Wonders Unit 3 Week 4 Bats Did it First

Based off information in the passage, what sentence would describe the MAIN iDEA?

• Scientists used the wings of bats to help blind people

• Scientists recieved inspiration from bats to make a cane for blind people

• Bats are interesting animals that have amazing sight

• Bats are deaf and can't hear anything so they use a cane

According to the passage, Scientists got inspiration from bats and created _______

• a walker

• contact lens

• glasses

• a cane

According to the passage, the echoes that bats send out help bats _____. Select ALL answers that apply

• find bugs to eat

• stay away from water

• from bumping into each other

• find a habitat

What happens when the bat sends sound waves out?

• The sound scares other animals away

• The sound waves hit other objects and bounce back (echo)

• The sound waves lets other bats know they are hunting

• The sound waves continue traveling through objects

When a person is using the cane, how does he or she know something is near?

• An alarm goes off and lets the person know that there is danger

• The cane makes different noises for different things

• Echoes bounce back to the handle and the buttons vibrate

• The cane stops moving and won't let them move forward

Why did the author write this story?

• To convince the audience that bats are great animals

• To inform the audience about bats and how they inspired scientists

• To tell a story about a bat hunting

• To explain facts about how bats frind their way home

What is the main idea of the story?

• Bats are very curious animals and we should study them more

• There are many types of animals that use echoes to travel

• Great ideas can come from nature, like the cane that was inspired by bats

• Bats are the only animals that humans have gotten ideas from

The scientist who invented this special cane took what steps to create it. Check ALL that apply.

• sketched plans

• used canes he already had

• listened to other ideas from scientists

• made a model