"Animal Snoops" Review

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

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

• To explain how gopher snakes eavesdrop on kangaroo rats

• To explain communication can be far reaching.

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

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What is the author’s purpose in using sections to organize this selection?

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

• To explain the sequence of steps animals take to catch their prey.

• To separate the different reasons that animals spy, pry, or eavesdrop.

• To compare and contrast ways that animals eavesdrop.

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For which TWO reasons does the author use anecdotes to organize the selection?

• To explain the sequence of steps animals take to spy and survive.

• To persuade readers that certain animals are better spies than others.

• To provide several definitions of animal spying.

• To entertain readers with examples of animal spying.

• To describe how animals use spying to survive.

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In the section “The Hungry Spy: Spying and Prying Predators” the author talks about snakes, fireflies, and the white stork. What best states the main idea of this section?

• Animals snoop to avoid predators.

• Animals snoop to find food.

• Animals snoop to find a home.

• Animals snoop to locate a mate.

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

• “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.”

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

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

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

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An author writes to persuade their audience, entertain, or inform. What is the most likely reason the author wrote this selection?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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A Ven Diagram represents which Nonfiction Text Structure?

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem Solution

• Sequence

• Description

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A web graphic organizer represents which Nonfiction Text Structure?

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

• Description

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A graphic organizer with three boxes in order, represents which nonfiction Text Structure?

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Description

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A graphic organizer with two boxes and an arrow, represents which Nonfiction Text Structure?

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Description

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