would be unable to endure.

Which of the following words, if it replaced the word "endure" in the sentence above, would CHANGE the meaning of the sentence?

• A. sustain

• B. bear

• C. tolerate

• D. cease

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What reason BEST explains the diversity of strategies that animals have for keeping warm during the winter?

• A. Animals are smart enough to know how to warm themselves when it gets cold.

• B. Animals sense their environment and respond to it, based on their unique adaptations.

• C. Animals can choose to use whatever strategy they want to deal with the cold.

• D. Animals live in different climates, and some never have to experience the cold.

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Read the following selection from the section “One Solution: Slow Down And Check Out.” Then, fill in the blank.

Remarkably, in some species that can be even below the 32 degrees Fahrenheit freezing point. The result is a lower metabolic rate and, thus, lower energy and food demand. Hibernation is a prolonged version of torpor.

The word "prolonged" in the selection above tells the reader that ____.

• A. hibernation is a more unpleasant form of torpor

• B. hibernation is a condensed form of torpor

• C. hibernation is an improved form of torpor

• D. hibernation is an extended form of torpor

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