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Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
According to the passage 'Science Fiction? Or the Future?', what material was combined with human skin to make it bulletproof?
Steel
Spider silk
Plastic
Rubber
The bulletproof skin described in the passage was tested on a person’s body.
True
False
Why did scientists choose spider silk to combine with human skin cells, according to the passage 'Science Fiction? Or the Future?'?
Because it is easy to find
Because it is stronger than steel
Because it is colorful
Because it is cheap
Dragline silk is three times stronger than the material in bulletproof vests.
True
False
For thousands of years, people have found practical uses for spider webs. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a use for spider webs in the passage?
Making fishing nets
Making fishing lures
Making clothing
Using as bandages
Which of the following is a possible modern use for spider silk mentioned in the passage?
Space exploration
Cooking
Building houses
Writing books
People have used sticky spider webs as indoor fly catchers.
True
False
Spiders are cooperative when kept close together.
True
False
According to the passage 'An Amazing Breakthrough', what did scientists discover after years of studying spider silk?
How to make spider silk using only spiders
How to produce spider silk without spiders
How to make goats produce wool
How to change the color of spider silk
In the passage 'An Amazing Breakthrough', what do genes determine in humans?
The amount of milk produced
Eye color and hair color
The strength of spider silk
The number of goats born
According to the passage 'An Amazing Breakthrough', the process of altering the genes of goats to produce spider silk in their milk harms the goats.
True
False
What is one possible medical use for spider silk mentioned in the passage?
Making clothes
Replacing torn ligaments
Building houses
Making jewelry
Scientists are finding it easy to produce enough spider silk for all its possible uses.
True
False
one or two main body parts of a spider; contains silk glands and spinnerets
silk gland
abdomen
dragline silk
spinneret
the strongest type of spider silk
gene
silk gland
dragline silk
spinneret
material that is found in the cells of all living things and that determines traits
genes
silk gland
dragline silk
abdomen
a spider's silk producing organ
abdomen
spinneret
dragline silk
silk gland
the nozzle through which a spider squeezes out silk
abdomen
spinneret
dragline silk
gene
Looking at the index, what pages would you look at if you wanted to know about silk glands?
6
12
4
8
Looking at the index what page would you look at if you wanted to find out information about spider silk and the uses of
2,6,8,12,14
2,6,12
4,6,8
4,6,10,12
Using the table of contents, if you wanted to learn about human uses of spider silk, what page would you need to go to
2
4
6
8
Using the table of contents if you wanted to read about how spiders make silk, which page would you go to
15
16
12
4
What does the diagram on page 4 tell you
How spiders make silk
parts of a spider
superheros and spider silk
the different colors of spiders
What is the writer's purpose in writing this book?
to explain how deadly spiders are
to tell about the amazing strength of spider silk
to explain that there are different types of spiders
to share information about what spiders eat.
