Invaders Passage

Which choice best summarizes the text?

• Burmese pythons were the first invasive species discovered in the Florida Everglades after

  people released their pet snakes in the wild. There are now many different types of snakes

  and frogs that have become invasive species.

• Invasive species have become a concern in the Florida Everglades because of the damage they have caused to native plants and animals. People should only grow native plants and keep native animals as pets so that invasive species do not become a bigger problem.

• Many different types of snakes have become invasive species in the Florida Everglades after

  they escaped from homes. People are trying to find ways to get rid of them because they know that invasive species cause many problems for native plants and animals.

• Invasive species first entered the waters of the Florida Everglades when people released fish

  from their home tanks. These fish are removed from the waters regularly because they eat too many of the native animals around the reef.

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What does the word underestimated mean as it is used in paragraph 3?

• Feel excited about

• Felt the desire to learn about

• Had worries about

• Had the wrong idea about

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Which two choices tell how giant cane toads and Cuban tree frogs are similar?

• Both are dangerous to plants in gardens.

• Both eat other types of native frogs.

• Both were originally used to control pests.

• Both have poison on their skin.

• Both came to the same area on cargo ships.

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What does the word preventing mean as it is used in paragraph 14?

• Imagining

• Locating

• Realizing

• Stopping

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Based on the text, how can people keep exotic animals from becoming invasive

species?

• People should keep exotic animals in special tanks.

• People should not let pets play outside with exotic animals.

• People should not get exotic animals as pets.

• People should let exotic animals free in only some places.

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Part A

What point does the author make about humans and invasive species?

• Humans do not know when many invasive species were brought to the Florida Everglades.

• Humans must learn what invasive species eat in order to remove them from the Florida

  Everglades.

• Humans are responsible for many of the invasive species found in the Florida Everglades.

• Humans do not know enough about the different types of invasive species found in the Florida

  Everglades.

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Which quotation supports the author claims that humans are responsible for many of the invasive species ending up in the Everglades?

• “The snakes and some other problem species ‘are not here through any action of their own,’

  says Carli Segelson at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. People are to blame.”

  (paragraph 2)

• “As 20-inch youngsters, the snakes look cute. Leon’s catch was more than 10 times that long.

  Not only do pythons grow to be quite large, they also eat a lot.” (paragraph 3)

• “Burmese pythons aren’t the only nonnative snakes to disrupt things. Other species of pythons as well as boa constrictor and anaconda snakes have settled in.” (paragraph 5)

• “In 2016, University of Florida researchers captured a Nile crocodile in the Everglades. More

  African crocs were likely still out in the Everglades, said Kenneth Krysko of the Florida Museum

  of Natural History.” (paragraph 6)

How does the photograph help the reader understand the text?

• The reader can see where one invasive species lives in the Florida Everglades.

• The reader can see why one invasive species in the Florida Everglades is dangerous.

• The reader can see how one invasive species is being handled in the Florida Everglades.

• The reader can see what one invasive species in the Florida Everglades eats each day.

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What is the primary text structure of the passage?

• Order & Sequence as it gives the order of the invasive species as they came about in the Everglades.

• Description as it describes the invasive species in the Everglades.

• Compare and Contrast as it compares the similarities and differences of a variety of invasive species in the Everglades.

• Problem and Solution as it explains the invasive species that are causing the problem in the Everglades and offers solutions of how to fix it.

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Which quote from the text explains why invasive species are such a problem?

• "Many people got Burmese pythons as pets in the 1980s." (Paragraph 3)

• "Upsetting the balance can cause effects throughout the food web." (Paragraph 4)

• "Argentine black and white tegus grow around four feet long." (Paragraph 7)

• "Giant cane toads were brought to Florida to control

  grubs that eat sugar cane." (Paragraph 8)

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