SOL Review #4: Lightning Bugs

The author compares the lightning bug’s light to a lantern because both

• are small.

• make a glow.

• are up in the air.

• have similar shapes.

Why does the speaker sometimes have a difficult time catching lightning bugs?

• 
  They are hard to see in the dark.

• They fly very quickly.

• They are hidden by the lanterns.

• 
  They are too small.

Use the information from the Lightning Bugs (A.K.A. Fireflies) article to answer the following question:

What type of information does the text box provide?

• chasing fireflies

• what makes fireflies glow

• methods for attracting fireflies

• using a flashlight to see fireflies

Which statement from the Lightning Bugs (A.K.A. Fireflies) article suggests that lightning bugs are aware of the environment?

• Some are common; some are rare.

• 
  Fireflies produce light from a chemical reaction.

• Fireflies, also called lightning bugs, are found all over the world.

• Their strange ritual can go on for weeks; it ends only on moonlit nights.

Read these sentences from the Lightning Bugs (A.K.A. Fireflies) article.

Some are common; some are rare. Some are small; some are very large.

Which sentence below uses the word common in the same way as in the sentence above?

• Their stories contained a common element and fooled no one.

• 
  Children riding bicycles through our neighborhood is a common sight.

• She signed up to volunteer because it was for the common good of the neighborhood.

• We were surprised to learn that we have a common interest in collecting baseball cards.

Which idea is similarly expressed in the passage and the poem?

• Catching lightning bugs is enjoyable.

• Lightning bugs prefer a cool place to rest.

• Lightning bugs have been admired since the Middle Ages.

• Natives of the American tropics used the glow of lightning bugs.