Gorillas
Trap-Door Spider
Vampire Bat
Arrow-Poison Frog
Vocabulary
100

Definition of aggressive

To be forceful

100

How is a trap-door spider different

the female spider digs a hole in the ground

100

How is a vampire bat like dracula?

They both drink blood

100

How did Indians use the poison?

to make poison arrows

100

From Gorillas:

Definition of uncommon

not often seen

200

Why do gorillas pound their chest?

To avoid fights

200

When the male spider visits what doe she do?

fertilizes her eggs

200

What does the bat do all day?

hangs upside down from the top of a cave

200

How much deadly poison will kill a person

just a drop

200

From Vampire Bat:

what does cave mean

a large opening in the earth

300

What is the role of the male gorilla?

protects the group and decides where the group should go

300

after the eggs are fertilized what does the female do

she may eat the male

300

when he opens his big wings how long are they from tip to tip

15 inches

300

One small frog could make how many arrows

50 deadly arrows

300

From Trap Door Spider:

Definition of deadly

likely to cause death: dangerous

400

What is the role of the female gorilla?

Spend time with the babies and groom the others

400

what does the female use to cover her home

dirt and silk

400

like Dracula he is hungry for what?

blood

400

why is the arrow poison frog brightly colored?

to scare off other animals from eating it

400

From Gorilla:

Definition of pound

to hit hard

500

What do they eat?

fruits and leaves 

500

what does the mother do when the spiders grow up

opens the door and pushes them out

500

how does the bat land?

very softly

500

what does the word poke mean in the story

make a hole

500

From Arrow -Poison Spider:

Definition of poison

a substance that can cause harm or death