Vocabulary
Wildlife
Author's Purpose
Prefixes
100
What vocabulary word means "plants found in a particular area?"
Vegetation
100
Where are the Everglades located?
Southern Florida
100
What is the author's purpose of this story?
To inform students about the Everglades, and maybe convince them to help restore it.
100
Suffixes and prefixes are both what?
Affixes
200
Define the emphasized word: "One day, some of these students may become *guardians* of wild habitats."
People who protect or take care of others
200
In the Everglades, the water needs to be brackish. What does brackish mean?
Slightly salty water
200
Why does the author include quotations from Ranger Jim?
To give the story more credibility.
200
Which word is a word with a prefix? -Protect -Proceed -Proactive -Problem
Proactive (controlling a situation)
300
Which vocabulary word matches the starred word: "When we came back, we found that the hermit crab had *changed* to a new shell."
Adapted
300
What is the nickname for the gumbo limbo tree? Why is it called that?
"tourist tree;" it's bark peels off like the skin of sunburned tourists.
300
Why does the author choose to have Ms. Stone narrate the description of the finger glade?
To emphasize how uniquely silent the area is.
300
How does the meaning of the sentence change by switching "re" with another prefix? "I decided to review the chapter."
"preview," The student looked at the chapter first before reading it.
400
List three ways to regulate the Everglades.
Limiting human access, preventing pollution, and protecting the wildlife
400
Why do anhingas hold out their wings?
To thermoregulate, or regulate their body temperature
400
Including specific names of plants and animals shows what?
That the author is knowledgeable about what she's writing.
400
Define retrace
"To go back over again."
500
What is the connection between the words: conserving, endangered, and regulate?
When animals become endangered, people take measures to conserve the environment, which often times involves regulation of human impact.
500
Name a kind of spider that lives in the Everglades.
The golden orb spider
500
What is the difference between author's purpose and theme?
Author's purpose is the reason why the author wrote the story in the first place, while the theme is the messages the author tries to show.
500
Define "preconfigure"
To arrange something in advance
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