Can We Be Friends?
Can We Be Friends? (Part 2)
Winter Bees and the Poems of the Cold
100

Describe the relationship between Owen and Mzee.

They are companions. 

100

TRIPLE POINTS!!!

Why is it important for animals to play together?

It is important for animals to play together because it helps them form bonds that keeps an animal within the safety of the group.

100

Why do swans give a high warbling call when flying to their migration site?

They are keeping track of each other.

200

Why do some scientists think animals don't create friendships?

Our brains are wired differently so they don't think and have feelings like humans.

200

Why are snowflakes different from each other?

Each flake follows a different path through the air as it forms.

300

What are the signs of an animal friendship?

1. Playing together

2. Sharing food

3. Grooming each other

300

What is the theme in the poem, “Winter Bees”? 

We are weak alone but strong together.

400
What do animals/humans do after a fight? What is a vocabulary word for make up?

They make up. Reconcile

400

Why do tundra swans migrate as winter approaches? What is their migration process.

Tundra swans migrate because the weather turns too cold around their habitat during the winter. The tundra swans move in huge flocks in V formations to places without ice. Then, they rest and eat before moving to a warmer area.

500

What was the impact of the tsunami in Kenya in 2004?

In 2004, a tsunami hit Kenya and swept a family of hippopotamuses into the ocean. As a result, only one baby hippo survived. This baby hippo formed an unlikely friendship with an old tortoise at a wildlife sanctuary.

500

What literary device is used in the following stanza, “Deep in the winter hive, / we burn like a golden sun” What two things are being compared?

The stanza contains a simile because of the word like. The author is comparing the mass of bees huddling to the sun.