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Friday 8 November 2019

Reading Comprehensions, Charcoal 7 The amazing Axolotl

In English we are doing the Comprehension box again and this time I am looking a axolotls.

Key
x = guess
xx = correct guess
o = wrong guess
v = actual answer

1. The word Appendages means:
a. Attached parts xx
b. Bandages
c.appearances

2. In the wild axolotls are generally what colour:
a. Grey
b. Black xx
c. Pink

3. the main idea in paragraph 2 is to explain the Axolotls:
a. Appearance
b. Name xx
c. Location

4. In paragraph 8, an axolotl differs from a frog because it:
a. is a fish and a frog is an amphibian
b. can only transform into a land dweller when the conditions xx
c. is warm blooded and a frog is cold blooded.

5. The text is written to:
a. amaze
b. Follow instructions
c. Provide information xx

6. What effect has the growth of mexico city had on it's wild axolotl population:
a. Numbers have diminished but wild axolotls continue
b. Very few axolotls now exist in the wild and they are endangered xx
c. There has been very little change in the numbers of axolotls left in the wild

7. the pronoun it in paragraph 4 refers to:
a. Wild axolotls
b. Mexico
c. Lake Xochimilco xx

8. A good summary of an axolotl's neotenous ability would be:
a. If the environment is very dry, it may transform into a land dwelling animal xx
b. When it is ready to breed, it loses its gill and goes on land to find a mate.
c. it transforms into a land dwelling animal as it grows

9. Axolotls which have not undergone metamorphosis are under water:
a. when they feel like a swim
b. about half the time
c. all of the time xx

10. which two words in paragraph 8, are synonyms?
a. land-dwelling and terrestrial v
b. amphibian and water-dwelling x o
c. environment and captivity

11. Which statement is an opinion, not a fact:
a. A juvenile axolotl can regenerate body parts faster than an adult axolotl
b. People who have lost limbs should encourage research of axolotls  xx
c. Scientists study axolotls to learn how they regenerate body parts

12. It two juvenile axolotls are housed in one tank and one of them disappears it is likely that:
a. one underwent transformation and climbed out of the tank
b. one became an albino axolotl and can not be seen in the tank
c. one axolotl was eaten by the other xx








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