What is Your Preference?
What are the two different types of art described in the text?
realistic and abstract art
Define arid.
dry
Define sage.
a wise person
someone old and smart
has alot of knowledge
True or False? Areas near the North and South Poles are also considered deserts?
True
What was the farmer doing at the beginning of the story?
looks like a person or object
easy to understand
What is the purpose of the camel's hump?
to store fat
For how long has the cockroach been around?
170 million years
What is the name of the Desert that only gets rain once every hundred years?
Atacama Desert
What food did the farmer munch on when he got hungry?
green beans
Describe abstract art
blotches of color
hard to understand
How can a camel go for long periods of time without water?
cells around stomach act like water balloons and store water for when the camel needs it
Cockroaches that live in television sets eat ___.
wax
In the passage, penetrate means?
soak through
What food did the Donkey munch on when he got hungry?
thorn bush
Why might a person appreciate abstract art?
they enjoy the challenge of trying to figure it out
Why is the camel known as the "ship of the desert"?
sways side to side like the ship on a wavy ocean
How many roaches were found on the ship in the text?
32,000
Define evaporation.
Remove moisture
Change from liquid to gas
Where did this fable take place?
the farmer's garden
What does "one person's treasure is another person's trash" mean?
someone may consider something worthless, but to another person, it may be valuable
What is special about the camel's nose?
can smell a water hole from miles away
How long can a cockroach go without food or water?
a month
Deserts cover about this much of the earth's surface?
1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5
1/5
What lesson did this fable teach?
"one person's trash is another person's treasure"