Sneaky Snakes

Which sentence best supports the image?

• The brown tree snake first lived only in Australia and some of its surrounding islands, where there is little food.

• This small island is about six thousand miles west of San Francisco.

• In the late 1940s the brown tree snake came to Guam, and it caused a lot of trouble.

• People did not know they were bringing brown tree snakes to Guam.

In Sneaky Snakes, brown tree snakes were brought to Guam. Explain how these snakes negatively effect the ecosystem in Guam. Use details from the text to support your response?

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Which two sentences best support the heading?

• People did not know they were bringing brown tree snakes to Guam.

• Brown tree snakes live in trees and other places, such as logs and caves.

• The snakes hid like stowaways in many different ships.

• Once the snakes invaded the island, they started eating birds and other animals.

Which paragraph best describes the long term effects of the brown tree snake invading Guam?

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Move the two sentences from the passage that best support the idea that brown tree snakes are “sneaky”.​ ​ (a)   ​ ​ (b)   ​

• Brown tree snakes can hide almost anywhere
• The snakes hid like stowaways in ships.
• No other animals could compete with them.
• Brown tree snakes live in trees, logs, and caves

Choose the sentence from paragraph one that best supports the meaning of a "balanced ecosystem"?

• The shortage of food keeps the population of snakes under control.

• The brown tree snake first lived only in Australia and some of its surrounding islands, where there is little food.

• That helps keep them from doing harm to their home ecosystem