Migration
What are four ways animals migrate?
(p.322-323)
Walk, Crawl, Swim, Fly
What animals are invading the habitat?
(p. 321)
Killer Bees
What animal and plant are native to this area?
(p. 321)
Racoons and Redwood Trees
What does the dark area on the United States map show on p. 332?
The parts of the United States where ______ has spread.
Kudzu
How do plants and their seeds migrate?
(p.322-323)
Wind, Water, Birds
Fill in each blank with one word.
(P. 322-323)
An alien invasion is when ___(1)_____ and _____(2)___ invade or move into another ____(3)____.
1. Animals or Plants
2. Animals or Plants
3. Ecosystem
What are the two things in the sacks and barrels?
(p.325)
Plants and Seeds
What happens to plants that do not get sunlight?
Example: Kudzu
They can't make their own _____(1)____.
They will _____(2)_____.
1. Food
2. Die
Why do you think settlers brought rabbits and foxes with them?
(P.326-327)
Use their fur, for food, to hunt or raise them
Living things can move from one ecosystem to another in a few ___(1)___.
*Think of Time
Hours
What two animals are the people loading on the ship?
(p.325)
Why do you think kudzu is not a problem in the Southwestern United States?
(p. 332) *Look at the map-higher level question
The weather is ________.
Dry or Drier
What is the problem caused by human migration?
(p.324-325)
Humans changed the ___(1)____ by farming, hunting animals and changing the land.
Habitat
What problem can an alien invasion cause?
(p.322-323)
Upset the balance of an ecosystem
How are Africanized honeybees, or killer bees, different from other honeybees?
(p.328-329)
They ________ their hives more fiercely than other honeybees.
Defend
How do viruses and bacteria travel on planes and ships?
(p.324-325)
A person who has a virus or bacteria can __(1)___ it to other people.
Pass
People wanted to import all the birds mentioned in the plays of who?
William Shakespeare
Why were islands relatively safe from alien invasions until recently?
(p.326-327)
Islands were cut off from other lands by large bodies of water
Few alien species reached their shore
Planes and ships have now made it possible for alien species to invade
How do Zebra mussels affect the native fish in an area?
(p.330-331)
Zebra mussels _____ the plankton on which the native fish depend.
Eat
Who is the author and illustrator of the text?
What genre is the text?
Author: Mary Batten
Illustrator: Dan Burr
Genre: Science or Nonfiction