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Animals Snoops

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did the author compare the process of spying to social media?

a)

Because social media is popular

b)

Because the animals are often loud or bright, so everyone is alerted

c)

Because social media is quiet

d)

To compare it to nobody being alerted

2.

Who use their flicking tongues and scent clues to find their prey?

a)

parrots

b)

moths

c)

antelope

d)

rattlesnakes

3.
Communication between two animals
a)
does not exist.
b)
is similar to two people talking privately.
c)
is often loud or bright enough for other animals to hear or see.
d)
cannot be understood by other animals.
4.
Biologists call animals' ability to detect each other's messages
a)
misbehavior.
b)
early warnings.
c)
eavesdropping.
d)
sneakiness.
5.
Eavesdropping allows animals to
a)
teach other animals about themselves.
b)
learn more about people.
c)
become more intelligent.
d)
find food, a home, or a mate.
6.
Most kinds of animals
a)
all eavesdrop on other animals in the same way.
b)
use only their hearing to eavesdrop.
c)
use different senses to do their eavesdropping.
d)
never eavesdrop on other animals.
7.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. 
A predator is
a)
a strong, very large animal.
b)
an animal that never eavesdrops.
c)
an animal that cannot ambush other animals.
d)
an animal that eats other animals.
8.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word.
To intercept a message means to 
a)
make it easier to understand.
b)
interrupt or listen to it as it goes somewhere else.
c)
change what it says.
d)
take it to where it is meant to go.
9.

What is an anecdote?

a)

a non-fiction article

b)

something to stop you from being poisoned

c)

a short story to introduce a topic

d)

this is not a real word

10.

Why does the author compare communication between animals to a conversation on social media?

a)

To explain different methods animals use to communicate with one another.

b)

To explain how gopher snakes eavesdrop on kangaroo rats

c)

To explain communication can be far reaching.

d)

To explain that it is not private and can be heard by friends and foes.

11.

Which statement from the selection best describes the author’s message?

a)

“More and more, scientists are discovering that creatures - from bugs to baboons - are experts at watching, listening, and prying into the lives of other animals.”

b)

“Spying can be the best or fastest way to find food or a mate, or get early warning of a predator.

c)

The animal communication network is far more complicated than researchers used to believe.

d)

They also blink biological tail lights during courtship, but are not always looking for a mate.

12.

What is the main idea of the text?

a)

Animal signal calls allow them to be found by predators

b)

Animals use signal calls to help remain alive, and alert others of nearby predators.

c)

Animal snooping doesn't have any advantages

d)

Every animal has the same snooping mechanisms

13.

The noisy warning call of the go-away bird

a)

makes it easy for a predator to catch it

b)

also warns other animals that a predator is approaching

c)

scares away all the predators

d)

tells people to "go away"

14.

What is the author's purpose in using subheadings to arrange this text?

a)

To separate the different reasons that animals spy, pry, and eavesdrop

b)

To present an argument that animals that spy are more likely to survive

c)

To compare and contrast ways that animals eavesdrop

d)

To explain the sequence of steps animals use to catch prey

15.

Choose 1 remark that best reflects the author's message

a)

More and more, scientists are discovering that creatures, from bugs to baboons, are experts at watching, listening, and prying into the lives of other animals.

b)

They also blink biological tail lights during courtship, but are not always looking for a mate.

c)

Spying can be the best or fastest way to find food or a mate, or get early warning of a predator.

d)

The animal communication network is far more complicated than researchers used to believe.

16.

Which Idea is supported by the information throughout the selection?

a)

Animal eavesdropping is a real scientific term.

b)

Animal sounds are for communication within the same species.

c)

Animal spying is a fun game that only happens in the wild.

d)

Animal snooping can determine life or death for animals.

17.

The author includes information about animal eavesdropping to —

a)

explain that it is important to understand animal skills

b)

inform readers about how this skill helps animals survive

c)

convince readers that they should become animal scientists

d)

give a funny example of how a parrot solved a crime

18.

Which words are synonyms for "SECTION"?

a)

Separate

b)

put together

c)

chunk

d)

part

19.

Which vocabulary word matches the phrase "get early warning of"?

a)

Eavesdrop

b)

Stool

c)

Foil

d)

Predator

20.

Why does the author compare how animals communicate to how we communicate on social media? Provide TEXT EVIDENCE!

Sentence stem: "The author compares how animals communicate to how we communicate on social media by..."

4 lines
21.

What is the central idea of the section "The Hungry Spy: Spying and Prying Predators"?

Sentence Stem: "The central idea of the section is that..."

4 lines
22.

Which 2 words are antonyms for "intercept"?

a)

Stop

b)

cut off

c)

Allow

d)

None of these words

23.

Which summaries are punctuated, and capitalized correctly?

a)

Before choosing an ambush site, timber rattlesnakes study the habits of their prey.

b)

Photinus fireflies, for instance, broadcast their mating messages with a light show.

c)

White storks are master eavesdroppers. They rely on the songs of moor frogs to guide them when they’re hunting.

d)

But Crab Spiders are deadly spies: they love to eat honeybees and know all about this flower-bee communication systemC

24.

Which sentence is written using correct capitalization?

a)

My sister and I love italian cooking.

b)

Jamaica was formerly a British colony, a region ruled by the United Kingdom, or UK

c)

The Pacific Northwest region of the United States has many national forests.

d)

We visited the English countryside.

e)

We enjoyed strolling through the quaint austrian village.

25.
To listen secretly to others' private conversations.
a)
foil
b)
eavesdrop
c)
stake
d)
intercept
26.
To stop a person from being successful at something.
a)
eavesdrop
b)
predator
c)
foil
d)
stake
27.
An animal that survives by eating another animal.
a)
stake
b)
intercept
c)
plummet
d)
predator
28.
Something that can be gained or lost in a situation, such as money, food, or life.
a)
stake
b)
intercept
c)
predator
d)
eavesdrop
29.
To stop or interrupt something.
a)
stake
b)
intercept
c)
plummet
d)
eavesdrop
30.
To fall straight down, suddenly and steeply.
a)
intercept
b)
stake
c)
plummet
d)
predator
31.
Communication between two animals
a)
does not exist.
b)
is similar to two people talking privately.
c)
is often loud or bright enough for other animals to hear or see.
d)
cannot be understood by other animals.
32.
Biologists call animals' ability to detect each other's messages
a)
misbehavior.
b)
early warnings.
c)
eavesdropping.
d)
sneakiness.
33.
Eavesdropping allows animals to
a)
teach other animals about themselves.
b)
learn more about people.
c)
become more intelligent.
d)
find food, a home, or a mate.
34.
The noisy warning call of the go-away bird 
a)
makes it easy for a predator to catch it.
b)
also warns other animals that a predator is approaching.
c)
scares away all its predators.
d)
tells people to “go away.”
35.
Most kinds of animals
a)
all eavesdrop on other animals in the same way.
b)
use only their hearing to eavesdrop.
c)
use different senses to do their eavesdropping.
d)
never eavesdrop on other animals.
36.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word.
To plummet means to
a)
float in the air.
b)
fall straight down very fast.
c)
glide to the ground.
d)
swim in deep water.
37.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word.
To foil a plan means to
a)
stop it from being completed.
b)
write it down and send it to someone
c)
tell someone how to make it work.
d)
explain why it is a good plan.
38.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word.
If you have a stake in a plan, you
a)
hope the plan will not work out.
b)
will probably want the plan to fail.
c)
will lose something if the plan doesn't work out.
d)
will gain something if the plan doesn't work out.
39.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word. 
A predator is
a)
a strong, very large animal.
b)
an animal that never eavesdrops.
c)
an animal that cannot ambush other animals.
d)
an animal that eats other animals.
40.
Choose the answer that best explains the meaning of each underlined word.
To intercept a message means to 
a)
make it easier to understand.
b)
interrupt or listen to it as it goes somewhere else.
c)
change what it says.
d)
take it to where it is meant to go.

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