Vocabulary
In the Amazon
Pink Dolphins
Why is That?
Story Skills
100
Magical...
What is "enchanted"?
100
It is the reason that Black Tangarana ants attack.
What is to protect the tree that is their home?
100
It is the reason that pink dolphins are difficult to study.
What is because they are hard to see in the dark, leaf-stained waters of the Amazon?
100
According to the story, pink dolphins send out sound beams from their foreheads for this reason.
What is to identify things around them?
100
It is the way dolphins and submarines compare.
What is that they both use sonar in the water?
200
Some brief views...
What are "glimpses"?
200
It is what happens during the wet season in the Amazon.
What is that small rivers or tributaries overflow?
200
In the selection, it states that pink dolphins "whirl around like a Ferris wheel", which means.....
What is that they can spin in a circle?
200
It is the reason that ocean dolphins would not be able to survive in the Amazon River.
What is because their bodies do not bend well so they would not be able to get around the branches in the river?
200
The subsection "Nightmare Dream World" is an appropriate title because it describes the rain forest as being both these two things....
What is dangerous and amazing?
300
This word refers to the top of something.
What is the "surface"?
300
Dolphin Lake appears dark, even though it is not polluted, because of this reason.
What is because the water is stained with natural chemicals from decaying leaves?
300
It is the one way that pink dolphins and people are alike.
What is that people look different to each other and pink dolphins look different to other pink dolphins?
300
It is the way that pink dolphins grow "pinker".
What is through exercise?
300
It is the one way that ocean dolphins and pink dolphins are alike.
What is because they both use echolocation to find things?
400
These creatures are not fish, but marine mammals.
What are "dolphins"?
400
It is why you should be careful not to touch the Tangarana tree.
What is that it contains stinging black ants?
400
Beside swimming, it is the main reason that pink dolphins use their front fins.
What is to crawl in and out of the water?
400
It is the reason that it is difficult to know where the pink dolphins will surface in the water.
What is because they twist and turn and do not swim in a straight line under the water?
400
It is the reason that the author of the story speaks directly to the reader.
What is to help the reader imagine traveling to the Amazon?
500
Rhythmic beats...
What are "pulses"?
500
You can recognize Dolphin Lake easily during the wet season because it is shaped like this.
What is a figure eight?
500
It is the most unusual thing about the way pink dolphins sleep.
What is that they sleep upside down?
500
Because of the rising waters during the wet season,the village school and many homes in the Amazon are built on these.
What are stilts?
500
"There are many dangers in the Amazon." is a statement that best represents this reading skill.
What is generalization?
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