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U4 Wk2 Encantado Story Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a similarity that pink dolphins and ocean dolphins share?

a)

Flexibility

b)

Echolocation

c)

Ability to leap out of the water

d)

Tall fin on their backs

2.

Dolphins locate objects by using ________________.

a)

Glasses

b)

Underwater technology

c)

Echoes

d)

Help from other underwater creatures

3.

What is the best way to explain how dolphins use echolocation?

a)

They make sounds.

b)

They send out flashes of light.

c)

They run into things in the water.

d)

They check for pulses.

4.

In the story, the sound beams cannot be heard by human ears because they are too high-pitched. How is the word "beams" used in the story?

a)

Rays from the sun

b)

A bar like object that is long

c)

Building material made from steel or wood

d)

Streams or lines of energy that cannot be seen

5.

The word branch is a multiple meaning word. How is the word branch used in the following sentence?

I walked down to the small "branch" of water to fish.

a)

Part of a tree

b)

Things from a main body

c)

A place similar to a ranch

d)

Limb extending from a tree

6.

How is the word expedition used in the story?

a)

A Ford vehicle

b)

A journey or trip

c)

Speed in doing something

d)

To exercise

7.

Encantados have a low ridge. Does this effect humans being able to see them in the water?

a)

Yes

b)

No

8.

How does the author describe the jungle world of the Amazon being covered in water during the wet season?

a)

The trees and plants turn green.

b)

Kids wear uniforms.

c)

People swim to school.

d)

The rain remakes the jungle.

9.

What would be the biggest problem if pink dolphins were not flexible?

a)

They would get caught in the branches of the underwater jungle.

b)

They could not make dolphin shaped donuts.

c)

The dolphins would not be able to swim.

d)

They would lose the ability to use echolocation.

10.

Explain how echolocation works by filling in the missing step.

1. A dolphin produces sound.

2. The sounds move away from the dolphin.

3. ? (select the correct answer)

4. The sound returns to the dolphin.

a)

Dogs start barking when they hear the sound.

b)

A person hears the sound.

c)

The sound strikes something.

d)

Pink dolphins take off their headphones.

11.

Which of the following word or phrase means submerged?

a)

Covered in water

b)

Substitute teacher

c)

Enchanted

d)

Very damp