"Off the Bat" Reading passage

What time of day do bats come out?

• day

• night

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How small can bats be?

• As small as a human thumb

• As small as the human hand

• a meter long

• as small as fruit

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

How large can their colonies get?

• hundreds

• 100,000

• over one million

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

In the section called, "Bats Help", what are the three things it says bats feast on?

• flies

• people

• unwanted bugs

• mosquitoes

• pets

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

True or False: Some people build bat houses to encourage bats to stay around and eat bugs.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What does "Off the Bat" mean?

• Hitting a baseball off of a bat

• Getting insects off of the bat body

• to do something immediately

• To hit a bat with a baseball bat

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

True or false: Bats can change direction very quickly when flying.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

True or false: Bats are less agile (less skilled) at flying than birds.

• true

• false

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.K.3