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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the main idea of the passage?
Despite its name, a prairie dog is not a dog.
Prairie dogs dig underground tunnels and can only be found in North America.
Prairie dogs bark to alert others of dangerous predators.
Prairie dogs are social animals who survive by working together.
What would be the best title for the passage?
Prairie dogs
The Prairie Dog: A Social Rodent
The Underground Tunnels of the Prairie Dog Town
Barking Dogs
Which of the following detail sentences best supports the main idea and could be added to the passage?
Prairie dogs weigh between 2 and 4 pounds.
Prairie dogs often greet one another with a nose-to-nose nuzzle.
There are five different species of prairie dogs.
The underground tunnels are connected to "rooms" with specific purposes, like rooms to sleep and a nursery for the young.
What is the main idea of the passage?
A libero's jersey is a different color.
The term "libero" comes from Italy.
A libero on a volleyball team must follow a special set of rules.
A libero can only play in the back row of a volleyball court.
Which would be the best title for the passage?
The positions on a volleyball court.
The Libero: A Different Set of Volleyball Rules
Why There Are Different Jerseys on a Volleyball Team.
1999: The Year Volleyball Changed its Rules.
Which detail sentence best supports the main idea and could be added to the passage?
Liberos are allowed to serve the ball just like anyone else on the volleyball team.
The setter is another unique position on the volleyball court.
When liberos were added in 1999, the game became more exciting to watch.
Liberos are not allowed to approach the net and spike the ball.
What is the main idea of this passage?
Hibernation and brumation are used by animals to conserve energy, but hibernation is the term for endotherms while brumation is the term for ectotherms.
There are different types of hibernation, depending on how often an animal wakes up during the winter.
Hibernation and brumation are terms that mean the same thing.
Bears that sleep all winter are referred to as hibernating.
What would be the best title for the passage you just read?
How snakes are different than bears.
How to survive the winter.
What is brumation?
Hibernation and brumation: Similar, yet different.
Which of the detail sentences best supports the main idea and could be added to the passage?
Do not go near a hibernating bear. When startled, it can wake up instantly and be aggressive.
Some endotherms, such as cows and horses, do not hibernate.
Frogs and toads are also amphibians that brumate during the winter by becoming inactive.
Hibernation is a term that most kids understand, but many kids are unfamiliar with brumation.
