The Alligator's Super Sense: Comprehension Questions

Front

Dr. Daphne Soares was sitting on the back of an alligator in a pickup truck because:

Back

She had no other place to sit.

Front

Dr. Soares noticed the alligator's face during the truck ride.

Back

The alligator had many small black bumps on its face.

Front

Dr. Soares's goal in her alligator egg experiments?

Back

To find out what type of sensors the black bumps were.

Front

How do tongue sensors signal the brain?

Back

Through electrical currents.

Front

Dr. Soares observed electrical activity in baby alligators' sensor nerves by connecting tiny electrodes to them.

Back

She connected tiny electrodes to the sensor nerves.

Front

Dr. Soares discovered that the black bumps on the alligator's face could detect ripples in the water.

Back

They could detect ripples in the water.

Front

Dr. Soares confirmed the bumps as pressure sensors by conducting experiments with electric currents.

Back

Conducted experiments with electric currents.

Front

Role of black bumps on alligator's face?

Back

Detect changes in pressure as ripples hit them.

Front

How does an alligator catch its prey?

Back

Snaps huge jaws when prey passes by in water.

Front

Dr. Soares discovered ripples in water during experiments.

Back

The sensors' ability to detect ripples.