Nature's Thermometer

What is the main topic of this book?

• Crickets are insects.

• People like summer best.

• The song a cricket sings can tell us many things.

• Summer days are long and hot.

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How does a cricket chirp?

• It uses his two front wings.

• It blows very hard.

• It hits itself against an object.

• It uses its ears.

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How does a cricket's song "tell more than you think?"

• It is very loud.

• It can help find a mate or help tell the temperature.

• It only chirps during the day.

• It always rains when it chirps.

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What is the connection between a cricket's chirp and the temperature outside?

• A cricket only chirps on windy days.

• It chirps fast when it is cold.

• The cricket chirps when it will rain.

• When it's hotter the cricket chirps quicker.

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Why is "Nature's Thermometer" a good title for this book?

• A cricket's chirp can tell how hot or cold it is.

• A cricket tells when it will be windy.

• Animals can tell us the temperature.

• There are a lot of living things in nature.

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A cricket sings in what month?

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

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Which does a cricket NOT use their wings for?

• to call a mate

• to send a warning

• to tell whether it is hot or cold

• to collect food

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Why does a cricket sing slowly?

• It is hot.

• It has less energy.

• It is afraid.

• It is hiding.

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Count a chirp for _____ seconds to help find the temperature.

• 4

• 14

• 40

• 41

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In the "More" section, we learned that some chirps are as loud as ________.

• a bird

• a train

• a honking car horn

• a small dog

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