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Nature's Thermometer

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main topic of this book?

a)

Crickets are insects.

b)

People like summer best.

c)

The song a cricket sings can tell us many things.

d)

Summer days are long and hot.

2.

How does a cricket chirp?

a)

It uses his two front wings.

b)

It blows very hard.

c)

It hits itself against an object.

d)

It uses its ears.

3.

How does a cricket's song "tell more than you think?"

a)

It is very loud.

b)

It can help find a mate or help tell the temperature.

c)

It only chirps during the day.

d)

It always rains when it chirps.

4.

What is the connection between a cricket's chirp and the temperature outside?

a)

A cricket only chirps on windy days.

b)

It chirps fast when it is cold.

c)

The cricket chirps when it will rain.

d)

When it's hotter the cricket chirps quicker.

5.

Why is "Nature's Thermometer" a good title for this book?

a)

A cricket's chirp can tell how hot or cold it is.

b)

A cricket tells when it will be windy.

c)

Animals can tell us the temperature.

d)

There are a lot of living things in nature.

6.

A cricket sings in what month?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

fall

d)

winter

7.

Which does a cricket NOT use their wings for?

a)

to call a mate

b)

to send a warning

c)

to tell whether it is hot or cold

d)

to collect food

8.

Why does a cricket sing slowly?

a)

It is hot.

b)

It has less energy.

c)

It is afraid.

d)

It is hiding.

9.

Count a chirp for _____ seconds to help find the temperature.

a)

4

b)

14

c)

40

d)

41

10.

In the "More" section, we learned that some chirps are as loud as ________.

a)

a bird

b)

a train

c)

a honking car horn

d)

a small dog

11.

In the story, temperature means...

a)

doing the right thing

b)

feeling sick

c)

how happy or sad someone is

d)

the measurement of how hot or cold something is

12.

What does energy mean in the story?

a)

being fast

b)

the physical strength to be able to do things

c)

a loud sound

d)

being able to move

13.

Which word means "without speech"?

a)

speeches

b)

speechless

c)

speech

d)

speechful

14.

Which word means "almost a child"?

a)

childish

b)

childable

c)

childness

d)

childful

15.

Which word uses a closed syllable exception?

a)

smaller

b)

lifted

c)

kindness

d)

spelling

16.

Which word uses a glued sound AND a digraph?

a)

wish

b)

black

c)

steps

d)

grass

17.

Which word uses the /k/ sound correctly?

a)

stack

b)

stac

c)

stak

d)

stake

18.

Which word does NOT have a bonus letter?

a)

teller

b)

bosses

c)

flings

d)

cliffs

19.

She took a ________ of candy.

a)

hand

b)

hands

c)

handing

d)

handful

20.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

classis

b)

classs

c)

classes

d)

clases