Understanding Sources and Texts

According to the text, what is the most important job that bees do for the environment?

• Making honey

• Pollination

• Laying eggs

• Building hives

Which detail from the text best supports the idea that bees are important for people?

• Bees live in colonies inside hives.

• Bees help plants reproduce, which supports other animals and people.

• Bees are small insects.

• Bees have worker bees and drones.

What is the central idea of the informational text?

• Bees are dangerous insects.

• Bees are important for the environment because they pollinate plants and help produce food.

• Bees only make honey.

• Bees live in hives.

Which of the following is a relevant detail that supports the central idea of the text?

• Bees are best known for making honey.

• Without bees, many foods we eat would be harder to grow.

• Bees have worker bees and drones.

• Bees live in groups called colonies.

What is the author’s purpose for writing this text?

• To entertain readers with a story about bees

• To inform readers about the importance of bees and why they need protection

• To persuade readers to eat more honey

• To describe how to build a beehive

Which of the following is a claim made in the text?

• Bees are small insects.

• Bees are important for the environment.

• Bees live in hives.

• Bees have a queen.

Which evidence from the text supports the claim that bees are important for the environment?

• Bees are best known for making honey.

• Bees move pollen from one flower to another, helping plants grow, make seeds, and produce fruit.

• Bees live in groups called colonies.

• Bees have worker bees and drones.

What is the main reason bee populations are declining, according to the text?

• Bees are making less honey.

• Bees are losing their habitat, facing pesticides, and disease.

• Bees are not pollinating enough flowers.

• Bees are fighting with other insects.

Which of the following best summarizes the text?

• Bees are insects that live in hives and make honey.

• Bees are important for pollination, which helps plants and people, but their populations are declining and need protection.

• Bees are dangerous and should be avoided.

• Bees only help flowers grow.

Which of the following is a secondary source about bees?

• A scientist’s research article about bee populations

• A textbook chapter about bees written in 2022

• A beekeeper’s diary from last year

• A photograph of bees taken by a student