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Slide 10- How does the phrase crowding out help readers better understand Passage 1?
“Now there are so many of those plants, they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.” (paragraph 3)
It helps the readers understand the importance of planting in clusters.
It helps the readers understand how insects compete for food, such as plants.
It helps the readers understand that native and non-native plants grow side by side.
It helps the readers visualize non-native plants pushing the native plants out of the way.
D. It helps the readers visualize non-native plants pushing the native plants out of the way.
Slide 8- What are two central ideas in Passage 2?
Carnivorous plants grow in wet areas.
Carnivorous plants are amazing plants.
Carnivorous plants use a variety of traps.
People should be passionate about plants.
Sundews and butterworts are both carnivorous.
B. Carnivorous plants are amazing plants.
D. People should be passionate about plants.
Slide 6- Which two sentences from Passage 1 explain why too many foreign plants are “threatening nature’s delicate food web”? ONLY PICK THE FIRST SENTENCE
“The invaders are plants from other countries brought here to make gardens and yards look pretty.”
“Now there are so many of those plants, they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.”
“When insects can’t get the right plants to eat they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals.”
“But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food web, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”
By summertime, that milkweed patch had produced 50 new monarch butterflies.”
C- “When insects can’t get the right plants to eat they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals.”
Slide 6- Which two sentences from Passage 1 explain why too many foreign plants are “threatening nature’s delicate food web”? ONLY PICK THE SECOND SENTENCE
“The invaders are plants from other countries brought here to make gardens and yards look pretty.”
“Now there are so many of those plants, they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.”
“When insects can’t get the right plants to eat they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals.”
“But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food web, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”
By summertime, that milkweed patch had produced 50 new monarch butterflies.”
D- “But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food web, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”
Slide 11- What does the word enticing mean as it is used in this sentence from Passage 2?
“The Asian pitcher plant, for example, has a brightly colored rim and an enticing half-closed lid.” (paragraph 16)
Attractive
Decorative
Narrow
Sticky
A. Attractive
Slide 13- Select two phrases or sentences from Passage 2 that support the idea that carnivorous plants are sneaky.
15 The traps can be well-disguised to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers full of nectar.
16 The Asian pitcher plant, for example, has a brightly colored rim and an enticing half-closed lid. Curious insects are tempted to come close and take a sip, then slide down the slippery slope to their deaths.
17 Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can scramble out, and the digestive enzymes can get to work. A tiny insect called a midge might be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days.
P. 15- The traps can be well-disguised to fool the eye
P. 16- Curious insects are tempted to come close and take a sip
Slide 7- Select two of the phrases from Passage 1 that show how the reader can help protect nature. ONLY PICK THE FIRST PHRASE
9 The good news is, gardeners everywhere are working hard to protect native plants and get rid of the invaders. Many local garden centers sell native plants. “Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” says Tallamy.
11 Tallamy encourages kids to go out and plant native plants. “Adopt a bird species in trouble and see if you can’t plant some things that will attract the insects they need,” he suggests. “It will happen—insects move around a lot, and they will find the plants you put out there for them!”
"Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live"
Slide 7-
Select two of the phrases from Passage 1 that show how the reader can help protect nature. ONLY PICK THE SECOND PHRASE
9 The good news is, gardeners everywhere are working hard to protect native plants and get rid of the invaders. Many local garden centers sell native plants. “Just Google ‘native plants’ and your location, and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,” says Tallamy.
11 Tallamy encourages kids to go out and plant native plants. “Adopt a bird species in trouble and see if you can’t plant some things that will attract the insects they need,” he suggests. “It will happen—insects move around a lot, and they will find the plants you put out there for them!”
" “Adopt a bird species in trouble and see if you can’t plant some things that will attract the insects they need,” "
Slide 12- What text structure does the author use to organize Passage 1?
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Compare and contrast
Sequence and chronology
B. Problem and solution
Slide 9- Select two central ideas from Passage 1.
Migrating birds depend on insects as a major source of food.
Too many non-native plants are threatening nature’s food web.
Most of the plant-eating insects eat only certain types of plants.
Planting native plants helps correct the problems caused by non-native plants.
B. Too many non-native plants are threatening nature’s food web.
D. Planting native plants helps correct the problems caused by non-native plants.
Slide 9- Select two sentences from Passage 1 that support the answers to part A.
“The invaders are plants from other countries brought here to make gardens and yards look pretty.”
“Ever since people started to arrive on America’s shores, they’ve carried along trees, flowers, and vegetables from other places.”
“Fewer of the right plants mean fewer bugs, and fewer bugs mean fewer birds.”
“Planting the right things makes a real difference, and fast.”
C. “Fewer of the right plants mean fewer bugs, and fewer bugs mean fewer birds.”
D. “Planting the right things makes a real difference, and fast.”
Slide 14- What is the author’s purpose in Passage 1?
To entertain the readers with interesting details about non-native plants
To inform the readers about which plant species are native to their area
To discuss the author’s opinions about different plant and animal species
To explain the important relationship between plants and animals in nature
B. To inform the readers about which plant species are native to their area
Slide 15- What is the author’s main purpose in Passage 2?
A) to show readers about where carnivorous plants can be found
B) to show readers why carnivorous plants have changed
C) to show readers why carnivorous plants are exciting
D) to show readers how carnivorous plants trick insects
C) to show readers why carnivorous plants are exciting
Slide 15- Select the sentence from Passage 2 that supports the response in part A.
14 Carnivorous plants grow in places with soil that doesn’t offer much food value. “You and I could take a vitamin pill,” says Van Cleef. “But these amazing plants have had to evolve over thousands of years, developing insect traps to get their nutritional needs met. Just look at all they’ve done in the fight to survive.”
15 The traps can be well-disguised to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers full of nectar.
P. 14- “But these amazing plants have had to evolve over thousands of years, developing insect traps to get their nutritional needs met."
Slide 16-How does the author of Passage 1 support the argument that non-native plants are disturbing nature’s balance?
A) The author cites factual evidence from an expert.
B) The author instructs on how readers should garden.
C) The author includes personal experiences to support the argument.
D) The author encourages readers to read about non-native plants on the Internet.
A) The author cites factual evidence from an expert.
Slide 16- Select two sentences from Passage 1 that develop the answer in part A.
5 Monarch butterfly caterpillars, for example, dine on milkweed. If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant, the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive.
6 But the trouble doesn’t stop there, it goes right across the food web. When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals. Tallamy points out that almost all migrating birds depend on insects to feed their young.
7 “We cannot let the plants and animals around us disappear,” says Tallamy. “The way to preserve them is to give them food to eat. But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food web, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”
P. 7- “We cannot let the plants and animals around us disappear,” says Tallamy."
P. 7- But when we plant non-native plants, we are clobbering the food web, because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”