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Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 4hrs 40mins
Which text feature on page 334 best introduces the main idea of the text?
photo
side bar
heading
italicized words
On page 335, which detail helps the reader understand the relationship between the "trackers" and the "monsters"?
The beeps are getting louder. That means she's nearby. It's a Gila monster.
Being careful to avoid the prickly pear and fish hook cacti, he sets down his gear near a hump of granite.
The beeping box and the antennae are radio telemetry instruments.
The sun-hatted hikers circle the big rock and begin inspecting its crevices and cracks.
On page 336, which detail develops a central idea presented earlier in the text?
A large adult lizard may eat only a few times a year.
They're nocturnal much of the year and spend a lot of their time in underground burrows.
Gila monsters are big lizards, the only other remaining "monster lizard" species is the beaded lizard.
Gila monsters make their homes in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
On page 338, which detail in the text supports the heading "Warning!"?
They have venom glands in their lower jaw.
While Gila monsters look tough, they aren't very aggressive and don't go after people.
Gila monsters were the first protected reptile in Arizona.
Theres's no antivenom treatment.
After analyzing the photo on page 339, identify the details that help the reader understand the concept shown in the image.
During spring and early summer, when males are out looking for mates, they will wander more than females, generally.
Kevin's team has implanted tiny transmitters inside eight different Gilas.
As she snoozes undisturbed in her burrow, they write down the lizard's GPS position.
Is Gila #291 looking for a place to spend the winter?
Which detail supports the text features found on page 340?
The rock that #291 is currently under gets a lot of sun on one side.
The beeping radio inside the tracked Gila monster also estimates its body temperature. The warmer the body temperature, the faster the radio beeps.
That way they know how much warmer or cooler the animal is in the various shelters it uses throughout the year.
Gila monsters don't have permanent homes.
What do the text features found on page 341 help the reader understand?
Citizen science is important for involving the community.
The key is to taking a photograph of the Gila monster that clearly shows its markings.
The hikers are volunteers taking part in BioBlitz, a twenty-four-hour scientific inventory of every species in Saguaro National Park.
They've posted colorful signs at kiosks near trails and. in visitor centers.
On page 342, which context clues help the reader define the word microchip?
Sometimes a researcher receives a photo from a citizen scientist that matches a Gila monster they've tagged...
...looks like a metal grain of rice. It's the kind of ID...
The Gila monster project has been tagging the large lizards with...
Every new Gila monster that the field biologists come across gets a tag.
Which sentence from page 343 helps the reader understand how researchers collect data about Gila monsters?
Kevin puts the softer end of the plastic tool on the lizard's closed mouth-- and gives it a nudge.
The punishing desert sun is sinking toward the distant mountaintops, but it's still 85°F.
The giant piled-up pink and beige boulders soak up heat like pizza stones.
Kevin doesn't seem to break a sweat, however, even though he's got one hand firmly gripping a Gila monster.
What is the author's purpose for writing this text?
To explain how Gila monsters move about and where they live during the winter season.
To persuade others that implanting a radio transmitter inside a Gila monster is the best way to protect them.
To provide information about how citizens scientists have made an enormous impact on the process of tracking lizards in Arizona and Mexico.
To give information about Gila monsters and to persuade others that they are worth studying and protecting.
tunnels dug by animals as places to live
burrows
nocturnal
transmitter
fragmented
divided; broken
burrows
nocturnal
fragmented
transmitter
active at night
fragmented
iconic
nocturnal
transmitter
a representative symbol
transmitter
burrows
fragmented
iconic
equipment that sends and receives messages
nocturnal
transmitter
iconic
fragmented
What is the definition of transmitter?
famous, popular, and representative of a place or time
equipment that makes and sends electromagnetic waves that carry messages
awake and active at night
holes or tunnels dug by animals as places to live
What is the definition of iconic?
famous, popular, and representative of a place or time
equipment that makes and sends electromagnetic waves that carry messages
awake and active at night
holes or tunnels dug by animals as places to live
What is the definition of nocturnal?
famous, popular, and representative of a place or time
equipment that makes and sends electromagnetic waves that carry messages
awake and active at night
holes or tunnels dug by animals as places to live
What is the definition of burrows?
famous, popular, and representative of a place or time
equipment that makes and sends electromagnetic waves that carry messages
awake and active at night
holes or tunnels dug by animals as places to live
What is the definition of fragmented?
famous, popular, and representative of a place or time
equipment that makes and sends electromagnetic waves that carry messages
broken into pieces
holes or tunnels dug by animals as places to live
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
logical
logicall
lojical
logecal
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
inoffensiv
inoffensive
innoffensive
inofensive
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
irrasional
irrashional
irrational
irational
Choose the word that is spelled correctly.
probbable
probabel
probabble
probable
What identifies "Tracking Monsters” as informational text?
It gives you information about a mythical creature.
It gives you information about a famous character.
It gives you information about an animal in a fable.
It gives you factual information about a lizard.
The author wrote this selection most likely to- -
give you information about a monster that is extinct.
give you information about Gila monsters and why scientists study them.
give you information about a monster from a fictional story.
persuade you to catch a Gila monster.
Why do Scientists use radio telemetry instruments?
To track Gila monsters
To track bears
To track lions
To track people
Why are Gila monsters difficult to study?
They are difficult to study because they are too tiny to be seen.
They are difficult to study because they are fast and can’t be found.
They are difficult to study because they are nocturnal and spend a lot of time in underground burrows.
They are difficult to study because they hide on top of tall trees.
How does including photographs of scientists using radio telemetry help the reader better understand this selection?
They help the reader know where the setting is at.
The reader knows what Gila monsters look like.
They help the reader understand what radio telemetry looks like.
The reader knows how many scientists are out there.
In paragraph 12, which word helps the reader understand what microchip means?
rice
tag
monsters
biologists
What important information appears in the section called Catching Monsters?
Their skin is covered in round bumps.
Saguaro National Park is a big tourist attraction.
Hikers are volunteers that take part in the BioBlitz.
Scientists collect valuable data by catching and tagging Gila monsters.
What can the reader infer about the scientists who gather the information on Gila monsters?
They like what they do.
They must hate their job.
They think their work is not appreciated.
They must be bored.
