Vocabulary
The trees in the park are all alike
What is the antonym of the underlined word?
diverse
Where does the passage take place?
On the Palos Verdes peninsula.
What is the genre of this passage?
nonfiction
Which sentence best states the main idea of the passage?
Tide pool animals catch food in different ways
Tide pool animals have different body parts.
Tide pool animals are carnivores
Tide pool animals are always hungry.
Tide pool animals catch food in different ways
Jason and marcus have a common interest in learning how to build boats.
What is the definition of the underlined word?
Shared by or belonging to two people or groups.
Tide pools experience big changes in moisture and temperature.
What is the passage mainly about?
The roles of different animals in a food chain.
Put these in the correct order:
I: The sea star uses its arms to crack open the animals shell
II: The sea stars stomach digests the animal
III: The sea star uses its feet to hold the shell of its prey.
IV: The sea star pushes its stomach through the crack in the shell.
III, I, IV, II
Gold is a material of a particular kind that is used for jewelry and is very valuable.
What is a word that means the same as the underlined phrase?
substance
Which is NOT a danger for creatures in a tide pool?
Stable temperature conditions
What is a food chain?
A way of describing how animals are linked to each other by what they eat.
Which is true of barnacles?
They can move around easily
They spend their lives swimming around
They eat with their feet
They hunt and eat large fish.
They eat with their feet
The soldiers decided to surrender to the enemy, so they waved a white flag.
What is the antonym (opposite) of the underlined word?
Resist
What is the best time to explore tide pools, and why?
Low tide is best because the tide pools are exposed.
What is true of both herbivores and omnivores?
They both eat plants.
According to the passage, what might you conclude about a shell with a small hole in it?
The animal inside was eaten by a snail.
People can explore shores when the ______________ is low
tide
Why did Mr. Reinhardt start the L.A. Exploration club?
He wanted to explore the city with his students.
What is a food web?
A food web is made up of intersecting food chains.
How are carnivorous snails and sea stars similar?
They both eat creatures with strong shells.