Passages 2, Unit 9 Vocabulary

It’s fascinating how a bird can use its _____ to fight off predators.

• feathers

• fangs

• beak

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Two

male goats were in a battle, using their ________.

• horns and hooves

• scales and tusks

• gills and claws

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Oh, my eight-year-old son has been fascinated by them lately. Someone

told him that dolphins didn’t have __________.

• fins

• scales

• tails

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Draw an animal with claws.

Draw an animal with fangs.

Substitute the phrase in quotation marks by an idiom. I know my own effort to reduce carbon pollution by driving an electric car is just

"a small thing", but I like to know I’m doing something to help.

• a breath of fresh air

• a drop in the ocean

• as clear as mud

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Substitute the phrase in quotation marks by an idiom. People are cutting down trees illegally, but I’m sure that’s just "a small part of the problem." There are bound to be more problems than that.

• set in stone

• a walk in the park

• the tip of the iceberg

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Substitute the phrase in quotation marks by an idiom. I was nervous about presenting my research to the Conservation Board, but in the

end it was "really easy". They were such good listeners!

• under the weather

• a walk in the park

• up in the air

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

These three animals have _____.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How is the red part of this fish called?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5