Perdix Invents the Saw
What is the genre of the story?
a) myth
b) fable
c) folktale
a) myth
a) historical fiction
b) expository text
c) myth
b) expository text
What is the genre of the story?
a) biography
b) expository text
c) historical fiction
b) expository text
possible synonym is
a) impossible
b) doable
c) precisely
b) doable
explain antonym is
a) confuse
b) clarify
c) puzzling
a) confuse
Who are the main characters?
a) Daedalus
b) Daedalus & Perdix
c) Perdix
b) Daedalus & Perdix
What is biomimicry?
a) watchiing designs from nature
b) carrying designs from nature
c) copying or imitating designs from nature
c) copying or imitating designs from nature
What are vertebrates?
a) animals without backbones
b) animals with no bones
c) animals with backbones
c) animals with backbones
a) n
b) adj
c) v
a) n
nasty synonym is
a) nice
b) joyful
c) awful
c) awful
Where is the setting of the story?
a) Rome
b) Italy
c) Greece
c) Greece
What does biomimicry show?
a) it shows that ideas that work for nature can work for people too
b)it shows that ideas that work for people can work for nature too
c) it shows that ideas that work for nature don't work for people too
a) that ideas that work for nature can work for people too
What groups of animals are vertebrates?
a) fly
b) birds
c) crawfish
b) birds
burst is a
a) adv
b) v
c) adj
b) v
risky is
a) n
b) adj
c) adv
b) adj
Who is Daedalus?
a) he is a painter
b) he is an inventor
c) he is a cook
b) he is an inventor
What is special about spider silk?
a) it is flexible as an elastic band and strong like steel
b) it isn't flexible as an elastic band and strong like steel
c) it isn't flexible as an elastic band and it isn't strong like steel
a) it is flexible as an elastic band and strong like steel
What are some unique qualities of amphibians?
a) amphibians start their lives living in water and then move to land
b) amphibians only live in water
c) amphibians only live on land
a) amphibians start their lives living in water and then move to land
What is to raise your shoulders and then lower them to show that you do not know or are not interested
a) busrt
b) compare
c) shrug
c) shrug
What is something that is difficult to understand
a) confusing
b) risky
c) unwrap
a) confusing
What is Daedalus famous for?
Daedalus is famous for his good ideas and his bad temper
How can we help the planet by observing the way nature works?
1) Nature does not waste materials or energy. 2) Natural designs do not pollute the air or water.
How many kinds of fish are in the world?
32,000 kinds
When an adult gibrd you something, it is _____ to accept it with two hands.
polite
James is an __________ whom I hae only met two times.
acquaintance