Vocabulary 1
What does the word predator mean as stated in the text
An animal that eats other animals
What is a critter as stated in the text?
A living animal
How many options were listed for animals to stay warm in the cold?
3
Which of the following animals were NOT listed as animals that change the color of their coats when winter comes?
Snowshoe Hares
Silver Foxes
Weasels
Weasels
Where are white-tailed deer mostly found?
In most of the United States
What does the word preparation mean as used in the text?
Getting ready for something
What does the word surroundings mean as used in the text?
The things and conditions around a person or thing.
Migrations happen any time the weather changes.
True or False
False
Migration happens ONLY specific times of the year
Deer stay active all year long so they can stay warm during the winter months.
True or False
True
How many layers of fur does a deer have?
2
What is migration as stated in the text?
Movement of animals from one place to another
What is a biologist as stated in the text?
A scientist who studies living things.
Why do animals change their fur colors?
So they can match or blend in to their surroundings.
Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as a reason animals fur changes color
1. Helps them hide from predators
2. Different colors of fur help them stay warmer in the sun and snow
3. It helps them hide when they are out hunting for food.
2. Different colors of fur help them stay warmer in the sun and snow
What is the main idea of the passage?
1. Animals have three ways to stay warm in the winter.
2. Animals migrate in order to stay warm in the winter.
3. Deer and other animals stay warm in the winter and shed their coats in the summer to stay cool.
1. Animals have three ways to stay warm in the winter.
What are guard hairs?
The top coat of fur on an animal
What is underhair?
Thick layer of fur under the top coat that keeps animals warm like a coat
In the introduction, which sentence shows that some animals look for warmer places during the winter.
1. Animals pretty much have three options when it comes to wintertime
2. Migration is the movement of a group of animals from one place to another
3. Hibernation is a biological process where an animal passes the winter in a resting state
4. The third option, Feegle said, is that they can stay and be active all year long
2. Migration is the movement of a group of animals from one place to another
In the section Thick Underfur, Which sentence from this section supports the conclusion that shedding underfur helps deer in the summer?
1. The top coat is full of what scientists call guard hairs, which are long and sometimes hollow.
2. The underfur is five times as dense as those guard hairs, she said
3. So there's a lot of airflow, which is basically air conditioning
4. You might see clumps of it in the woods if you go for a hike
3. So there's a lot of airflow, which is basically air conditioning
What is the main idea of the section, Color Change in the article?
1. Animals change colors to keep them unique.
2. Animals change colors to keep them hidden within their surroundings.
3. Animals change colors to protect themselves.
4. Animals change colors to stand out in nature.
3. Animals change colors to protect themselves.
What does the word dense mean as stated in the text?
Closely compacted, thick, heavy
What is airflow as stated in the text?
it is deer air conditioning
Select the sentence that summarizes the section Color Change.
1. Snowshoe hares, arctic foxes and some weasels change color in the winter to help them hunt and hide from predators
2. Snowshoe hares, arctic foxes, and some weasels have grey or brown coats during the summer to match their environment
3. Snowshoe hares, arctic foxes, and some weasels sometimes change the color of their fur when it starts to snow
4. Snowshoe hares, arctic foxes, and some weasels are examples of animals that become snow-white during the winter season
1. Snowshoe hares, arctic foxes and some weasels change color in the winter to help them hunt and hide from predators
Which sentence from the article supports the main idea of the section Thick Underfur in the article?
1. People can throw on a warm jacket or coat when it gets cold
2. They can do this in cozy dens or underground
3. These deer are reddish brown in the summertime
4. That underfur traps a layer of air and that air gets warmed by the body
3. These deer are reddish brown in the summertime
Which of the following statements is NOT true of deer?
1. Deer shed their fur year round due to different daily temperatures
2. Deer shed their fur in the winter to make way for the undercoat to keep them warm.
3. Deer shed their fur in the springtime.
4. Deer does not shed their fur at all.
3. Deer shed their fur in the springtime.